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David Margulies

David Margulies

Actor · Died January 11, 2016, aged 78 · New York City, New York, USA

David Margulies (February 19, 1937 - January 11, 2016) was an American actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). He was previously married to Carol Grant.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 19, 1937
Died
January 11, 2016 (aged 78)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 38% in 30 days

What are David Margulies' films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
28%
Morality
19%
Society
11%
Survival
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 6 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 9 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 11 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Threshold guardian
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Absurd
7
Melancholic
7
Joyful
5
Thrilling
4
Other
19

How their films linger

Fun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch David Margulies' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Margulies' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

71 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Adam Bloom(2020)

    as Harris Sutton

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Curmudgeons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Ralph

  • A Most Violent Year(2014)

    as Saul Lefkowitz

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Girl on the Train(2014)

    as Morris Herzman

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • A Case of You(2013)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Fading Gigolo(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Political Animals(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Dinner Party Guest

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Roadie(2011)

    as Don Miller

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Skin Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lou

  • All Good Things(2010)

    as Mayor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Blue Bloods(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Solomon

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Canterbury's Law(2008)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Ira & Abby(2006)

    as Dr. Arnold Friedman

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Whiskey School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Rex Michaels

  • Invitation to a Suicide(2004)

    as Roman Malek

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • A Jersey Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Kutty Nazarian

  • Judy Garland: By Myself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Joseph L. Mankiewicz (voice)

  • Looking for an Echo(2000)

    as Dr. Ludwig

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Man of the Century(1999)

    as Mr. Meyerscholtz

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Eric Setrakian

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Sopranos(1999)

    Show 8 episodes · as Neil Mink

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Celebrity(1998)

    as Counselor Adelman

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Hudson River Blues(1997)

    as Stan

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lifebreath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Abe Gross

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Carl Laemmle

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Sam Silverstein

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Taubler's Attorney

  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective(1994)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Out on a Limb(1992)

    as Mr. Buchenwald

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • A Stranger Among Us(1992)

    as Lt. Oliver

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Manning

  • Never Forget(1991)

    as Rabbi Hier

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Funny About Love(1990)

    as Dr. Benjamin

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Jack Clayburg · as Dr. Jordan Delbert · as Simpson · as Tommy Zanescu

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Northern Exposure(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Herb Fleischman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Largo Desolato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as 1st Visitor

  • Kojak: Ariana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Papas the Chef

  • Perfect Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Rudnick

  • Ghostbusters II(1989)

    as The Mayor of NY

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Gideon Oliver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Max French

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · as (voice) · as Self (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Running on Empty(1988)

    as Dr. Jonah Reiff

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Candy Mountain(1987)

    as Lawyer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Magic Sticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Goldfarb

  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Juror

  • Ishtar(1987)

    as Mr. Clarke

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Divorced Kids' Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Justin

  • Brighton Beach Memoirs(1986)

    as Mr. Farber

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • 9½ Weeks(1986)

    as Harvey

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Spenser: For Hire(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Eugene Whitman · as Macklin

  • Tales from the Darkside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Gil Hurn

  • Ghostbusters(1984)

    as Mayor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Doctor's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Russell

  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Chop Kleinfeld

  • Daniel(1983)

    as Dr. Duberstein

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can(1982)

    as Walter Kress

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Yudwitz

  • Times Square(1980)

    as Dr. Zymansky

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dressed to Kill(1980)

    as Dr. Levy

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hide in Plain Sight(1980)

    as Detective Reilly

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • All That Jazz(1979)

    as Larry Goldie

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • My Old Man(1979)

    as Chubby

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Last Embrace(1979)

    as Rabbi Josh Drexel

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Night-Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Psychiatrist

  • The Front(1976)

    as Phelps

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Midge Piper

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • ABC Afterschool Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Justin

  • Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Walter Mitty

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles from 1972 to 2020; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Ghostbusters (1984)

$297M worldwide

Highest rated

Ghostbusters (1984)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19722020

Peak 2013 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1976Screen debut· The Front
  • 1999Career best· The Sopranos
  • 2016First top-billed film· Curmudgeons
  • 2016Career best· Curmudgeons

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 71: 71 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1970s8 · acting1980s25 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 4% of 25 roles
76819111

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do David Margulies' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Invitation to a Suicide (2004)

89th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Sopranos (1999)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is David Margulies' work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles25–68 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles26–71 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles37–64 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles26–35 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles30–66 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does David Margulies work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Margulies' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ivan Reitman shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles