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Portrait of Zero Mostel

Acting

Zero Mostel

Career

Active from 1943 to 1976, busiest in 1951 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Producers
The Producers
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Zero Mostel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Musical 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Lighthearted Fun 2
  • Classic Film Noir 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

3 titles
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)

as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)

Broadway's Lost Treasures
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)

as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")

1970s

14 titles · average score 62
Watership Down
Watership Down (1978)
GoodWatch score 75

as Kehaar (voice)

The Front
The Front (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hecky Brown

The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
GoodWatch score 63

as Brutus (voice)

Mastermind
Mastermind (1976)

as Inspector Hoku Ichihara

Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear (1975)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kopelkin

Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros (1974)
GoodWatch score 54

as John

Once Upon a Scoundrel
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)

as Carlos del Refugio

Marco
Marco (1973)

as Kublai Khan

Old Faithful
Old Faithful (1973)

as Ranger Zeppel

The Hot Rock
The Hot Rock (1972)
GoodWatch score 71

as Abe Greenberg

The Electric Company
The Electric Company (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Spell Binder (voice)

The Angel Levine
The Angel Levine (1970)
GoodWatch score 54

as Morris Mishkin

1960s

5 titles · average score 66
The Great Bank Robbery
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
GoodWatch score 50

as Rev. Pious Blue

The Producers
The Producers (1968)
GoodWatch score 85

as Max Bialystock

Great Catherine
Great Catherine (1968)
GoodWatch score 56

as Potemkin

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
GoodWatch score 75

as Pseudolus

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (1961)

as Estragon / Gogo

1950s

7 titles · average score 72
The World of Sholom Aleichem
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)

as Melamed / Maxel

The Enforcer
The Enforcer (1951)
GoodWatch score 80

as 'Big Babe' Lazich

Sirocco
Sirocco (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

as Balukjiaan

The Model and the Marriage Broker
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
GoodWatch score 77

as George Wixted

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
GoodWatch score 71

as Emmett

The Guy Who Came Back
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)

as Boots Mullins

Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

as Raymond Fitch

1940s

1 title · average score 58
Du Barry Was a Lady
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as Rami / Taliostra