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Nehemiah Persoff

American actor and painter (1919–2022)
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Nehemiah Persoff
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Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
August 2, 1919
Date of death
April 5, 2022
Place of birth
Jerusalem
Place of death
San Luis Obispo
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
television actor, film actor, painter, stage actor, actor
Educated at
Hebrew Technical Institute[13]
Genre
Western[15]
Cause of death
heart failure[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Nehemiah Persoff, Actor With a Familiar Face (and Voice), Dies at 102[22]
End of work period
2003
Family name
Persoff[19]
Given name
Nehemiah[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[21]
Military branch
United States Army[16]
Name in native language
Nehemiah Persoff
Native language
English[12]
Number of children
+4
Participated in conflict
World War II[18]
Place of burial
Cambria Cemetery[10]
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Start of work period
1948
Subject has role
centenarian
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 55
ISNI
0000000077760674
VIAF cluster ID
107579804
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85322429
GND ID
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AllMovie person ID
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Allcinema person ID
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AlloCiné person ID
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American Film Institute person ID
116591
CineMagia person ID
6884
Danish National Filmography person ID
15448
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1062159691
Discogs artist ID
1874765
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Disney A to Z ID
persoff-nehemiah
Douban personage ID
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Elonet person ID
228168
Europeana entity
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FAST ID
1950036
Film.ru person ID
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Filmportal ID
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Filmweb.pl person ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni profile ID
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HAND ID
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IMDb ID
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ISzDb person ID
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IdRef ID
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Internet Broadway Database person ID
55984
Ivi person ID
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J9U entity ID
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KINENOTE person ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Kinopoisk person ID
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LdiF person ID
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MYmovies person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NNDB people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Cc0H;=BE
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4921749
Open Media Database person ID
3160
PORT person ID
142835
Plex person key
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Prabook ID
465739
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/nehemiah_persoff
SBN author ID
RAVV328404
STAPI performer ID
PEMA0000027262
Scope.dk person ID
8008
Sinemalar person ID
33441
Swedish Film Database person ID
96995
TCM Movie Database person ID (archived)
150844|116591
TMDB person ID
3160
WikiTree person ID
Persoff-3
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ČSFD person ID
17419

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← Cast member 22
Some Like It Hot, The Last Temptation of Christ, Twins, The Wrong Man, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Harder They Fall, Yentl, The Comancheros +14 more
Occupation 4
painter, film actor, stage actor, television actor
← Voice actor 4
An American Tail, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Cause of death 1
heart failure
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
Western
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Military branch 1
United States Army
Native language 1
English
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Place of birth 1
Jerusalem
Place of death 1
San Luis Obispo
Sex or gender 1
male
Subject has role 1
centenarian
Writing language 1
English
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Nehemiah Persoff was born in Jerusalem[1]. He was born on August 2, 1919[2]. He passed away in San Luis Obispo[3]. He died on April 5, 2022[4]. He worked as a television actor[5], film actor[6], painter[7], stage actor[8], and actor[9].

FAQs

Where was Nehemiah Persoff born?

Nehemiah Persoff's place of birth was Jerusalem[1].

Where did Nehemiah Persoff die?

Nehemiah Persoff died in San Luis Obispo[3].

What did Nehemiah Persoff do for work?

Nehemiah Persoff worked as television actor[5], film actor[6], painter[7], stage actor[8], and actor[9].

Where did Nehemiah Persoff go to school?

Nehemiah Persoff was educated at Hebrew Technical Institute[13].

Related Entities

Jerusalem Some Like It Hot The Last Temptation of Christ The Wrong Man United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 33441
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 33441, batch #270606"
  2. 12w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    STAPI performer ID → PEMA0000027262
    "Created claim: STAPI performer ID: PEMA0000027262, batch #269025"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 6533-CA0C-6759-FCB9-4207
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46470: HAND ID (9)"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nehemiah Persoff, Actor With a Familiar Face (and Voice), Dies at 102
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Family name → Persoff
    Place of burial → Cambria Cemetery
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32154: import P21 and P106 from GND (36)"
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