Harold Gould
Harold Gould | |
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Woodland Hills, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1961–2010 |
Spouse |
Lea Shampanier-Vernon
(m. 1950) |
Children | 3 |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Harold Vernon Goldstein (December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010), better known as Harold Gould, was an American character actor. He appeared as Martin Morgenstern on the sitcom
Early life
Gould was born in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Louis Goldstein, a postal worker, and Lillian, a homemaker who did part-time work for the New York State Health Department. Gould was raised in Colonie, New York and was valedictorian of his high school class. He enrolled at Albany Teachers College upon graduation and studied to become a social studies or English public high school teacher.
After two years in college, Gould enlisted in the United States Army during World War II and saw combat in France in a Chemical mortar battalion.[1] He developed trench foot and was sent back to England to recover. After convalescence, Gould served in a rail transport unit in France.[2]
After the war, Gould returned to Albany Teachers College and changed his major to study drama and theatre and graduated with a
Career
Upon graduation, Gould accepted a position at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he spent three years teaching and doing stage work.[2] He made his professional theatre debut in 1955 portraying third President Thomas Jefferson in The Common Glory in Williamsburg, Virginia.[4]
In 1956, Gould was offered a professorship in the drama department at the
Gould made his film debut in an uncredited role in
Gould began appearing regularly in television in the 1960s and 1970s including roles in the children's sitcom
He also appeared in a pilot later broadcast as a 1972 episode of Love, American Style titled "Love and the Happy Days" with him in the role of Howard Cunningham, the frustrated father of a high schooler named Richie Cunningham (played by Ron Howard).[5] Gould agreed to reprise the role on the upcoming series Happy Days; however, when production of Happy Days was delayed, he went abroad to perform in a play. Midway through the that play's run, after learning the TV series was ready to begin shooting, he decided to honor his commitment to the stage production and passed on the role. This led to the role of Howard Cunningham being recast with Tom Bosley. Gould would later state that a requirement to shave the beard he wore at the time was another factor in his decision to decline the repeat role.[6]
Gould had worked steadily in television and film for nearly fifteen years before his career began to gain momentum with his portrayal of "Kid Twist' in the fake horse racing gambling hall set up in The Sting (1973), winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture of that year. He went on to appear in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975) and the Disney film Gus (1976). He was "Engulf," the villainous head of a conglomerate, in Silent Movie (1976), directed by Mel Brooks, and made guest appearances on television shows such as Petrocelli, The Love Boat and Soap where he played the hospital roommate of Jody Dallas (Billy Crystal).
In 1972, Gould was cast as Martin Morgenstern, the father of Mary's best friend Rhoda, in an episode of
Gould also appeared in the miniseries
Gould played Miles Webber, the steadfast suitor of Rose Nylund (Betty White), on The Golden Girls in 12 episodes across three seasons (he also played another of Rose's boyfriends, Arnie, in one episode of the show's first season). He reprised the role of Miles in two episodes of the spin-off, The Golden Palace, where he became the character's ex-boyfriend and married someone else.
He portrayed the father of a villain called The Prankster on
His stage credits include Broadway theatre plays such as Jules Feiffer's Grown Ups, Neil Simon's Fools, Richard Baer's Mixed Emotions, and Tom Stoppard's Artist Descending a Staircase. Gould won an Obie Award in 1969 for his work in The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, written by Václav Havel, and reprised the role for a 1988 PBS version of the play.[1] Gould was an early and longtime (48 years) member of Theatre West, the oldest membership theatre company in Los Angeles.[7] He played Mr. Green in Jeff Baron's Visiting Mr. Green at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Death
Gould died from prostate cancer on September 11, 2010.[6] He had two sons, Joshua and Lowell, and a daughter, Deborah. He and Lea were married for 60 years.
