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	Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Zero Mostel \| PBS
		Producer Harold Prince thought Mostel's desperate humanity would be ideal for the freedom-craving slave in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," and Mostel's ability to push the complicated farce to the final curtain made it into a hit.
		Mostel's onstage energy was prodigious; he could bellow like a bull, sing like a choirboy, mince about with the grace of one of Disney's dancing hippos, pummel another actor like a Teamster, fawn like a coquette, roll, bulge, or cross his "eight-ball eyes," all the while sweating up a storm and swearing under his breath.
		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 context of the show.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/mostel_z.html (526 words)

	Zero Mostel - Biography
		Zero Mostel was born Samuel Joel Mostel on February 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, one of eight children of an Orthodox Jewish family.
		Zero made some impromptu appearances on stage, but he wasn't officially part of the cast of the play, which was staged by Elia Kazan and starred Morris Carnovsky, Sam Jaffe (a future fllistee), Whit Bissell, and Sam Wanamaker.
		Zero was cast in the 1966 movie version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), and then concentrated on movies and television for the rest of his career.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0609216/bio (2369 words)

	Zero Mostel
		Mostel talks were very humourous and he was soon being invited to perform at private parties and local clubs.
		Mostel held left-wing political views and when the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began an investigation into the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry it was not long before he was called to give evidence.
		Mostel denied he was a member of the Communist Party but he refused to provide information about the political opinions of his friends.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAmostel.htm (425 words)

	Gene Wilder Tribute
		Mostel was rejected at his first audition because the owner, Barney Josephson, was primarily interested in jazz musicians.
		But Zero's contributions to progressive and left-leaning causes, as well as the irreverent satire in his nightclub routines (one notable bit was playing a pompous reactionary Senator called Polltax T. Pellagra) made him a target for the rising anti-Communist hysteria.
		On September 8, Mostel died from an aortic aneurysm at the age of sixty-two.
	crek.xf.cz /index_zeromostel.htm (1049 words)

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		Zero Mostel, by his own definition, was a “heap of contradictions.” He was also, according to Jim Brochu, angry, perverse, rude, insulting, and hilarious.
		Mostel was born in 1915 to an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn.
		Mostel’s career (and his salary) peaked in the 1940s, but it came to a dead halt in the 1950s when he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and refused to participate in Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Communist witch-hunt.
	www.reviewplays.com /mostel.htm (591 words)

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		Zero worked as part of the WPA project in the 1930's, and Charles E. Martin, later to become a cover artist for the New Yorker magazine and a Monhegan summer resident, was Zero's supervisor.
		Zero was a world famous actor who originated the lead Broadway roles in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Fiddler on the Roof." He first went to Monhegan in the 1950's and had his house built in 1968.
		Zero's painting was clearly modernist and abstract in a style that could have been influenced by Hans Hofmann.
	www.aucocisco.com /artists/zero_mostel/bio.html (270 words)

	Zero Mostel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zero Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was a Brooklyn-born stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in The Producers.
		Mostel’s respect for the works of Sholem Aleichem made him insist that some of the more serious verses in the book were incorporated into the mostly comedic musical, and he made major contributions to its shape.
		Mostel received a Tony Award for it and was invited for a reception in the White House, officially ending his political pariah status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zero_Mostel (2810 words)

	Zero Mostel - Encyclopedia.com
		FALL TV PREVIEW Yeager talks up `Faster Than Sound' PBS production to air on 50th anniversary of test pilot breaking barrier; Within Whoopi's singing range "Zero Mostel and I are in the same (vocal) range, OK? Rex Harrison and I are in the same range.
		A great star, Zero Mostel, was playing the lead, and in those days, to have Zero Mostel in your play made it a...
		the height of the hysteria, actor Zero Mostel's son josh was 5 years old.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Mostel-Z.html (994 words)

