Zvee Scooler
Biography
Zvee Scooler was an actor and radio commentator who performed in Yiddish and English on stage, television, and film. Born in Kamianets-Podilskyi in 1899, he arrived in the United States in 1912. In 1921 he joined Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater, making his debut in the first American production of S. Ansky's The Dybbuk, and stayed with the company for 25 years. He became best known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), where he played Mordcha the innkeeper in the Broadway musical and the rabbi in the film; he was the sole actor to appear in every one of the musical's performances during its seven-year run. He also played Duddy's grandfather in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) and the father of Boris in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975). On the Yiddish radio station WEVD, he was known as the Grammeister, presenting a rhyming news and commentary segment on Forward Hour from the 1930s until his death.
85years old at death
- Born Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Died New York City
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 10 years1968 to 1978
Share
Zvee Scooler movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Zvee Scooler shares three films with Sol Frieder, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sol Frieder's page
Doris Roberts's page
Eric Roberts's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Lin Shaye's page
All films by Norman Jewison
All films by Woody Allen
All films by Ted Kotcheff
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.