Harold Gould

Harold Gould

1923-12-10 Schenectady, New York, USA 72 Credits

Biography

Harold V. Goldstein (December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010), best known by his stage name Harold Gould, was an American actor best known for playing Martin Morgenstern in the 1970s sitcoms Rhoda and The Mary Tyler Moore Show and as Miles Webber & also as Arnie Peterson on The Golden Girls. Gould acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays, and received Emmy Award nominations five times. He is k...

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2011

Acting

Takes a look at twelve working actors in Hollywood over 80 and how they have managed to survive this crazy business.

Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

2009

as Self

Acting

A featurette about the origins of "Silent Movie," as well as its inspirations and development, direct cinematic influences, cast and performances, gag...

ESL: English as a Second Language

ESL: English as a Second Language

2005

as Wayne

Acting

Bolivar De La Cruz (Kuno Becker) and Lola Sara (Danielle Camastra) share only ethnicity. He's just arrived from Mexico looking for work. Father´s Lola...

Brother Bear

Brother Bear

2003

as Old Denahi (voice)

7.3
Acting

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable li...

Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

2003

as Grandpa

6.5
Acting

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's ...

The Master of Disguise

The Master of Disguise

2002

as Grandfather Disguisey

4.0
Acting

After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, It...

Dying on the Edge

Dying on the Edge

2001

as Arthur

3.0
Acting

An ex cop turned insurance investigator tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death of a music producer who may have been murdered.

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

as Grandpa Spencer

6.1
Acting

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

as Arthur Mendelson

7.3
Acting

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...

Brown's Requiem

Brown's Requiem

1998

as Solly K.

4.5
Acting

Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detectiv...

Beloved

Beloved

1998

as Barber Shop Man #4 (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Belov...

My Giant

My Giant

1998

as Milt Kaminski

5.2
Acting

Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.

The Love Bug

The Love Bug

1997

as Dr. Gustav Stumpfel

5.7
Acting

The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life....

For Hope

For Hope

1996

as David Altman

6.0
Acting

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

as Old Henry Lesser

5.9
Acting

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for...

Lover's Knot

1996

as Alan Smithee

4.0
Acting

A pair of lovers have no idea that their affair is overseen and orchestrated by an angel sent by Cupid to see that they remain together in this romant...

The Sunset Gang

The Sunset Gang

1991

as Velvil Finkelstein (segment "Yiddish")

Acting

Three stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in "Yiddish," a man and a woman, both married to others, form a bond through their native language;...

Romero

Romero

1989

as Francisco Galedo

7.0
Acting

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate s...

Get Smart, Again!

Get Smart, Again!

1989

as Nicholas Dimente

5.3
Acting

KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.

I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1988

as Tom Garrison

Acting

A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow...

Playing for Keeps

Playing for Keeps

1986

as Rockerfeller

3.9
Acting

An ambitious trio of inner-city high school grads tries to hit the big time by turning a run-down country hotel into a rock & roll resort with aro...

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

1986

as Dr. Marvin Elias

5.5
Acting

A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.

The Fourth Wise Man

The Fourth Wise Man

1985

as Rabbi

6.9
Acting

Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family...

11th Victim

11th Victim

1984

as Benny Benito

2.7
Acting

A news anchorwoman from the Midwest comes to Hollywood to learn the truth about the death of her sister, the 11th victim of a killer preying on aspiri...

The Red-Light Sting

The Red-Light Sting

1984

as Oliver Sully

2.5
Acting

Government agent Frank Powell is determined to bring down racketeering crime lord Oliver Sully but cannot find any evidence. Powell concocts a plan to...

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

1983

as Stowbridge

6.7
Acting

Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious kill...

The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

as Mr. Antrobus

10.0
Acting

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, an...

Help Wanted: Male

Help Wanted: Male

1982

as Eliot Bingham

5.0
Acting

An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes. After she mane...

The Dream Chasers

The Dream Chasers

1982

as Telford Stampley

7.0
Acting

Two unlikely companions face gun-slinging cowboys and their own personal family conflicts as they learn the importance of friendship, loyalty, and for...

Born to Be Sold

Born to Be Sold

1981

as Robert Westfield

4.4
Acting

A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can't obtain them through...

Seems Like Old Times

Seems Like Old Times

1980

as Judge John Channing

6.3
Acting

After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must ...

