Samuel Joel Mostel
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born | Feb 28, 1915 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | Sep 8, 1977 Philadelphia, PA |
| Age | Died at 62 |
Zero Mostel | |
| Job | Actor, Comedian |
| Years active | 1941-1977 |
| Top Roles | Raymond Fitch, Pseudolus, George Wixted, Rami, Boots Mullins |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Film Noir, Crime, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Mistaken Identity, Ancient World, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Humphrey Bogart, Dan Riss, Hugh Beaumont, Elia Kazan (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Vincente Minnelli, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Hale Hamilton see more.. |
Zero Mostel Overview:
Legendary actor, Zero Mostel, was born Samuel Joel Mostel on Feb 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY. Mostel died at the age of 62 on Sep 8, 1977 in Philadelphia, PA .
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, roly-poly American comic actor with football-shaped face. At first seen in serious roles as swarthy, sweaty, ethnic types, this part of his career was halted by blacklisting at the hands of the Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. After a long sojourn performing on Broadway and in nightclubs and building a reputation as a painter, he returned as a leading comic character actor, firing on all cylinders if you liked that sort of thing. Died from cardiac arrest. Actor Josh Mostel (1946-) is his son. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Mostel was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Zero Mostel Quotes:
The barber:
Get your big stomach out of my way!
Balukjiaan: My poor stomach! Every little thing upsets it. Do you have any soda?
Harry Smith: What's the matter with your stomach?
Balukjiaan: It talks to me like my conscience.
Harry Smith: What does it say?
Balukjiaan: It says,"Levon, my lamb, why do you stay in this terrible town? Why don't you go away - far away?"
Balukjiaan: Look how everybody's worried. Why worry? He asked us to come, we came. If he wants to do business, we do business. If he doesn't want to do business, we don't do business. Right?
Merchant businessman: Not right. Wrong. Wrong. What do we have to sell? Food. Since when does the Chief of Intelligence buy food for the Army?
Balukjiaan: Don't make me nervous.
Max Bialystock: Leo, he who hesitates is poor!
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Balukjiaan: My poor stomach! Every little thing upsets it. Do you have any soda?
Harry Smith: What's the matter with your stomach?
Balukjiaan: It talks to me like my conscience.
Harry Smith: What does it say?
Balukjiaan: It says,"Levon, my lamb, why do you stay in this terrible town? Why don't you go away - far away?"
Balukjiaan: Look how everybody's worried. Why worry? He asked us to come, we came. If he wants to do business, we do business. If he doesn't want to do business, we don't do business. Right?
Merchant businessman: Not right. Wrong. Wrong. What do we have to sell? Food. Since when does the Chief of Intelligence buy food for the Army?
Balukjiaan: Don't make me nervous.
Max Bialystock: Leo, he who hesitates is poor!
read more quotes from Zero Mostel...
