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:

Pseudolus: You must never know what goes on in that house.
Hero: But I do know.
Pseudolus: You do? Isn't it amazing.


Pseudolus: Don't you know? When they start to smile, the end is near. I hear it's lovely on Crete. Everyone lying there... smiling.


Max Bialystock: Oooooooh, I WANT THAT MONEY!


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Zero Mostel Facts
According to his wishes, he had no funeral or "any memorial service to mark (his) passing."

Tony Award winner 1964 for "Fiddler On The Roof."

One of the "12" blacklisted by the house of Un-American activities commitee in the 1950s.

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