The Israeli-born performer, who died Tuesday from heart failure in his home of San Luis Obispo, California, at the age of 102, appeared in more than 200 stage and screen roles during his lifetime.
Persoff, a character actor who appeared in The Twilight Zone and Yentl, died on Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility located in San Luis Obispo, California, according to Deadline.
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His most prominent roles included three tenderly caring parents, but he was most associated with the dapper gangsters he portrayed in the movies and on television.