David Margulies

David Margulies

1937-02-19 New York City, New York, USA 50 Credits

Biography

David Margulies was born on February 19, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). He was previously married to Carol Grant. He died on January 11, 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Adam Bloom

Adam Bloom

2020

as Harris Sutton

Acting

An aspiring photographer balances responsibilities of caring for an ailing grandmother and an internship with an aging photo artist.

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Curmudgeons

Curmudgeons

2016

as Ralph

7.4
Acting

The best part of getting old is no longer caring what anybody thinks. Eighty years-old and in assisted living, Ralph Pajovic is involved in a relation...

A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

2014

as Saul Lefkowitz

6.6
Acting

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the live...

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

2014

as Morris Herzman

5.4
Acting

When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate...

A Case of You

A Case of You

2013

as Henry

5.6
Acting

Young writer Sam has a crush on Birdie, the cute and quirky barista at his local coffee shop. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn...

Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

2013

5.8
Acting

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "man...

Roadie

Roadie

2012

as Don Miller

5.7
Acting

After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he ...

Skin Deep

Skin Deep

2011

as Lou

Acting

A woman repays a loan she borrowed long ago from an unscrupulous lender.

All Good Things

All Good Things

2010

as Mayor

6.1
Acting

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murd...

Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi

2010

Acting

A Bangladeshi Cab Driver in New York City embarks on his own journey of self-discovery when a drag queen hails his cab.

Ira & Abby

Ira & Abby

2006

as Dr. Arnold Friedman

5.6
Acting

A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...

Whiskey School

2005

as Rex Michaels

6.0
Acting

Leopold De Angeli is a talented playwright, but like many scribes he fancies the drink a little too much. In the hopes of saving Leopold's life, his t...

Invitation to a Suicide

Invitation to a Suicide

2005

as Roman Malek

Acting

Raised in an insular Polish immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn where he's destined to become a poor baker like his father, Kaz Malek attempts to steal...

A Jersey Tale

A Jersey Tale

2004

as Kutty Nazarian

Acting

Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark offers him a job — making sure that Ray Ray's friend, an...

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Joseph L. Mankiewicz (voice)

7.5
Acting

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre...

Looking for an Echo

Looking for an Echo

2000

as Dr. Ludwig

2.7
Acting

The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.

Man of the Century

Man of the Century

1999

as Mr. Meyerscholtz

6.4
Acting

If ever a man seems lost in time, it would be Johnny Twennies, a newspaper writer who talks, walks and fights like he stepped out of the Jazz Age. Whe...

Celebrity

Celebrity

1998

as Counselor Adelman

6.0
Acting

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Hudson River Blues

Hudson River Blues

1997

Acting

Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.

Lifebreath

Lifebreath

1997

as Abe Gross

6.7
Acting

A man plans a perfect murder to get a lung transplant for his dying wife.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

1994

as Carl Laemmle

5.5
Acting

While working for a Hollywood movie studio, Indy finds that he is no match for the wily megalomaniacal director Erich von Stroheim when the two lock h...

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

as Doctor

6.6
Acting

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to e...

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

1992

as Mr. Buchenwald

5.4
Acting

While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...

A Stranger Among Us

A Stranger Among Us

1992

as Lt. Oliver

5.5
Acting

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret...

Never Forget

Never Forget

1991

as Rabbi Hier

4.2
Acting

Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, s...

Funny About Love

Funny About Love

1990

as Dr. Benjamin

4.7
Acting

As political cartoonist Duffy and his bride Meg fail to conceive, he and sorority girl Daphne succeed.

Largo Desolato

1990

as 1st Visitor

Acting

A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one...

Kojak: Ariana

Kojak: Ariana

1989

as Papas the Chef

6.0
Acting

One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash y...

Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

1989

as Rudnick

6.5
Acting

An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Q...

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989

as Mayor Lenny

6.6
Acting

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Running on Empty

Running on Empty

1988

as Dr. Jonah Reiff

7.5
Acting

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effo...

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

1988

as Lawyer

5.7
Acting

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker

Magic Sticks

Magic Sticks

1987

as Goldfarb

5.5
Acting

Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make nativ...

Ishtar

Ishtar

1987

as Mr. Clarke

4.5
Acting

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the ...

Divorced Kids' Blues

1987

as Justin

Acting

A 15-year-old struggles through the politics of divorce as his parents split up.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

1986

as Mr. Farber

6.5
Acting

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his ...

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986

as Harvey

6.1
Acting

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life,...

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984

as Mayor

7.5
Acting

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who...

A Doctor's Story

A Doctor's Story

1984

as Russell

5.0
Acting

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

Daniel

Daniel

1983

as Dr. Duberstein

6.6
Acting

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New...

Times Square

Times Square

1980

as Dr. Zymansky

6.6
Acting

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own advent...

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1980

as Dr. Levy

7.0
Acting

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police t...

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

1980

as Detective Reilly

5.3
Acting

True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

1979

as Larry Goldie

7.5
Acting

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly col...

My Old Man

My Old Man

1979

as Chubby

3.0
Acting

An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is h...

Last Embrace

Last Embrace

1979

as Rabbi Josh Drexel

5.4
Acting

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum,...

Night-Flowers

Night-Flowers

1979

as Psychiatrist

Acting

Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey city. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold ...

The Front

The Front

1976

as Phelps

7.0
Acting

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

1972

as Walter Mitty

7.8
Acting

An aspiring actress from Kansas comes to New York and meets a host of zany characters.