ZERO MOSTEL
(Samuel Joel Mostel)
The actor and many others refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations into alleged communist activity and was blacklisted by the move industry for over a decade. See {588759} and {588760}.
The actor refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations into alleged communist activity and was blacklisted by the move industry for over a decade. See {588677} and {588759}.
The actor refused to cooperate with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee investigations into alleged communist activity. The actor refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations into alleged communist activity and was blacklisted by the move industry for over a decade. See {588677} and {588760}.
Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel 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 version of Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967). Mostel was a student of Don Richardson, and he used an acting technique based on muscle memory. He was blacklisted during the 1950s; his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well publicized. Mostel later starred in the Hollywood Blacklist drama film The Front (1976) alongside Woody Allen, for which Mostel was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
