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Nehemiah Persoff is an American painter and actor. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films and plays in his career spanning 52 years.
Born
Saturday, 02 August 1919
Died
Tuesday, 05 April 2022
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
| I Am a Disciple | Sheik Farakbi | 2016 |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | 2012 |
| Angels in America | Rabbi | 2003 |
| An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999 |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Grandfather | 1996 |
| Chicago Hope | Rabbi Ben Taubler | 1994 |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Klaus Reichel | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
| I Am a Disciple | Sheik Farakbi | 2016 |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | 2012 |
| Angels in America | Rabbi | 2003 |
| An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999 |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Grandfather | 1996 |
| Chicago Hope | Rabbi Ben Taubler | 1994 |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa / Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Klaus Reichel | 1991 |
| Law & Order | David Steinmetz | 1990 |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | Max Wernick | 1989 |
| Twins | Mitchell Traven | 1988 |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Rabbi | 1988 |
| J.J. Starbuck | Patul | 1987 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Toff | 1987 |
| An American Tail | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) / Papa Mousekewitz | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Rabbi Isadore Glickman | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Sam Bolinski | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Constantin Stavros | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Deputy Premier Andrey Malinoff | 1984 |
| Hunter | Harold Goodman | 1984 |
| Yentl | Reb Mendel 'Papa' / Rebbe Mendel | 1983 |
| Sadat | Leonid Brezhnev | 1983 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Brobich | 1983 |
| Hotel | Nicholas Petrovsky | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Marcus Hoff | 1982 |
| O'Hara's Wife | Doctor Fischer / Doctor Fisher | 1982 |
| St. Helens | Mr. Ellison | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Rabbi Asher Solomon | 1980 |
| Condominium | Conlaw | 1980 |
| The Henderson Monster | Prof. Leo Tedeschi | 1980 |
| F.D.R.: The Last Year | Josef Stalin | 1980 |
| The French Atlantic Affair | Col. Schreiner | 1979 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Lukash | 1979 |
| The Facts of Life | Sam | 1979 |
| In Search of Historic Jesus | Herod Antipas | 1979 |
| The Rebels | Baron Von Steuben | 1979 |
| Supertrain | Max | 1979 |
| Delta House | Mayor DePasto | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Malimar | 1978 |
| The Word | Abbot Petropolous | 1978 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Eastern Alliance Leader | 1978 |
| Sword of Justice | Carlos | 1978 |
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Charles Frohman | 1978 |
| Vega$ | The Sheik | 1978 |
| Richie Brockelman, Private Eye | Saul Girardi | 1978 |
| Logan's Run | Asa | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Vladimir | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Andreas, Horst Von Stern | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Mr. Hauser / Herr Hauser | 1976 |
| Quincy M.E. | Matt Dorsey | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Charles Dietrich | 1976 |
| Hunter | Sheik Farakbi | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Anton Metzger | 1976 |
| McNaughton's Daughter | Vinnie Laine | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Dr. Philip Jennings | 1976 |
| Wonder Woman | Professor Moreno | 1975 |
| Psychic Killer | Dr. Gubner / Doctor Gubner | 1975 |
| The Invisible Man | Dr. Leon Barnard | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Dr. Mustafa Haddid | 1975 |
| Baretta | Vittorio Luzianno | 1975 |
| The Missiles of October | Andrei Gromyko - Soviet Foreign Minister | 1974 |
| The Stranger Within | Dr. Edward Klein | 1974 |
| The Sex Symbol | Nick Fortis | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Como | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Yacov Berger, Carl Simms | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Olaf Lundstrom | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Major Popov | 1974 |
| Police Story | Dr. Burke, Fabrizzio | 1973 |
| Cool Million | Karinakis | 1972 |
| Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Champagne Joe Carroll | 1972 |
| Lapin 360 | 1972 | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 'Papa' Kampacalas | 1972 |
| Search | Emmett Brugman | 1972 |
| The Chicago Teddy Bears | Morris | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Clementa Habib | 1971 |
| Red Sky at Morning | Amadeo Montoya | 1971 |
| Columbo | Jesse Jerome | 1971 |
| Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Berisha | 1971 |
| Dan August | Leo Cussoni | 1970 |
| The People Next Door | Dr. Salazar | 1970 |
| McCloud | Perry Cicero, Tereshkov | 1970 |
| The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Lieutenant Crawford / Lieutenant Miles Crawford | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Carl Colbert (segment "Love and the Generation Gasp"), Mr. Stone (segment "Love and the Gangster") | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Byron | 1969 |
| The Ed Nelson Show | Self | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Max Behrman, Nat Bader, Nick Kolinski | 1969 |
| Liar's Club | Self | 1969 |
| It Takes Two | Self | 1968 |
