Occupation Actor Spouse Carol Grant (m. ?–1969) Role Actor | Name David Margulies Years active 1972–present | |
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Full Name David Joseph Margulies Born February 19, 1937 (age 87) ( 1937-02-19 ) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Parents Harry David Margulies, Runya Zeltzer Awards Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical Movies Ghostbusters, 9½ Weeks, Ghostbusters II, Dressed to Kill, Ace Ventura: Pet Detec Similar People Margaret Whitton, Karen Young, Annie Potts, Michael Ensign, Slavitza Jovan | ||
Education City College of New York | ||
David margulies actor
David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 – January 11, 2016) was an American actor.
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David margulies actor
Early life
Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Runya (née Zeltzer), a nurse and museum employee, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer. He graduated from City College of New York.
Career
Margulies made his stage debut in the off-Broadway play Golden 6 (1958). In that same year, he joined the American Shakespeare Festival as an apprentice, which led to his receiving an Actors' Equity Association contract for the 1960 theater season. His first Broadway appearance was in the 1973 revival of The Iceman Cometh.
His film credits include The Front (1976), Last Embrace (1979), All That Jazz (1979), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Dressed to Kill (1980), Times Square (1980), I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), Daniel (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), 9½ Weeks (1986), Ishtar (1987), Running on Empty (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Out on a Limb (1992), A Stranger Among Us (1992), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Fading Gigolo (2013). His television credits include Kojak, Tales from the Darkside, Spenser: For Hire, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Northern Exposure, Touched by an Angel, four episodes of Law & Order, and eight episodes of The Sopranos as mob boss Tony Soprano's lawyer Neil Mink.
Personal life
Margulies died on January 11, 2016 in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 78. He was survived by his partner, actress Lois Smith, as well as a son and grandson by his marriage, which ended in divorce.
Additional Broadway credits
Filmography
Actor
2020
Adam Bloom as
Harris Sutton
2016
Our Time as
Jacob
2016
Curmudgeons (Short) as
Ralph
2016
Madoff (TV Mini Series) as
Elie Wiesel
- Redemptions (2016) - Elie Wiesel
- Fallout (2016) - Elie Wiesel
- Catch Me If You Cancer (2016) - Elie Wiesel
- Millions to Billions (2016) - Elie Wiesel
2015
Happyish (TV Series) as
Walter
- Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and the New York Times (2015) - Walter
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Dr. Eric Setrakian
- Granting Immunity (2015) - Dr. Eric Setrakian
2014
A Most Violent Year as
Saul Lefkowitz
2014
The Girl on the Train as
Morris Herzman
2013
Fading Gigolo as
Chief Rebbe
2013
Double Header (Short) as
Nick Senior
2013
A Case of You as
Henry
2013
Blue Bloods (TV Series) as
Solomon
- Men in Black (2013) - Solomon
2012
The Good Wife (TV Series) as
Richard
- Don't Haze Me, Bro (2012) - Richard
2012
Political Animals (TV Mini Series) as
Dinner Party Guest
- Pilot (2012) - Dinner Party Guest
2011
Skin Deep (Short) as
Lou
2011
Roadie as
Don Muller
2010
The Robber Barons of Wall Street (Short) as
Oldest Rioter
2010
All Good Things as
Mayor
2010
Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi (Short) as
Austin
2008
Canterbury's Law (TV Series) as
Dr. Ian Harris
- Baggage (2008) - Dr. Ian Harris
2007
Noise as
Heart Attack Man
2000
The Sopranos (TV Series) as
Neil Mink
- Made in America (2007) - Neil Mink
- Soprano Home Movies (2007) - Neil Mink
- All Due Respect (2004) - Neil Mink
- Mergers and Acquisitions (2002) - Neil Mink
- Funhouse (2000) - Neil Mink
- House Arrest (2000) - Neil Mink
- Bust-Out (2000) - Neil Mink
- Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office (2000) - Neil Mink
2006
Ira & Abby as
Dr. Arnold Friedman
2005
Whiskey School as
Rex Michaels
1991
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Dr. Jack Clayburg / Dr. Jordan Delbert / Tommy Zanescu / ...