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1951 | The Man from Planet X | Frightened Villager | Uncredited |
1962 | The Couch | Hollingsworth | Uncredited |
Two for the Seesaw
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Bit | Uncredited | |
1963 | The Yellow Canary | Ponelli | |
1964 | Marnie | Mr. Garrett - Manager of Farm | Uncredited |
1965 | The Satan Bug | Dr. Ostrer | Uncredited |
The Spy with My Face | Doctor | ||
Inside Daisy Clover | Cop on Pier | ||
1966 | Harper | Sheriff | |
An American Dream | Ganucci's Attorney | ||
1968 | Project X | Col. Holt | |
1969 | The Arrangement
|
Dr. Leibman | |
1970 | The Lawyer | Eric P. Scott | |
1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Nexdhet | |
1972 | Where Does It Hurt? | Dr. Zerny | |
1973 | The Sting | Kid Twist | |
1974 | The Front Page | The Mayor | |
1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Regent Dietz | |
Love and Death | Anton | ||
1976 | Silent Movie | Engulf | |
The Big Bus | Professor Baxter | ||
Gus | Charles Gwynn | ||
1978 | The One and Only | Hector Moses | |
1980 | Seems Like Old Times | Judge John Channing | |
1984 | The Dream Chasers | Telford Stampley | |
1986 | Playing for Keeps | Rockefeller | |
1989 | Romero | Francisco Galedo | |
1991 | Birch Street Gym | Jack | Short subject |
1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Old Henry Lesser | |
Lover's Knot | Alan Smithee | ||
1998 | My Giant | Milt Kaminski | |
Beloved | Barber Shop Man #4 | Uncredited | |
Patch Adams | Arthur Mendelson | ||
Brown's Requiem | Solly K | ||
1999 | Stuart Little | Grandpa Spencer | |
2001 | Dying on the Edge | Arthur | |
2002 | The Master of Disguise | Grandfather Disguisey | |
2003 | Freaky Friday | Grandpa Alan Coleman | |
Brother Bear | Old Denahi (voice) | ||
Nobody's Perfect | Short subject | ||
2005 | Whisper of the Heart | Shiro Nishi (voice) | English version |
English as a Second Language | Wayne |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961–1963 | Dennis the Menace | Mr. Sparks / Tramp | 2 episodes |
1961–1965 | Dr. Kildare | Earl McCloskey / Dr. Peter Duey / Frank the Cop | 3 episodes |
1962 | National Velvet | Episode: "The Rumor" | |
1962 | The Donna Reed Show | Cal Winslow | Episode: "Rebel with a Cause" |
1962–1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Judge / Eric Stanger / Paul Brauner | 3 episodes |
1962–1965 | Hazel | Judge Winston / Mr. Wheeler / TV Announcer / Mr. Prior | 4 episodes |
1962–1965 | The Virginian | Lacey / John Marshall Harrison / John Anderson / Adam Pendleton / Prosecutor Black / Prosecutor Tom Finney | 6 episodes |
1963 | Empire | Judge Will | Episode: "Stopover on the Way to the Moon" |
1963 | The Twilight Zone | General Larrabee | Episode: "Probe 7, Over and Out" |
1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
|
District Attorney | Episode: "How to Get Rid of Your Wife" |
1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Doctor | Episode: "The Double Affair" |
1964 | Perry Mason | Lawrence West | Episode: "The Case of the Latent Lover" |
1964–1965 | The Jack Benny Show | Director / Mr. Hunter, First IRS Man / DMV Clerk - Corrects Exam | 5 episodes |
1964–1967 | The Fugitive | Tom Crailer / Dr. Willis / Eller - Interviewer | 3 episodes |
1964–1974 | Gunsmoke | Lucius Shindrow / Hadley Boake | 3 episodes |
1965 | That Girl | Lew Marie | Episode: "What's in a Name?" |
1965 | Mister Ed | Psychiatrist | Episode: "Ed the Pilot" |
1965–1972 | The F.B.I. | George Hale / Vincent Millard / Israel Jacobs / Martin Eldon / Doctor / Arnold Bruzzi / Dave Rice / Hans Hunter | 7 episodes |
1966 | The Green Hornet | Calvin Ryland | Episode: "May the Best Man Lose" |
1966 | Get Smart | Hans Hunter | Episode: "The Island of the Darned" |
1966–1970 | Hogan's Heroes | General von Schlomm / General von Scheider / General Von Lintzer | 4 episodes |
1967 | The Invaders | Allen Slater / Dr. Paul Mailer | 2 episodes |
1967–1968 | The Flying Nun | Rabbi Mendez / Father Sweeney | 2 episodes |
1967–1968 | The Wild Wild West | John Taney / Victor Freemantle | 2 episodes |
1967–1969 | The Big Valley | Captain Crawford / Harry Davis / Judge William Daggett / Major Wilson | 3 episodes |
1967–1980 | Insight | God (Old Man) / Beggar / God / Jonathan / Morris Gertz / Eddie | 7 episodes |
1969 | The Debbie Reynolds Show | Whitaker | Episode: "That's Debbie" |
1969 | Mission: Impossible | Vincente Bravo | Episode: "The Code" |
1969 | I Dream of Jeannie | General Whetherby / Mr. Winkler | 2 episodes |
1971 | Columbo | Agent Carlson | Episode: "Ransom for a Dead Man" |
1971 | The Mod Squad | Lester Chennery | Episode: "Real Loser" |
1971 | A Death of Innocence | Alexander Weisberg | TV movie |
1971–1975 | Cannon | Colonel Mirza / Robert L. Jardine / Nicholas Troas | 3 episodes |
