Zero Mostel

Career timeline

1. 1915 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA

2. 1943 · Screen debut

   Du Barry Was a Lady (Movie)

3. 1968 · Breakthrough

   The Producers (Movie)

4. 1977 · Died

   August 8, 1977

5. 2007 · Latest release

   Hitler: The Comedy Years (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1940s

7 1950s

6 1960s

16 1970s

3 2000s

• Comedy19
• Drama10
• Music7
• Thriller5
• Family4
• Crime3

Highest-rated title The Muppet Show 1976 8.0 Most popular title The Electric Company 1971 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Zero Mostel in our catalogue.

Roy Kinnear

2 titles together

Sam Jaffe

2 titles together

Peter Brook

2 titles together

1. 2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
2. 2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.) Movie
3. 2003 Broadway's Lost Treasures as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof") Movie
4. 1978 Watership Down as Kehaar (voice) 7.2 Movie
5. 1977 Ride of the Valkyrie Movie
6. 1976 The Little Drummer Boy: Book II as Brutus (voice) Movie
7. 1976 The Front as Hecky Brown 7.1 Movie
8. 1976 Mastermind as Inspector Hoku Ichihara Movie
9. 1976 The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star 8.0 TV
10. 1975 Journey into Fear as Kopelkin Movie
11. 1975 Fore Play as President / Don Pasquale Movie
12. 1974 Once Upon a Scoundrel as Carlos del Refugio Movie
13. 1974 Rhinoceros as John Movie
14. 1973 Marco as Kublai Khan Movie
15. 1973 Saga of Sonora as Heavy Harry Movie
16. 1973 Old Faithful as Ranger Zeppel Movie
17. 1972 The Hot Rock as Abe Greenberg 6.5 Movie
18. 1971 The Electric Company as Spell Binder (voice) 7.4 TV
19. 1970 The Angel Levine as Morris Mishkin Movie
20. 1969 The Great Bank Robbery as Rev. Pious Blue Movie
21. 1968 Great Catherine as Potemkin Movie
22. 1968 The Producers as Max Bialystock 7.1 Movie
23. 1968 Red, White, and Zero Movie
24. 1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus 6.1 Movie
25. 1961 Waiting for Godot as Estragon / Gogo Movie
26. 1959 The World of Sholom Aleichem as Melamed / Maxel Movie
27. 1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker as George Wixted Movie
28. 1951 The Guy Who Came Back as Boots Mullins Movie
29. 1951 Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell as Emmett Movie
30. 1951 Sirocco as Balukjiaan 6.0 Movie
31. 1951 The Enforcer as 'Big Babe' Lazich 7.1 Movie
32. 1950 Panic in the Streets as Raymond Fitch 6.9 Movie
33. 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady as Rami / Taliostra Movie

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