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Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films, and theatre productions, and also performed as a voice artist in a career spanning 55 years. [1] His first acting role was as an extra in The Naked City (1948).
Actor: An American Tail. Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929. Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
Apr 6, 2022 · April 6, 2022. Nehemiah Persoff, a ubiquitous character actor whose gravelly voice and knack for conveying an air of menace magnified his portrayals of a bevy of sinister types, most notably a...
Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff, a charter member of the Actors Studio who appeared in dozens of notable films and TV shows, from Some Like It Hot and On the Waterfront to The Twilight Zone and The...
Apr 6, 2022 · 8 min. Nehemiah Persoff, a late-blooming actor who built one of the busiest careers in Hollywood, playing rogues, ringleaders, revolutionaries and refugees — among other memorable portraits of...
Actor: An American Tail. Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929. Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff, an actor who went from the uncredited role of a cab driver in On The Waterfront ‘s iconic “coulda been a contender” scene to become one of the busiest character actors in...
