• 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...
  • Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929.
  • Nehemiah Persoff, who appeared as Barbra Streisand’s rabbi father in “Yentl” and had roles in hundreds of films and TV series including “Some Like It Hot” and...
  • Nehemiah Persoff was an American actor who is best known for his roles in Some Like It Hot, Yentl, and On the Waterfront.
  • Nehemiah Persoff, Actor With a Familiar Face (and Voice), Dies at 102 (Published 2022).
  • Nehemiah Persoff has hundreds of screen credits from classic Hollywood films and TV shows.
  • Nehemiah Persoff was born on 2nd August 1919. ... Persoff returned to acting after his military service, making his Broadway debut in Galileo in December 1947.
  • 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...
  • (JTA) — Very few actors, living or dead, could claim to have the career of Nehemiah Persoff.