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Nehemiah Persoff
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Actor Born: August 14, 1920 in Jerusalem, Israel Biography:Trivia buffs and diehard fans of "Elia Kazan"'s "On the Waterfront" will know that the non-speaking cab driver in the film's famed 'taxicab scene between "Marlon Brando" and "Rod Steiger" was noted character actor "Nehemiah Persoff". An American resident from age 9, the Jerusalem-born Persoff spent his early adulthood working for the New York subway system. Asked in later years why he chose acting as a profession, Persoff would comment that the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe compelled him to prove himself worthy of his "gift of life." On stage in community and non-professional productions from 1940, he studied with "Stella Adler" at the Actor's Studio before graduating to Broadway. His first film appearance, in 1948, was in the Manhattan-based "The Naked City." After attaining prominence in the mid-1950s, Persoff alternated between villainy and sympathetic roles, utilizing his ear for dialects to... Full Biography
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