Rest In Peace, Nehemiah Persoff

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Nehemiah Persoff passed away yesterday at the age of 102. May he rest in peace.

I briefly wondered why I believed that he had died in 2016, before I realized I was just mixing him up with Frank Finlay. As it is, the first thing I think of when I hear Persoff’s name is the Purple Playhouse production of Dracula from 1973, which I finally tracked down thanks to it getting leaked to Youtube back in 2017. He was a great Van Helsing. I also loved his episode of Columbo.

I went through his filmography to see if I knew him from anything else. I had forgotten that he was also in The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); when I was going through a giallo phase, it was one of the better ones. Thanks to Heroes And Icons, I have seen his episode of The High Chaparrel. He was also in three episodes of Barney Miller, as two different characters, and five episodes of The Untouchables (as four different characters).

Later today, I will watch Voyage of the Damned (1976), since I spotted that one on Tubi just a few days ago.