Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff born August 2 1919 was a former American film and television character actor He was born in Jerusalem Palestine Mandate Born in what is now part of Israel Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929 He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s and after serving in the Army during World War II he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater In 1947 he was accepted into the Actors Studio and eventually began appearing in films His film credits include On the Waterfront Some Like It Hot Al Capone The Greatest Story Ever Told Voyage of the Damned The Comancheros Yentl portraying Barbra Streisands characters father Twins and the American Tail animatedfilm series voiced Papa Mousekewitz Persoff appeared in such television series as Five Fingers The Moment of Truth The Big Valley Legend of a General Parts I II episode The Twilight Zone Judgment Night episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents Heart of Gold episode The Untouchables Naked City The Legend of Jesse James Gunsmoke The Wild Wild West Hawaii FiveO Ellery Queen The Adventure of the Pharaohs Curse episode Mission Impossible 3 episodes Adam12 Vendetta episode Charlies Angels Hunter Columbo Star Trek The Next Generation Magnum PI Law Order and Chicago Hope In the mid1980s Persoff began to pursue painting specializing in watercolour This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia