The Detroit News. It takes much urging for Merwin Goldsmith to emerge from his character. On the rare occasion that he does, he'll tell you his grandparents were Eastern European immigrants who settled in Michigan. It's been Goldsmith's role ever since. Goldsmith says he gets a kick out of the role.
Monopoly is part of Americana.
It's one of our best exports. I think it's an extremely good educational tool. We have to negotiate throughout our entire lives. The actor says his last movie appearance was as the judge in the Denzel Washington movie The Hurricane. He also makes appearances playing a judge on the television series Law and Order and is a long-time Broadway actor.