| Panic in the City | August Best | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Janos Kovacs, Nick Master, Sgt. Harry MacGeorge | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Titus | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Angelo Covelli | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Ambassador | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Allie Francis, Cordell, Harry Cardonus, Leo Paoli, Victor Palua, Winkler | 1968 |
| The Power | Prof. Carl Melnicker / Carl Melnicker | 1968 |
| Mafia | Pizzuco | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Harry Lavender | 1968 |
| The Money Jungle | Lt. Dow Reeves | 1967 |
| Mannix | Anton Wojeska | 1967 |
| Maya | Lansing, the Pilot | 1967 |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | Lew Beckman | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Homero José | 1967 |
| Off to See the Wizard | El Primero | 1967 |
| The Flying Nun | Alonzo Baldazon | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| CBS Playhouse | Dr. Salazar | 1967 |
| The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | Skoda | 1966 |
| Too Many Thieves | Georgi | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Igor Stravos, Phillipe Pereda, Prince Iben Kostas | 1966 |
| Jericho | Paul Marchand | 1966 |
| The Time Tunnel | Prof. Anton Biraki | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Chembe Kunji | 1966 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Georgi | 1965 |
| Honey West | Faustini - Bogus Mystic | 1965 |
| Convoy | Dimitri Federenko | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Adam Barclay, Gen. Andreas Cassinello, Major Hazard | 1965 |
| I Spy | Coly Collisi, Roop | 1965 |
| Seaway | Montagna | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | General Vicente Ruiz | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | El Carnicero | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Father Rodriguez | 1965 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Shemiah | 1965 |
| For the People | Stephen Wiseman | 1965 |
| Fate Is the Hunter | Ben Sawyer | 1964 |
| Gilligan's Island | Pancho Hernando Gonzalez Enriques Rodriguez | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Valandros | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dobbs | 1964 |
| A Global Affair | Under Secretary Segura | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Alverian, Martin Vesper | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Henry Selkirk | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I', Jason Flonder, Wilhelm Kasimer | 1963 |
| The Hook | Capt. Van Ryn | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Vernon Hill | 1962 |
| The Comancheros | Graile | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Paco Durando | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Louis Morley | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Don Ferando | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Dr. Emil Kroger | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | El Valiente | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | Frank Goby | 1961 |
| The Big Show | Bruno Everard | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Jack, Vladis Dvorovoi | 1960 |
| The Witness | Charles Becker | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Thriller | Lt. Jim Wagner | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | El Presidente | 1959 |
| Startime | Prior Andry | 1959 |
| Five Fingers | Hildalgo | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Carl Lanser | 1959 |
| Day of the Outlaw | Dan / Dan, Starret's Foreman | 1959 |
| Al Capone | Johnny Torrio | 1959 |
| Green Mansions | Don Panta | 1959 |
| Some Like It Hot | Little Bonaparte | 1959 |
| Never Steal Anything Small | Pinelli | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik, Jake Guzik, Johnny Fortunato, Mr. Jaeger, Waxey Gordon | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Domingo, Michob | 1959 |
| Naked City | Barney Peters, Berco Romanu, Carlos Ruldan, Dominic Venussi, Max Evar, Merritt Griffin | 1958 |
| The Badlanders | Vincente - The Powder Monkey / Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Ali Baba | 1958 |
| This Angry Age | Albert / Albert Legros | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Tiburcio Mendez | 1957 |
| Street of Sinners | Leon | 1957 |
| Men in War | Sgt. Lewis / Sfc. Lewis | 1957 |
| The Wrong Man | Gene Conforti / Eugene 'Gene' Conforti | 1956 |
| The Wild Party | Kicks Johnson | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Pablo, Benito Mussolini, Carras, Prisoner's Father | 1956 |
| The Harder They Fall | Leo | 1956 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Willie Hauptmann | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Adam | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jeff Jensen, Ralph Collins | 1955 |
| I Spy | Phineas | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Alejo Etchahoun, Alex Skouras, Ben Rando, Driscoll, Jack Pinto, Mr. Dano | 1955 |
| Appointment with Adventure | Manager | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Artie Moreno, Captain Malcione | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Strup, Police officer | 1954 |
| Climax! | Lieutenant Cal Nourse | 1954 |
| On the Waterfront | Cab Driver | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | D'Arnault-Olivier, Ralph Tugwell, Russian diplomat | 1953 |
| You Are There | Capt. de Sandoval | 1953 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Papa | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Jules Dreise | 1951 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Jeff Gardell, The Man | 1950 |
| Repertory Theatre | Well-Dressed Man, Ed Kagan, The Critic | 1948 |
| Actor's Studio | (as Nick Pursoff) | 1948 |
| The Naked City | Smiling Man Departing Subway | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Mr. Arnothy | 1947 |
