David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 - January 11, 2016) was an American actor best known for his roles on Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
He also had numerous roles on Broadway, including Comedians, The West Side Waltz, Conversations with My Father, and Angels In America Millennium Approaches.
He was married to Carol Grant, partners with actress Lois Smith, and had one child with Grant.
Margulies died in 2016 at the age of 78 after battling cancer.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1972: Scarecrow In A Garden Of Cucumbers as Walter Mitty
- 1976: The Front as William Phelps
- 1979: Last Embrace as Rabbi Josh Drexel
- 1979: Night Flowers as Psychiatrist
- 1979: My Old Man as Chubby
- 1979: All That Jazz as Larry Goldie
- 1980: Hide In Plain Sight as Det. Reilly
- 1980: Dressed to Kill as Dr. Levy
- 1980: Times Square as Dr. Zymansky
- 1982: Im Dancing As Fast As I Can as Walter Kress
- 1983: Daniel as Dr. Duberstein
- 1984: A Doctors Story as Russell
- 1984: Ghostbusters (1984) as The Mayor
- 1989: Ghostbusters II as Mayor
- 1986: 9½ Weeks as Harvey
- 1986: Brighton Beach Memoirs as Mr. Farber
- 1987: Ishtar as Mr. Clarke
- 1987: Magic Sticks as Goldfarb
- 1987: Candy Mountain as Lawyer
- 1988: Running on Empty as Dr. Jonah Reiff
- 1989: Perfect Witness as Rudnick
- 1990: Funny About Love as Dr. Benjamin
- 1990: Largo Desolato as 1st Visitor
- 1991: Never Forget as Rabbi Hier
- 1992: A Stranger Among Us as Lt. Oliver
- 1992: Out On A Limb as Mr. Buchenwald
- 1993: Family Prayers as Uncle Sam
- 1994: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Doctor
- 1994: The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Hollywood Follies as Carl Laemmle (TV Movie)
- 1997: Lifebreath as Abe Gross
- 1997: Hudson River Blues as Stan
- 1998: Celebrity as Counselor Adelman
- 1999: Man Of The Century as Mr. Meyerscholtz
- 2000: Looking For An Echo as Dr. Ludwig
- 2003: Bought And Sold as Kutty Nazarian
- 2004: Invitation To A Suicide as Roman Malek
- 2005: Whiskey School as Rex Michaels
- 2006: Ira And Bobby as Dr. Arnold Friedman
- 2007: Noise as Heart Attack Man
- 2010: All Good Things (2010) as Mayor
- 2011: Roadie as Don Muller
- 2013: A Case Of You as Henry
- 2013: Fading Gigolo as Chief Rebbe
- 2014: The Girl on the Train as Morris Herzman
- 2014: A Most Violent Year as Saul Lefkowitz
- 2016: Our Time as Jacob
Television Roles
- 1977: Kojak as Midge Piper
- 1985: Tales from the Darkside as Gil Hurn
- 1985-1986: The Equalizer as Eugene Whitman/Macklin
- 1987: Spenser For Hire as Lou De Franco/Karl Shore
- 1988: American Playhouse as Yudwitz
- 1989: A Man Called Hawk as Mick
- 1989: Gideon Oliver as Max French
- 1989: The Days And Nights Of Molly Dodd as Juror
- 1991: An Inconvenient Woman as Manning
- 1991: Stat as Leonard Sorkin
- 1991: All My Children as Frank Foglia
- 1991-1994: Law & Order as Dr. Jack Clayburg/Dr. Jordan Delbert/Tommy Zanescu/Simpson
- 1993: Northern Exposure as Herb Fleischman
- 1995: Chicago Hope as Taubler's Attorney
- 1996: NYPD Blue as Theodore Wisotski
- 1997: New York Undercover as Frederick Jones
- 2000-2007: The Sopranos as Neil Mink
- 2001: Touched by an Angel as Sam Silverstein
- 2004: American Masters as Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 2008: Canterburys Law as Dr. Ian Harris
- 2012: Political Animals as Dinner Party Guest
- 2012: The Good Wife as Richard
- 2013: Blue Bloods as Solomon
- 2015: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Eric Setrakian
- 2015: Happyish as Walter
- 2016: Madoff as Elie Wiesel
