Actor

Nehemiah Persoff

August 2, 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate

Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater.

Notable work

8.1
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Little Bonaparte
6.1
Twins (1988)
as Mitchell Traven
7.9
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
as Toff
6.8
An American Tail (1986)
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
7.2
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
as Rabbi
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Carl Lanser
8
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
7.7
MacGyver (1985)
as Sam Bolinski
8.1
Columbo (1971)
as Jesse Jerome
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
7.3
Law & Order (1990)
as David Steinmetz

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