- Fixed (2004) - Dr. Jack Clayburg
- Seed (1995) - Dr. Jordan Delbert
- Securitate (1993) - Tommy Zanescu
- A Death in the Family (1991) - Simpson
2004
Invitation to a Suicide as
Roman Malek
2004
American Masters (TV Series documentary) as
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director / Writer
- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director / Writer (voice)
2003
Bought & Sold as
Kutty Nazarian
2001
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) as
Sam Silverstein
- Chutzpah (2001) - Sam Silverstein
2001
100 Centre Street (TV Series) as
Sweeney
- The Bug (2001) - Sweeney
2000
Looking for an Echo as
Dr. Ludwig
2000
Welcome to New York (TV Series) as
Jerry
- Pilot (2000) - Jerry
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV Series) as
Carl Laemmle
- Hollywood Follies (1999) - Carl Laemmle
1999
Man of the Century as
Mr. Meyerscholtz
1998
Celebrity as
Counselor Adelman
1997
Hudson River Blues as
Stan
1997
Lifebreath as
Abe Gross
1997
Melvyn Schmatzman: Freudian Dentist (Short)
1997
New York Undercover (TV Series) as
Frederick Jones
- School's Out (1997) - Frederick Jones
1996
The City (TV Series) as
Marty Burns
- Episode #1.261 (1996) - Marty Burns
- Episode #1.260 (1996) - Marty Burns
- Episode #1.106 (1996) - Marty Burns
1996
NYPD Blue (TV Series) as
Theodore Wisotski
- Yes, We Have No Cannolis (1996) - Theodore Wisotski
1995
Chicago Hope (TV Series) as
Taubler's Attorney
- Heartbreak (1995) - Taubler's Attorney
1994
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (TV Movie) as
Carl Laemmle
1994
CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) as
Chop Kleinfeld
- Same Difference (1994) - Chop Kleinfeld
1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as
Doctor
1993
Northern Exposure (TV Series) as
Herb Fleischman
- Birds of a Feather (1993) - Herb Fleischman
1993
Family Prayers as
Uncle Sam
1992
Le grand pardon II (English version, voice)
1992
Out on a Limb as
Mr. Buchenwald
1992
A Stranger Among Us as
Lt. Oliver
1991
All My Children (TV Series) as
Frank Foglia
- Episode #1.5657 (1991) - Frank Foglia (credit only)
1991
Stat (TV Series) as
Leonard Sorkin
- High Society (1991) - Leonard Sorkin
1991
An Inconvenient Woman (TV Mini Series) as
Manning
- Episode #1.2 (1991) - Manning
- Episode #1.1 (1991) - Manning
1991
Never Forget (TV Movie) as
Rabbi Hier
1990
Largo Desolato (TV Movie) as
First Visitor
1990
Funny About Love as
Dr. Benjamin
1989
Kojak: Ariana (TV Movie) as
Papas the Chef
1989
Perfect Witness (TV Movie) as
Rudnick
1989
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV Series) as
Juror
- Here's a Major Organ Interlude (1989) - Juror
1989
Ghostbusters II as
The Mayor of NY
1989
Gideon Oliver (TV Series) as
Max French
- Sleep Well, Professor Oliver (1989) - Max French
1989
A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) as
Mick
- A Time and a Place (1989) - Mick
1988
Running on Empty as
Dr. Jonah Reiff
1988
American Playhouse (TV Series) as
Yudwitz
- The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988) - Yudwitz
1987
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) as
Lou De Franco / Karl Shore
- Gone Fishin' (1987) - Lou De Franco
- The Road Back (1987) - Karl Shore
1987
Candy Mountain as
Lawyer
1987
Magic Sticks as
Goldfarb
1987
Ishtar as
Mr. Clarke
1987
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Justin
- Divorced Kids' Blues (1987) - Justin
1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs as
Mr. Farber
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series) as
Eugene Whitman / Macklin
- Heartstrings (1986) - Eugene Whitman
- Desperately (1985) - Macklin
1986
9½ Weeks as
Harvey
1985
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) as
Gil Hurn
- Distant Signals (1985) - Gil Hurn
1984
Ghostbusters as
Mayor
1984
A Doctor's Story (TV Movie) as
Russell
1983
Daniel as
Dr. Duberstein
1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as
Walter Kress
1980
Times Square as
Dr. Zymansky
1980
Dressed to Kill as
Dr. Levy
1980
Hide in Plain Sight as
Detective Reilly
1979
All That Jazz as
Larry Goldie
1979
My Old Man (TV Movie) as
Chubby
1979
Night-Flowers as
Psychiatrist
1979
Last Embrace as
Rabbi Josh Drexel
1977
Kojak (TV Series) as
Midge Piper
- Monkey on a String (1977) - Midge Piper
1976
The Front as
William Phelps
1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers as
Walter Mitty
Thanks
2010
The Robber Barons of Wall Street (Short) (special thanks)
Self
2019
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (Documentary) as
Self
2015
Aktorka (Documentary) as
Self - Actor
1999
American Experience (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999) - (voice)
- New York: Part III - Sunshine and Shadow (1999) - Self (voice)
- New York: Part II - Order and Disorder (1999) - (voice)
Archive Footage
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) as
Mayor
- Nancy Pelosi/Lucinda Williams (2020) - Mayor
2016
The 70th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - In Memoriam
2015
That's Life!! Kilorenzos $mith in Talks... (TV Series documentary) as
Doctor
- 3rd Indie Fest of YouTube Videos 2015 (2015) - Doctor
References
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