Actor
Zvee Scooler
Born December 1, 1899 in Kamianets-Podilskyï, Ukraine
Died March 25, 198516 films
Zvee Scooler (December 1, 1899 – March 25, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor and radio commentator. He was born in Kamenets-Podolsky (now Ukraine). He performed in both Yiddish and English, on the stage, television, and film. He is probably best known for his roles in Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha, the innkeeper in the Broadway play and the rabbi in the film version. He appeared as Duddy's grandfather in the 1974 film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". Another of his more notable roles was that of Boris' father in Woody Allen's Love and Death.
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He was known as the Grammeister on WEVD, a Yiddish radio station in New York City. Every Sunday, Scooler presented a ten-minute segment on the radio show, Forward Hour, which was news and commentary in rhyme.
He died in New York City on March 25, 1985, at age 85.
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First watchFiddler on the Roof19717.7as RabbiIn a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.View filmEssential films
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16 films as actor- 1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeRebbe
- 1983Enormous Changes at the Last MinutePa
- 1980Playing for TimeFirst Chessplayer
- 1979BoardwalkRabbi
- 1978King of the GypsiesPhuro
- 1977ThievesOld Man
- 1975Hester StreetRabbi
- 1975Love and DeathFather
- 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzGrandfather
- 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobNew York Rabbi (uncredited)
- 1973Lady IceJeweler
- 1971Fiddler on the RoofRabbi
- 1969A Dream of KingsZenoitis
- 1968No Way to Treat a LadyOld Man
- 1965AndyMr. Chadakis
- 1932Uncle MosesCharlie