
Zvee Scooler
Acting
Biography
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. He was known as the Grammeister…
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Naked City
1958 · TV

Fiddler on the Roof
1971 · Movie

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Movie

Love and Death
1975 · Movie

King of the Gypsies
1978 · Movie

Playing for Time
1980 · Movie

No Way to Treat a Lady
1968 · Movie

Thieves
1977 · Movie

Lady Ice
1973 · Movie

A Dream of Kings
1969 · Movie

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974 · Movie

Hester Street
1975 · Movie