1919 - 2022
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.His first acting role was as an extra in The Naked City (1948). Persoff is best known for roles as Leo in The Harder They Fall (1956), as Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot (1959), as Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik in The Untouchables (1959–1963), as Rebbe Mendel in Yentl (1983), and as the voice of Papa Mousekewitz in the animated film An American Tail (1986) and its sequels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nehemiah Persoff has received more than 1,371,575 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nehemiah Persoff is the 3,902nd most popular actor (down from 3,590th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Israel (down from 226th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Israeli Actor.
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Among actors, Nehemiah Persoff ranks 3,902 out of 9,996. Before him are Frankie Avalon, Inna Makarova, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Travers, Sylvester Groth, and Viviane Romance. After him are O. E. Hasse, Halit Akçatepe, Akira Terao, Joachim Fuchsberger, Gerald McRaney, and George Eads.
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,896
1926 - 2020
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,897
1917 - 2012
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 3,898
1874 - 1965
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 3,899
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 3,900
1912 - 1991
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 3,901
1919 - 2022
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 3,902
1903 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 3,903
1938 - 2017
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 3,904
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 3,905
1927 - 2014
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 3,906
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 3,907
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 3,908
Among people born in 1919, Nehemiah Persoff ranks 214. Before him are Nilla Pizzi, Isaak Khalatnikov, Richard Todd, Ladislav Mňačko, Maurice Boitel, and Antonio Pietrangeli. After him are Helen Walton, Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Nina Dumbadze, Margot Hielscher, and Gayatri Devi. Among people deceased in 2022, Nehemiah Persoff ranks 275. Before him are Barbara Walters, Vic Elford, Bob Falkenburg, Gilbert Gottfried, Kenneth Welsh, and Rustam Ibragimbekov. After him are Karol Divín, Nélida Piñon, Greg Bear, Robert Blust, Henk Groot, and Yoko Shimada.
1919 - 2011
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 208
1919 - 2021
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 209
1919 - 2009
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 210
1919 - 1994
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 211
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 212
1919 - 1968
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 213
1919 - 2022
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 214
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 215
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 216
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 217
1919 - 1983
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 218
1919 - 2017
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 219
1919 - 2009
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 220
1929 - 2022
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 269
1935 - 2022
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 270
1926 - 2022
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 271
1955 - 2022
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 272
1942 - 2022
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 273
1939 - 2022
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 274
1919 - 2022
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 275
1936 - 2022
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 276
1937 - 2022
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 277
1951 - 2022
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 278
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 279
1938 - 2022
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 280
1953 - 2022
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 281
Among people born in Israel, Nehemiah Persoff ranks 242 out of 430. Before him are Israel Finkelstein (1949), Hiam Abbass (1960), Etgar Keret (1967), Ayelet Zurer (1969), Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (1938), and Oded Fehr (1970). After him are Ilan Pappé (1954), Azmi Bishara (1956), Armand Amar (1953), Yossi Benayoun (1980), Tom Segev (1945), and Joan of Acre (1272).
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 236
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 237
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 238
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 239
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 240
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 241
1919 - 2022
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 242
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 243
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 244
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 245
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 246
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 247
1272 - 1307
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 248
Among actors born in Israel, Nehemiah Persoff ranks 11. Before him are Daliah Lavi (1942), Yvan Attal (1965), Gila Almagor (1939), Hiam Abbass (1960), Ayelet Zurer (1969), and Oded Fehr (1970). After him are Ronit Elkabetz (1964), Mili Avital (1972), Juliano Mer-Khamis (1958), Hana Laszlo (1953), Inbar Lavi (1986), and Brian George (1952).
1942 - 2017
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 6
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 8
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 10
1919 - 2022
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 11
1964 - 2016
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 12
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 13
1958 - 2011
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 14
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 15
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 17