1972 | Love, American Style | Howard Cunningham | Season 3, Episode 22: "Love and the Happy Days"/"Love and the Newscasters" (segment "Love and the Television Set") |
1972–1973 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Martin Morgenstern | 2 episodes |
1972–1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Joseph Francis / Arthur Lavery | 2 episodes |
1972–1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Honore Vashon | 4 episodes |
1973 | The Partridge Family | Walter Yost | Episode: "Beethoven, Brahms and Partridge" |
1973 | Ironside | Martin Geller | Episode: "The Armageddon Gang" |
1973 | Needles and Pins | Joe | Episode: "Union Trouble" |
1974–1976 | Petrocelli | Haskell Fox | 3 episodes |
1974–1977 | Police Story | Emmett Parnell / Sam Grossman / Andrea Basic | 3 episodes |
1974–1978 | Rhoda | Martin Morgenstern | 17 episodes |
1976–1977 | The Feather and Father Gang
|
TV series (co-starring Stefanie Powers) as Harry Danton | 14 episodes |
1977 | Soap | Barney Gerber | 4 episodes |
1977 | Family | Paul Schiller | 2-part episode |
1979 | The Rockford Files | Mr. Brockelman | 2-part episode |
1979 | 11th Victim | Benny Benito | TV movie |
1979 | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | Dickie Dayton | TV movie |
1980 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | Arthur Stowbridge | TV movie |
1980 | The Scarlett O'Hara War | Louis B. Mayer | TV movie |
1980 | King Crab | Mr. Campana | |
1983 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Arthur Stowbridge | TV movie |
1984 | St. Elsewhere | Melvin Millstein | 2 episodes |
1985, 1989–1992 | The Golden Girls | Rose's boyfriend, Miles Webber (season 5–7, 12 episodes) / Rose's boyfriend, Arnie Peterson (season 1, 1 episode) | 13 episodes |
1986 | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | Dr. Marvin Elias | TV movie |
1986 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Andrei Zernov | Episode: "One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't" |
1986 | L.A. Law | Harry Finneman | Episode: "Simian Chanted Evening" |
1986 | Night Court | Walter Wise | Episode: "New Year's Leave" |
1989 | Empty Nest | Dr. Stanfield Weston | Episode: "Man of the Year" |
1989 | Midnight Caller | Charlie Drexol | Episode: "Blues for Mr. Charlie" |
1989–1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Colonel Stonesteel / Old Man | 2 episodes |
1990 | Dallas | Dr. Wexler | 2 episodes |
1990 | Singer & Sons | Nathan Singer | 4 episodes |
1992–1993 | The Golden Palace | Miles Webber, Rose's ex-boyfriend | 2 episodes |
1994–1995 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Edwin Griffin | 2 episodes |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Gerry | Episode: "Paradise" |
1996 | For Hope | David 'Dave' Altman | TV movie |
1996–2001 | Touched by an Angel | Albert Einstein / Sam Moskowitz | 2 episodes |
1997 | The Love Bug | Dr. Gustav Stumpfel | TV movie |
1998 | Felicity | Dr. William Garibay | Episode: "Hot Objects" |
1999 | Pacific Blue | Judge Solomon Stein | Episode: "Hostile Witness" |
2000 | The King of Queens | Irv Glassman | Episode: "Surprise Artie" |
2003 | Judging Amy | Arthur | Episode: "Maxine Interrupted" |
2008 | Cold Case | Monty Moran '08 | Episode: "Pin Up Girl" |
2010 | Nip/Tuck | Walter Krieger | Episode: "Walter and Edith Krieger" |
Theatre
- The House of Blue Leaves (1970) - Artie Shaughnessy - Truck and Warehouse Theatre, New York City, NY
- The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) - Mr. Antrobus - Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA
- The Substance of Fire (1996) - Isaac Geldhart - Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA
- Visiting Mr. Green (1999) - Mr. Green - Pasadena Playhouse
- Old Wicked Songs (2002) - Professor Josef Mashkan - Rubicon Theatre Company
- Tuesdays With Morrie(2005) - Morrie Schwartz - Rubicon Theatre Company
References
- ^ a b c d "Harold Gould". New York State Writers Institute. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ a b c Harold Gould, What a Character! Retrieved on 2006-08-13. Archived June 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Harold Gould". Filmbug. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ a b "Harold Gould". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2014-06-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Weber, Bruce (September 13, 2010). "Harold Gould, Character Actor, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ a b McLellan, Dennis (14 September 2010). "Harold Gould dies at 86; veteran character actor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ "History". Theatre West. Archived from the original on 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
External links
- Harold Gould at IMDb
- Harold Gould at the TCM Movie Database
- Harold Gould at the Internet Broadway Database
- Harold Gould at the Internet Off-Broadway Database