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Nehemiah Persoff

Highest Rated:
100% On the Waterfront (1954)
Lowest Rated:
33% Twins (1988)
Birthday:
Aug 2, 1919
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Trivia buffs and diehard fans of Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront will know that the non-speaking cab driver in the film's famed 'taxicab scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger was noted character actor Nehemiah Persoff. An American resident from age 9, the Jerusalem-born Persoff spent his early…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 33% - 100%
Number of Movies: 47
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2000 An American Tail - The Mystery of the Night Monster
  • Papa Mousekewitz
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1998 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
  • Papa Mousekewitz
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1997 Al Capone
  • Actor
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1994 Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
  • Actor
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1991 40% An American Tail - Fievel Goes West
  • Papa Mousekewitz
  • Director
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1988 33% Twins
  • Mitchell Traven
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1988 83% The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Rabbi
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1986 68% An American Tail
  • Papa Mousekewitz
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1983 Sadat
  • Actor
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1983 73% Yentl
  • Papa
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1982 O'Hara's Wife
  • Dr. Fischer
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1981 St. Helens
  • Mr. Ellison
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1980 The Henderson Monster
  • Actor
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1979 Daniel in the Lion's Den
  • Actor
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1979 In Search of Historic Jesus
  • Herod Antipas
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1979 The Rebels
  • Actor
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1978 Psychic Killer
  • Actor
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1978 Word
  • Actor
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1978 Killing Stone
  • Actor
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1976 Francis Gary Powers - The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
  • Rudenko
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1976 86% Voyage of the Damned
  • Mr. Hauser
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1975 Eric
  • Dr. Duchesnes
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1975 Psychic Killer
  • Dr. Gubner
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1974 The Stranger Within (Trespass)
  • Actor
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1972 Deadly Harvest
  • Mort Logan
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1971 Mrs. Pollifax-Spy
  • Gen. Berisha
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1969 The Girl Who Knew Too Much
  • Lt. Crawford
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1968 The Power
  • Carl Melniker
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1968 Il giorno della civetta (The Day of the Owl)
  • Pizzuco
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1968 Panic in the City
  • August Best
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1965 37% The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Shemiah
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1963 A Global Affair
  • Under Secretary Segura
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1962 The Hook
  • Capt. Van Ryn
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1961 100% The Comancheros
  • Graile
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1959 98% Some Like It Hot
  • Little Bonaparte
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1959 Never Steal Anything Small
  • Pinelli
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1959 Al Capone
  • Johnny Torrio
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1959 Green Mansions
  • Don Panta
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1959 Day of the Outlaw
  • Dan
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1958 The Badlanders
  • Vincente
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1957 83% Men in War
  • Sgt. Nat Lewis
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1956 100% The Harder They Fall
  • Leo
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1956 Day of the Outlaw
  • Actor
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1956 89% The Wrong Man
  • Gene Conforti
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1955 100% Marty
  • Actor
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1954 100% On the Waterfront
  • Cab Driver
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1948 86% The Naked City
  • Actor
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