King Crab

King Crab

1980

as Mr. Campana

Acting

Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.

The Silent Lovers

The Silent Lovers

1980

as Louis B. Mayer

3.5
Acting

The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

The Scarlett O'Hara War

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

as Louis B. Mayer

6.1
Acting

The trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

The Gambler

The Gambler

1980

as Arthur Stobridge

6.0
Acting

This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he ...

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

1979

as Dickie Dayton

5.2
Acting

The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a home...

Aunt Mary

Aunt Mary

1979

as Dr. Hoxley

8.0
Acting

The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000...

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never

1979

as Harry Landers

Acting

Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a...

Actor

Actor

1978

as Sol Wurtzel

Acting

A musical play based on the early years of actor Paul Muni.

The One and Only

The One and Only

1978

as Hector Moses

5.8
Acting

Andy Schmidt manages to win fellow student Mary’s heart, but getting a job after college turns out much harder than expected. Desperate and dreaming o...

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Have I Got a Christmas for You

1977

as Leo Silver

Acting

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorou...

Never Con a Killer

Never Con a Killer

1977

as Harry Danton

Acting

Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon...

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

1976

as Mr. Henshaw

Acting

A divorced woman comes up with a scheme to make her ex-husband jealous, so she can get him back.

Gus

Gus

1976

as Charles Gwynn

6.0
Acting

The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard fie...

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

1976

as Professor Baxter

5.2
Acting

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disaste...

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

1976

as Engulf

6.5
Acting

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the mo...

Flannery and Quilt

Flannery and Quilt

1976

as Sam Quilt

Acting

An abrasive, two-fisted longshoreman and a quiet calligrapher attempt to share an apartment.

Medical Story

Medical Story

1975

as Dr. Fredericchi

Acting

A young intern goes up against three older surgeons as to whether or not a young actress should get a hysterectomy.

Love and Death

Love and Death

1975

as Anton Inbedkov

7.5
Acting

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

The Strongest Man in the World

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

as Dietz

6.1
Acting

Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged ...

The Front Page

The Front Page

1974

as Mayor

7.3
Acting

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

1974

Acting

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died for betraying atomic secrets. Were they guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

Double Solitaire

Double Solitaire

1974

as George

Acting

With his parents about to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a middle-aged husband agrees to renew his vows to his longtime wife. But as they assess...

The Sting

The Sting

1973

as Kid Twist

8.0
Acting

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fort...

Murdock's Gang

Murdock's Gang

1973

as Dave Ryker

6.0
Acting

After serving a prison term, a flamboyant attorney becomes a private eye with a staff of ex-cons.

Ransom for a Dead Man

Ransom for a Dead Man

1972

as Agent Carlson

7.2
Acting

A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.

Where Does It Hurt?

Where Does It Hurt?

1972

as Dr. Herman Zerny

5.1
Acting

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bil...

A Death of Innocence

A Death of Innocence

1971

as Alexander Weisberg

7.0
Acting

A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and doe...

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

1971

as Nexdhet

6.1
Acting

Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and ...

The Lawyer

The Lawyer

1970

as Eric P. Scott

5.6
Acting

Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969

as Dr. Leibman

6.7
Acting

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

Project X

Project X

1968

as Col. Holt

5.6
Acting

A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon...

An American Dream

An American Dream

1966

as Ganucci's Attorney

4.6
Acting

Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Debor...

Harper

Harper

1966

as Sheriff Spanner

6.7
Acting

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved alo...

Inside Daisy Clover

Inside Daisy Clover

1965

as Cop on Pier

5.7
Acting

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

The Spy with My Face

The Spy with My Face

1965

as Doctor

5.5
Acting

Napoleon Solo is captured by Thrush and replaced with a double.

The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

1965

as Dr. Ostrer (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The b...

Ready for the People

Ready for the People

1964

as Arnie Tomkins

Acting

In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, bu...

Marnie

Marnie

1964

as Mr. Garrett (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

The Yellow Canary

The Yellow Canary

1963

as Ponelli

Acting

Andy is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife who treats his staff badly. On the same night he starts a job at a theater in Los Ange...

The Couch

The Couch

1962

as Hollingsworth

6.1
Acting

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

1937

Additional Dialogue

5.7

Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to t...