Misplaced Pages

Josh Mostel
Mostel in 2016
Born	(1946-12-21) December 21, 1946 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Peggy Rajski ​ ​(m. 1983; div. 1998)​ Kim Murdock ​ ​(m. 2016)​
Father	Zero Mostel

Joshua Mostel (born December 21, 1946) is an American actor with numerous film and Broadway credits. The son of Zero Mostel, he is best known for his supporting roles in films such as Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Harry and Tonto (1974), Sophie's Choice (1982), City Slickers (1991), Billy Madison (1995), and Big Daddy (1999).

Life and career

Mostel was born in New York City, the son of Kathryn Celia, née Harkin, an actress, dancer, and writer, and Zero Mostel, a comic actor.

Tobias Mostel, his brother, is a painter, ceramic artist and professor of art, teaching at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College.

Mostel started his career as a boy soprano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He graduated from Brandeis University. His Broadway debut was in 1971 with Unlikely Heroes. In 1973, Mostel had one of his more notable film performances as Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1979, Mostel briefly starred in Delta House, the television version of the film Animal House; he played Blotto Blutarsky, the brother of the character Bluto (played by John Belushi in the original film).

On Broadway, he appeared in the 1989 revival of The Threepenny Opera as Money Matthew and as the frazzled head writer in the original 1992 production of My Favorite Year. He also played the part of "the best trader on the street", Ollie, one of Gordon Gekko's traders in Wall Street.

Mostel lives in New York, with a summer home in Monhegan, Maine.

Filmography

Broadway productions

References

1. Maslin, Janet (September 21, 1984). "Windy City (1984) 'WINDY CITY'". The New York Times.
2. ^ "Peggy Rajski, a Producer, Is Wed to Joshua Mostel". The New York Times. June 25, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
3. "Tobias Mostel – Broadway Cast & Staff". IBDB. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
4. "Frances Winter, an Artist, Is Married to Tobias Mostel". The New York Times. May 2, 1981. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
5. "Art & Design Library". FSU Department of Art History. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
6. "Zero and Kate Mostel papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
7. "Adding Up to Zero". Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
8. "THE EXPLOSION OF A MYTH mixed media on paper, framed, signed and dedicated on verso - Tobias Mostel". Charlton Hall Galleries. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
9. "Zero Mostel". tcmdb. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
10. Art History Department, Florida State University. With special thanks to Tobias and Aileen Mostel.
11. OLLI Spring 2013 Newsletter by OLLI FSU
12. "Mary Aileen Mostel October 8, 1950 - April 9, 2018". Abbey Funeral Home and Tallahassee Memory Gardens. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

External links

• Josh Mostel at IMDb
• Josh Mostel at AllMovie
• Josh Mostel at the Internet Broadway Database
• Josh Mostel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

• 1947 births
• American male film actors
• American male stage actors
• American male musical theatre actors
• Brandeis University alumni
• Marvel Comics people
• Male actors from New York City
• Living people
• American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
• American people of German-Jewish descent
• American people of Mountain Jewish descent
• American people of Polish-Jewish descent
• American people of Russian-Jewish descent
• American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
• American people of Swiss-Jewish descent
• American people of Corsican descent
• American people of French descent
• American people of Italian descent
• American people of Israeli descent
• Male actors from Beverly Hills, California
• Male actors from Los Angeles
• Comedians from Los Angeles
• Film directors from Los Angeles
• Screenwriters from California
• Comedians from New York City
• Jewish American comedians
• Jewish male comedians