	Who's Who in Musicals: Mo to O
		Mostel played minor roles in various films and appeared on Broadway as Hamilton Peachum in Duke Ellington's Beggars Holiday (1946).
		A supporter of liberal causes, he was fllisted during the political witch hunts of the 1950s, but eventually found both refuge and acclaim in the theatre, starring in both musical and dramatic roles.
		Mostel received a Tony for his tumultuous performance as a man turning into an animal in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros (1961).
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	All About Jewish Theatre - Look alike : Jim Brochu’s striking resemblance to Zero Mostel in 'Zero Hour'
		By reports, Mostel was a mass of contradictions who vacillated between the explosive and the tender-hearted.
		Brochu seems almost fatefully destined to play Mostel, not only because he knew Mostel and can bring a deeply personal perspective to his portrayal, but because he is an almost uncanny physical match for his subject.
		Zero Mostel as Teyve in Fidder on the Roof by Al Hirschfeld 1975.
	www.jewish-theatre.com /visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1900 (312 words)

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	YouTube - Zero Mostel on the Hollywood Blacklist
		From the play "Zero Hour" written and performed by Jim Brochu, famed actor Zero Mostel talks about the Hollywood Blacklist and the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and about "Loose Lips," Jerome Robbins who gave names.
		Zero Mostel fllist hollywood house unamerican activities committee brochu jewish jerome robbins
		Zero Mostel's Testifies at House Un-American Activities Comm
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	Zero Mostel - MovieActors.com
		Zero Mostel was Born on February 28,1915 in Brooklyn, New York.
		Zero Mostel Passed Away on September 8, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from a heart attack.
		Zero Mostel was one of the "12" fllisted by the house of Un-American activities commitee in the 1950s.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/zeromostel.htm (152 words)

	Zero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ground Zero, the surface point in the vertical of the explosion of a nuclear bomb.
		Ground Zero often refers to the area where the World Trade Center of Manhattan was located before the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		In firearms, to "zero" a weapon means to adjust the iron sights or the telescopic sight so that it aims exactly where the bullet goes at a given distance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zero (627 words)

	The Producers (1968) Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars - Three Movie Buffs Review
		Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder are perfectly cast and together create some of the funniest moments in movies.
		Mostel and Wilder have that comedic gift of being able to enunciate in just the right place to make a line as funny as it can be.
		Eric and Patrick are both right when they say how funny this movie is and how funny both its leads are, but Zero Mostel as the over-the-top, broken down, has been of a producer, is the heart and soul of this movie.
	www.threemoviebuffs.com /review.php?movieID=producers (1090 words)

	Playbill News: Brochu Is Zero Mostel in Zero Hour Sept. 28
		The world premiere of Zero Hour, a new play about the life of the late Tony Award-winning actor Zero Mostel, will be presented Sept. 28 at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre in Rochester, NY.
		Mostel only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death; he was 62.
		Zero Mostel was nominated for a Tony Award for his work in Ulysses in Nighttown and won Tonys for his performances in Fiddler on the Roof, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Rhinoceros.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/95346.html (553 words)

	Muppet Central Guides - The Muppet Show: Zero Mostel
		Kermit has his call sheet on a table in front of him as he would be expected to reference at his standard desk and when he calls out for Fozzie and Zero to get ready for the pantomime number, it's unclear where is this particular location.
		Zero plays Henry VIII who poses the musical question to his queen (the Featherstone-esque queen from the Twiggy episode!) and his scene-stealing, kiss-stealing dog Muppy.
		Zero recites a poem about confronting his fears - his fears being embodied by all manner of Muppet Monsters.
	www.muppetcentral.com /guides/episodes/tms/season2/26_mostel.shtml (1446 words)

	Zero Mostel
		Zero Mostel in Ulysses in Nighttown, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 Zero Mostel (February 25, 1915 - September 8, 1977) was a Tony Award-winning stage actor.
		In 1964, he joined the original cast of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won a Tony in 1965.
		Mostel won an Obie Award for his 1958 role as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nighttown, a stage adaptation by Marjorie Barkentin of James Joyces novel Ulysses.
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	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Freedom of Information Privacy Act
		Zero Mostel, a.k.a., Samuel Joel Mostel, was born February 28, 1915, in Brooklyn, New York.
		Mostel was an actor and comedian who performed on stage and in movies.
		Mostel was also known for his artistic ability.
	foia.fbi.gov /foiaindex/mostel_zero.htm (120 words)

