Nehemiah Persoff
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- Born
- August 2, 1919
- Died
- April 5, 2022
Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929. Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life. He joined…
Actor
| Angels in America(2003)as Rabbi |
| 4 Faces(2001) |
| An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster(1999)as Papa |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island(1998)as Papa |
| Tracey Takes On...(1996)as Grandfather |
Thanks
| The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(2023) |
Soundtrack
| The Nostalgia Critic(2007) |
| An American Tail(1986) |
| The Facts of Life(1979) |
Self
| Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story(2022)as Self - Interviewee |
| Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster(2021)as Self - Interviewee |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom(2011)as Self |
| Parkinson in Australia(1979)as Self |
| Bicentennial Minutes(1974)as Self - Narrator |
Archive Footage
| Weekend Breakfast(2012)as Self - Actor, Yentl |
| WatchMojo(2006)as Self - Papa Mousekewitz, Self - Papa |
| TCM Remembers 2022(2022)as Self, actor |
| Biography(1987)as Dr. Arnault, in 'The Thief' episode of 'The United States Steel Hour' |
| Quantum Leap(1989)as Dr. Philip Jennings |
Credit Score: Nehemiah Persoff
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some Like It Hot | 24.00 | 1959 | • | 8.2 | 1 | 6 | 304696 | ||
| 2 | On the Waterfront | 16.00 | 1954 | 8.1 | 8 | 12 | 177718 | |||
| 3 | Yentl | 6.50 | 1984 | • | 6.6 | 1 | 5 | 17414 | ||
| 4 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 3.75 | 1988 | • | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 68136 | ||
| 5 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | 3.75 | 1958 | • | 7.4 | 0 | 1 | 270 | ||
| 6 | The Wrong Man | 3.75 | 1957 | • | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 34626 | ||
| 7 | The Harder They Fall | 3.75 | 1956 | • | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 10326 | ||
| 8 | An American Tail | 3.25 | 1986 | • | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 61564 | ||
| 9 | The Naked City | 3.00 | 1948 | 7.5 | 2 | 3 | 16977 | |||
| 10 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 2.50 | 1991 | • | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 30220 |