David Margulies

David Margulies
David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 – January 11, 2016) was an American actor. Among various supporting roles, he had a recurring role as Neil Mink on The Sopranos (2000-2007).
Early life
Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Runya (née Zeltzer), a nurse and museum employee, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer. He graduated from City College of New York.
Career
Margulies made his stage debut in the off-Broadway play Golden 6 (1958). In that same year, he joined the American Shakespeare Festival as an apprentice, which led to his receiving an Actors' Equity Association contract for the 1960 theater season. His first Broadway appearance was in the 1973 revival of The Iceman Cometh.
His film credits include The Front (1976), Last Embrace (1979), All That Jazz (1979), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Dressed to Kill (1980), Times Square (1980), I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), Daniel (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), 9½ Weeks (1986), Ishtar (1987), Running on Empty (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Out on a Limb (1992), A Stranger Among Us (1992), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Fading Gigolo (2013).
His television credits include Kojak, Tales from the Darkside, Spenser: For Hire, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Northern Exposure, Touched by an Angel, four episodes of Law & Order, and eight episodes of The Sopranos as mob boss Tony Soprano's lawyer Neil Mink.
Personal life
Margulies died on January 11, 2016, of cancer in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 78. He was survived by his partner, actress Lois Smith, as well as his son Johnathon and his grandson from his marriage which had ended in divorce.
Filmography
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972) as Walter Mitty (film debut)
The Front (1976) as Phelps
Last Embrace (1979) as Rabbi Josh Drexel
All That Jazz (1979) as Larry Goldie
Night-Flowers (1979) as Psychiatrist
Hide in Plain Sight (1980) as Detective Reilly
Dressed to Kill (1980) as Dr. Levy
Times Square (1980) as Dr. Zymansky
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) as Walter Kress
Daniel (1983) as Dr. Duberstein
Ghostbusters (1984) as Mayor Lenny Clotch
Tales from the Darkside (1985, "Distant Signals" TV episode) as Gil Hurn
9½ Weeks (1986) as Harvey
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) as Mr. Farber
Candy Mountain (1987) as Lawyer
Ishtar (1987) as Mr. Clarke
Magic Sticks (1987) as Goldfarb
Running on Empty (1988) as Dr. Jonah Reiff
Ghostbusters II (1989) as Lenny Clotch, The Mayor of New York City
Funny About Love (1990) as Dr. Benjamin
Law & Order (1991–2004, TV) as Various Roles
A Stranger Among Us (1992) as Lt. Oliver
Out on a Limb (1992) as Mr. Buchenwald
Day of Atonement (1992) (English version, voice)
Family Prayers (1993) as Uncle Sam
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) as Doctor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994, TV) as Carl Laemmle
Hudson River Blues (1997) as Stan
Lifebreath (1997) as Abe Gross
Celebrity (1998) as Counselor Adelman
Man of the Century (1999) as Mr. Meyerscholtz
Looking for an Echo (2000) as Dr. Ludwig
The Sopranos (2000–2007, TV) as Neil Mink
Touched by an Angel (2001, TV) as Sam Silverstein
Bought & Sold (2003) as Kutty Nazarian
Invitation to a Suicide (2004) as Roman Malek
Whiskey School (2005) as Rex Michaels
Ira & Abby (2006) as Dr. Arnold Friedman
Noise (2007) as Heart Attack Man
All Good Things (2010) as Mayor
Roadie (2011) as Don Muller
The Girl on the Train (2013) as Morris Herzman
Fading Gigolo (2013) as Chief Rebbe
A Most Violent Year (2014) as Saul Lefkowitz
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2015, TV) as Dr. Eric Setrakian
License Plates (2016) as Jacob
Madoff as Elie Wiesel
Adam Bloom (2016) as Harris Sutton (final film)
Curmudgeons (2016, Short) as Ralph (released posthumously)
Additional Broadway credits
Comedians (1976)
The West Side Waltz (1981)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983)
Conversations with My Father (1992)
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993)
Angels in America: Perestroika (1993)
A Thousand Clowns (1996 revival)
45 Seconds from Broadway (2001)
Wonderful Town (2003 revival)
References
External links
1937 births
2016 deaths
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
City College of New York alumni
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from Brooklyn
21st-century American Jews