	www.myspace.com/zero_mostel
		By reports, Zero Mostel was a mass of contradictions who vacillated between the explosive and the tender-hearted.
		Directed by Paul Kreppel, “Zero Hour" captures Mostel's rich contradictions in a loving but unvarnished homage as entertaining as the man himself.
		Jim Brochu seems almost fatefully destined to play Mostel, not only because he knew Mostel and can bring a deeply personal perspective to his portrayal, but because he is an almost uncanny physical match for his subject.
	www.myspace.com /zero_mostel (320 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Widescreen): DVD: Richard Lester,Zero Mostel,Phil ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The wild story, set in ancient Rome, follows a slave named Pseudolus (Zero Mostel, snorting and gibbering) as he tries to extricate himself from an increasingly farcical situation; Mostel and a bevy of inspired clowns, including Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, and Buster Keaton, keep the slapstick and the patter perking.
		Broadway veteran Mostel is in peak form, especially when he goes toe to conniving toe with courtesan merchant Silvers and gauzily woos Gilford with a rendition of "Lovely," while Keaton remains a scene-stealer in one of his last films.
		Also, other than Zero Mostel (who arguably is not at his best) the performers are not very good, except for the "Lovely (Reprise)" which was the highlight of the film.
	www.amazon.ca /Funny-Thing-Happened-Forum-Widescreen/dp/0792844815 (1902 words)

	Zero Hour: review on TheaterMania.com
		Nearly two decades after his death, Mostel is remembered for his indelible accomplishments in such shows at Fiddler on the Roof and Rhinoceros but also for his infamous temper, his volatile behavior, and his tribulations at the hands of Senator Joseph McCarthy's ruthless communist investigation committee in the 1950s.
		According to Brochu, Mostel bellowed back "You're not worthy!" The kicker is that the men were more than casual acquaintances at that point; Brochu had been introduced to Mostel by his own mentor, actor David Burns.
		Brochu makes it clear that the bellowing Mostel had a bark worse than his bite, and that much of his aggressive, outlandish behavior derived from his innate nature as a born clown.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/8597 (771 words)

	Whatever Happened To… » 2007 » February
		Zero Mostel is one of my favorite comedic actors!
		Zero Mostel was born 28 February 1915 in New York as Samuel Joel Mostel.
		The Producers - the original with Zero Mostel (of course) and Gene Widler.
	whatever.losito.net /2007/02 (350 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Zero Mostel, by Jared Brown, Hardcover
		A study in contradictions, Mostel was a serious and talented painter, as well as an actor and comic whose larger-than-life personality often took over the roles he played.
		A victim of fllisting during the 1950s and of a serious accident in 1960, which left him with a permanently crippled leg, Mostel rebounded to his greatest Broadway successes during the 1960s in Rhinoceros, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Fiddler on the Roof.
		Although the text is somewhat repetitious, this is full of anecdotes documenting both sides of Mostel's personality.-- Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
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	Movies - Person - 44971
		Before he turned to performing, Zero Mostel intended to be a painter, but by his late 20s he had begun appearing in nightclubs and on radio.
		Almost all of Mostel's performances are worth watching, but especially The Angel Levine (1970), The Hot Rock (1972), and his poignant, heart-rending performance as a fllisted TV comic in The Front (1976).
		Mostel's final appearance was in the Academy Award-winning documentary Best Boy (1979).
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/44971/personmain.jhtml (194 words)

	Zero Mostel - Austin Live Music - Music Austin (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		A flawless book+ remarkable score and wonderful performances. />Zero Mostel was one of those larger than life personalities the likes of whom we don"t have anymore.
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	Amazon.ca: Producers (Widescreen/Full Screen) [Special Edition]: DVD: Mel Brooks,Bernie Allen,Frank Campanella,Josip ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mostel is Max Bialystock, a gone-to-seed Broadway producer who spends his days wheedling checks from his "investors," elderly women for whom Bialystock is only too willing to provide company.
		The comic timing is good, and Zero and Gene have an engaging chemistry which dangles a promise in the first 30 minutes.
		Although I was pretty young, I was drawn in by all the hysteria and screaming, all the slapstick and goofiness between Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
	www.amazon.ca /Producers-Widescreen-Full-Screen-Special/dp/B00005JK45 (1606 words)

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