The Producers
1968
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Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof , Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , and Max Bialystock in the original film ...
Zero Mostel (born February 28, 1915, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 8, 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American actor, singer, and artist who was best known for his physically and emotionally expressive comedic acting.
On September 8, 1977, Zero Mostel died from an aortic aneurysm at the age of sixty-two. One of the greatest, most unique, and definitely irreplaceable talents to grace the American stage and movies had passed away.
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film is about a con artist theater producer and his accountant who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a stage musical purposely designed to fail.
On September 8, 1977, Zero Mostel died from an aortic aneurysm at the age of sixty-two. One of the greatest, most unique, and definitely irreplaceable talents to grace the American stage and movies had passed away.
Sep 9, 1977 · Zero Mostel, the elephantine actor who became a legend on Broadway with his poignant portrayal of the woebegotten dairyman Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” died of cardiac arrest, last night...
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of The ...
Mostel, who died suddenly in 1977 during a Philadelphia tryout of a serious play about Shakespeare’s Shylock, was constantly reviled for the ad-libbing that disrupted the...
Bumbling Roman patrician teen Hero (Michael Crawford) launches himself toward a girl he admires, meeting his family slave Pseudolus (Zero Mostel), and together they agree to visit the bordello run by Lycus (Phil Silvers), early in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, 1966.
The Producers: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars. A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
