바카라�Some Like It Hot바카라� Actor Nehemiah Persoff Passes Away

His son Dan confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. Known as an amazing character actor, Persoff will always be remembered for his role as Henry Fonda바카라�s brother-in-law in Alfred Hitchcock바카라�s 바카라�The Wrong Man바카라� (1956). He was also seen as Humphrey Bogart바카라�s boxing business partner in 바카라�The Harder They Fall바카라� (1957). He was seen as the ruthless chieftain Graile in Michael Curtiz바카라�s 바카라�The Comancheros바카라� (1961) and as an eccentric physicist in 바카라�The Power바카라� (1968). He played the role of a poverty-stricken Jew, who is trying to flee Hitler in the film 'Voyage of the Damned바카라� (1976).

He was also part of the musical drama 바카라�Yentl바카라� by Barbra Streisand. He played the role of her father in the drama. His character secretly tutors her character in the Talmud and his death drives her to disguise herself as a man and to go to a religious school.

In a 2008 interview for Films of Golden Age, the actor spoke about how he came on board with the musical. 바카라�One day before filming, Barbra invited me for tea in her house in London. 바카라� She told me about losing her father at the tender age of two, of her early years in Brooklyn, and so on. She said, 바카라�Let바카라�s read,'바카라� he said, adding, 바카라�바카라�As we read, I looked at her and thought, 바카라�What courage you have to take on this film, to write, direct, act and sing.바카라� I read, 바카라�Yentl, I바카라�m so proud of you,바카라� and at that moment, the emotion welled up in me.바카라�

Billy Wilder바카라�s 바카라�Some Like It Hot바카라� (1959) saw Persoff as Little Bonaparte, a gangster.