NEHEMIAH PERSOFF
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heyjohnny40-1 — 18 years ago(January 23, 2008 06:01 PM)
What a lucky person you are. I live on the east coast ( Connecticut), but I wish I could be there to see him perform. H e was never a leading star, but he is truly one of the great character actors of hollywood. You just have to love him for his dedication to his craft. God bless you Mr. Peresoff and many thanks for the great body of work you left us. Best of luck with your paintings. I've seen web pictures of them and they are fantastic. Rich
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srklondie — 14 years ago(August 12, 2011 02:07 AM)
Whereabouts in Connecticut? I left there ( Bridgeport-bleh! ) 43 years ago and haven't regretted it one bit. I too, am a huge fan of the P-man. I'm watching him right now, in an episode of ' The Untouchables '. In fact, it's also got three of my other all time favorites in it; Leo Gordon, Jack Warden and Norman Alden ( I'm in Heaven! ). I never get tired of watching Persoff work, never.
P.S. From your other posts, it appears as though you have pretty good taste. Not a whole lot of that on these boards.
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joehrobertsjr — 18 years ago(August 10, 2007 08:21 PM)
I wonder if Persoff ever paints any of his film or TV roles. I'd love to have one of him as Jake Guzik and Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti on The Untouchables. Those two were the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of TV villains.
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patchofblue65 — 18 years ago(March 13, 2008 06:35 PM)
Wow I can't believe he still alive! I remember him from his TV work and he was such a familiar face in alot of my favorite TV shows Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five O, Naked City etc5b4. He is a great character actor.
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vinidici — 14 years ago(June 30, 2011 03:13 PM)
Persoff holds one record on The Untouchablesthe most times being billed as a Special Guest Star with five.
UNLESS you count Jonathan Harris, who spent three entire SEASONS billed as "Special Guest Star" in the '60's camp sci-fi TV show, "Lost in Space."
(PS) A few minutes after posting the above, it dawned on me that you probably meant that of all "The Untouchables" "Special Guest Stars," Persoff appeared the most in that one TV show. Not the first time I've posted without thinking everything through, and surely not the last! -
Zriter59 — 16 years ago(February 17, 2010 06:29 PM)
I agree, BIG-time. Just saw Mr. P. on RetroPlex in an episode of "Marcus Welby, MD." As usual, he was excellent. Don't know how many times I've seen his work over the years, but I can't recall ANY performance in which he was not absolutely credible:)
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getnickt — 17 years ago(August 16, 2008 06:45 PM)
Here's a lengthy interview with Nick Persoff in Filmfax Magazine, from last year.
http://sciences.aum.edu/~nthomas9/newsnickpersoff.html -
jameselliot-1 — 17 years ago(January 19, 2009 07:52 PM)
Thanks for the interview. I've been watching a lot of 60s TV on DVD and I appreciate Mr. Persoff's acting talents more than ever. He is absolutely brilliant. In the hands of a lesser actor, some of the scripts he did would not have worked. The guy is incredible.
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agera — 14 years ago(November 25, 2011 06:31 PM)
One of the great character actors. I've enjoyed his work for 50 years now. As a child, I was captivated by his occasional appearances in
The Untouchables
. Since then, I've seen him in many parts, large and small. He is always superb.
"The night was sultry."