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Nehemiah Persoff, Actor in ‘Some Like It Hot,’ ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘Yentl,’ Dies at 102
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | APRIL 6, 2022 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 04/06/2022 10:12:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 04/06/2022 10:12:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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“On The Waterfront” is a top ten favorite movie of mine. Hollywood would NOT make that one today.


2 posted on 04/06/2022 10:15:13 AM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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RIP

I saw him in about 1000 TV shows.


3 posted on 04/06/2022 10:16:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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I tried picturing him in my mind before I looked at the article. And I was 100% correct. He was one of those “hardest working men” in Hollywood and was in everything. Great actor.


4 posted on 04/06/2022 10:18:59 AM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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He was one of my favorites. As great a character actor as Akim Tamiroff!


5 posted on 04/06/2022 10:19:44 AM PDT by Spok (Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
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I remember him in SO many movies. Go rest high, Nehemiah.


6 posted on 04/06/2022 10:20:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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A very good character actor. He was in one of my favorite Columbo episodes playing a nightclub owner who was blackmailing a magician “The Great Santini” (Jack Cassidy) who was a former prison guard in a Nazi concentration camp.


7 posted on 04/06/2022 10:21:50 AM PDT by Signalman
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Amazing actor! May He RIP.


8 posted on 04/06/2022 10:25:45 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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He liked commie Streisand. That is enough for me to hate him.


9 posted on 04/06/2022 10:44:18 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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Covid Vax?


10 posted on 04/06/2022 10:45:40 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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Well, he was 102.


11 posted on 04/06/2022 10:47:01 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Mr. Persoff was one of the great character actors. He even had a spot in at least one episode of “Gilligan’s Island”. I always liked him. RIP.


12 posted on 04/06/2022 10:48:44 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A morning without coffee is like...just kidding. I have no idea.)
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A great character actor. Always loved him in The Untouchables TV show as Jake “Greasy Thumb” Guzik.

Along with John Dehner, Persoff was one of my favorite actors to see in all of their TV and movie roles. His passing made me wonder who had more appearances as the both were highly prolific. IMDB shows Persoff with 206 acting credits while Dehner shows an amazing 288 credits.


13 posted on 04/06/2022 10:50:53 AM PDT by Freedumb
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That’s interesting, because I know Dehner mainly through his radio roles. I knew he was prolific in radio, but not in other media.


14 posted on 04/06/2022 10:53:02 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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That is a movie I have still never seen. What element in it would make it verboten today? Ana I have watched a ton of movies and Ann working through the classics, but haven’t made it to that one yet.

Movies are a hydra-headed monster. Everyone you knock down leads you to 3 or 4 more.


15 posted on 04/06/2022 10:53:08 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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RIP.

One of the best character actors of all time.

16 posted on 04/06/2022 10:55:18 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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Great actor. One of those guys who never was one of the big stars with his name above the title, but a great supporting actor. When I picture him, it is as Jake Guzik in the TV series The Untouchables.
17 posted on 04/06/2022 10:56:37 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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If it was a ‘60’s TV drama, you either had him or Malachi Throne playing the sinister European.


18 posted on 04/06/2022 11:08:56 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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Yes, but he died, and according to FR logic, any person who dies is a victim of the Covid Jab until proven otherwise.


19 posted on 04/06/2022 11:23:13 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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“He liked commie Streisand. That is enough for me to hate him.”

Let it go. No end of people with bad taste like the caterwauling of BS. It doesn’t mean they’re bad people if they like bland, mediocre music from a nasty, vindictive harpy.

(-:


20 posted on 04/06/2022 11:42:30 AM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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