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Nehemiah Persoff

Actor · 47 credits · 17 in highly-rated films

Best known for Some Like It Hot (1959)

Frequent collaborators: Dom DeLuise, Erica Yohn, Pat Musick

Best Nehemiah Persoff movies by genre

Movies (47 total, ranked by score)

  1. Some Like It Hot

    1959 · ★ 8.1 (3,970 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Crime

    1

  2. An American Tail

    1986 · ★ 6.8 (1,467 votes)

    Adventure, Animation, Comedy

    2

  3. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

    1991 · ★ 6.3 (803 votes)

    Animation, Family, Western

    3

  4. The Day of the Owl

    1968 · ★ 7.1 (118 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    4

  5. Al Capone

    1959 · ★ 6.6 (57 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Crime

    5

  6. Yentl

    1983 · ★ 6.7 (262 votes)

    Music, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Men in War

    1957 · ★ 6.6 (69 votes)

    War, Drama

    7

  8. Voyage of the Damned

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (75 votes)

    Drama, War

    8

  9. Red Sky at Morning

    1971 · ★ 6.7 (5 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. The Girl Who Knew Too Much

    1969 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    10

  11. The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

    1966 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Western, TV Movie

    11

  12. The Power

    1968 · ★ 6.3 (30 votes)

    Science Fiction, Thriller

    12

  13. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

    1998 · ★ 6.3 (191 votes)

    Family, Animation, Adventure

    13

  14. Daniel in the Lions' Den

    1978

    14

  15. The Badlanders

    1958 · ★ 6.2 (46 votes)

    Western, Crime, Drama

    15

  16. An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster

    1999 · ★ 6.3 (155 votes)

    Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

    16

  17. Marty

    1953 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, Romance

    17

  18. The Death of Manolete

    1957

    Drama, TV Movie

    18

  19. For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1959

    War, Drama, TV Movie

    19

  20. O'Hara's Wife

    1982

    Drama, Comedy

    20

  21. Green Mansions

    1959 · ★ 5.7 (32 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Romance

    21

  22. Street of Sinners

    1957 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    22

  23. Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

    1971 · ★ 6.3 (9 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy

    23

  24. Panic in the City

    1968 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Thriller

    24

  25. Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    2012 · ★ 7.0 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Cutter's Trail

    1970 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Western, TV Movie

    26

  27. Lapin 360

    1972 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. The Wild Party

    1956 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    28

  29. Too Many Thieves

    1966 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    29

  30. Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

    1976 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.