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Acting

Nehemiah Persoff

Titles: 67movies102TV shows

Career: Active from 1955 to 1999, busiest in 1959 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Some Like It Hot
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 109 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Nehemiah Persoff Catalog average

Nostalgia
6.9average 3.7
Historical
4.6average 2.6
Crime
5.0average 3.7
Wholesome
4.6average 3.3
Mystery
4.9average 4.1
Politics
3.1average 2.6
Wit & Wordplay
4.2average 3.7

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2
Dark Humor
1.9, average 2.8
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7

Main genres

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Drama 30
TV Movie 15
Crime 11
Adventure 7
Comedy 7
Western 6
Family 5
Animation 4

Recurring tags

Social Commentary 5
Classic Animation 3
Historical Setting 3
Character-Driven 3
Family Adventure 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Charming Characters 2
Political Intrigue 2
Nostalgic 2
Musical 2
Psychological Tension 2
Bleak Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

167

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2000s

1 title · average score 86

Angels in America

TV show · as Rabbi (uncredited)

1990s

5 titles · average score 62

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster

as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

Chicago Hope

TV show · as Rabbi Ben Taubler

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

Law & Order

TV show · as David Steinmetz

1980s

23 titles · average score 66

Doogie Howser, M.D.

TV show · as Max Wernick

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV show · as Toff

An American Tail

as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

L.A. Law

TV show · as Rabbi Isadore Glickman

MacGyver

TV show · as Sam Bolinski

Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Constantin Stavros

Highway to Heaven

TV show

Hunter

TV show · as Harold Goodman

Yentl

as Rebbe Mendel

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV show

Hotel

TV show

Magnum, P.I.

TV show · as Rabbi Asher Solomon

All 23 titles from the 1980s

1970s

52 titles · average score 62

In Search of Historic Jesus

as Herod Antipas

A Cry for Justice

as Dr. Burke

Deadly Harvest

as Mort Logan

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

as Rudenko

Charlie's Angels

TV show · as Anton

Quincy, M.E.

TV show

The Stranger Within

as Dr. Edward Klein

Little House on the Prairie

TV show · as Mr. Olaf Lundstrom

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV show · as Major Popov

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

as Berisha

Columbo

TV show · as Jesse Jerome

The People Next Door

as Dr. Salazar

All 52 titles from the 1970s

1960s

47 titles · average score 63

Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Allie Francis / Leo Paoli

Love, American Style

TV show · as Mr. Stone

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

TV show · as Captain Malcione

The Day of the Owl

as Pizzuco

Adam-12

TV show · as Angelo Covelli

Escape to Mindanao

as Capt. Kramer

Mannix

TV show · as Anton Wojeska

Mission: Impossible

TV show · as Prince Iben Kostas / Phillipe Pereda

Fate Is the Hunter

as Ben Sawyer

The Hook

as Capt. Van Ryn

The Comancheros

as Graile

The Big Show

as Bruno Everard

All 47 titles from the 1960s

1950s

38 titles · average score 71

Some Like It Hot

as Little Bonaparte

Day of the Outlaw

as Dan, Starret's Foreman

Green Mansions

as Don Panta

Al Capone

as Johnny Torrio

The Killers of Mussolini

as Benito Mussolini

The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Carl Lanser

Rawhide

TV show · as Domingo / Michob

The Badlanders

as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Street of Sinners

as Leon

Men in War

as Sgt. Lewis

Wagon Train

TV show · as Tiburcio Mendez

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV show · as Jeff Jensen / Ralph Collins

All 38 titles from the 1950s

1940s

1 title

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Ed Kagan