Editing Nehemiah Persoff

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'''Nehemiah Persoff''' (born August 2, 1919) is the prolific guest actor who portrayed the [[Supreme Commandant]] in "[[Experiment in Terra]]".

Born in then-[[w:Jersualem, Palestine|Jersualem, Palestine]] (in current day [[w:Israel|Israel]]), Persoff's father was silversmith and painter. While initially interested in painting, he saw that the artists of 1936 struggled to make paining a livelihood and thus pursued acting.<ref name="official">{{cite_web|url=http://www.nehemiahpersoffpaintings.com/|title=Nehemiah Persoff Paintings: Home Page|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

As an actor, he began on the New York stage as "Galileo" starring [[w:Charles Laughton|Charles Laughton]] and, while still working on [[w:Broadway|Broadway]], later appeared in various film and television productions.<ref name="bio">{{cite_web|url=http://www.nehemiahpersoffpaintings.com/bio/bio.html|title=Nehemiah Persoff Paintings: Bio|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> His first foray into film was a brief appearance in 1948's ''The Naked City''.

His roles became much more prolific, guest starring on various television series from the 1960s to 1990s including genre television such as ''[[w:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[w:Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', ''[[w:Logan's Run (TV series)|Logan's Run]]'', and ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. 

In 1979, he performed an one-man show called "Sholom Aleichem" that played in the United States, Canada and Australia. "Sholom Aleichem" earned Persoff two awards from the Los Angeles Critics Award and the Bay Area Critics Award for best show and best performance that same year.<ref name="bio"/>

From 1985 onward, his television appearances became fewer due to his health and high blood pressure, and he took on painting.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675490/bio|title=IMDb bio on Nehemiah Persoff|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

He specializes in [[w:watercolor|watercolor]] painting and sells his work via his official website.<ref name="official"/>

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