
Harold Gould
Actor · Died September 11, 2010, aged 86 · Schenectady, New York, USA
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 known for playing elegant, well-dressed men, and he regularly played Jewish characters and grandfather-type figures on television and film.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 10, 1923
- September 11, 2010 (aged 86)
- Schenectady, New York, USA
- Actor
- 86 on MovieCove · 173 credits in all
What are Harold Gould's films like?
Across their 42 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 7 · Wry 0 · Earnest 32
Light 26 · Serious 4 · Dark 9
A split, not a type: Grounded 21 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 6
Gentle 15 · Charged 17 · Intense 7
Steady 25 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 17
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 2
Casual 25 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 29 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6
Resolved 31 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Mentor: 4 of 15 analyzed roles.
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- Mentoras Dr. Leibman in The Arrangement (1969)
- Shadowas Eric P. Scott in The Lawyer (1970)
- Tricksteras Kid Twist in The Sting (1973)
- Mentoras Professor Baxter in The Big Bus (1976)
- Shadowas Engulf in Silent Movie (1976)
- Tricksteras Harry Danton in Never Con a Killer (1977)
- Tricksteras Dickie Dayton in The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
- Heroas Harry Landers in Better Late Than Never (1979)
- Threshold guardianas Louis B. Mayer in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)
- Shadowas Robert Westfield in Born to Be Sold (1981)
- Shadowas Oliver Sully in The Red-Light Sting (1984)
- Allyas Dr. Marvin Elias in Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
- Heraldas Old Henry Lesser in Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
- Mentoras Dr. Gustav Stumpfel in The Love Bug (1997)
- Mentoras Grandfather Disguisey in The Master of Disguise (2002)
Moods and endings
- Happy22
- Bittersweet14
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous4
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 Harold Gould's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 86 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).
- Troupers (2011) · actor · free
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- Love and Death (1975) · actor · free
- Soap (1977) · actor · free
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor · free
- Aunt Mary (1979) · actor · free
- Romero (1989) · actor · free
- The Fourth Wise Man (1985) · actor · free
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) · actor · free
- Hazel (1961) · actor · free
- +10 more
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- Love and Death (1975) · actor · free
- The Rockford Files (1974) · actor · free
- Soap (1977) · actor · free
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor · free
- Aunt Mary (1979) · actor · free
- The Outer Limits (1995) · actor · free
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) · actor · free
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) · actor · free
- +8 more
- The Sting (1973) · actor
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor
- Aunt Mary (1979) · actor
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) · actor
- The Outer Limits (1995) · actor
- Night Court (1984) · actor
- Route 66 (1960) · actor
- Mannix (1967) · actor
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) · actor
- +7 more
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- Love and Death (1975) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- Mission: Impossible (1966) · actor · free
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Mannix (1967) · actor · free
- The King of Queens (1998) · actor · free
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) · actor · free
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) · actor · free
- Dennis the Menace (1959) · actor · free
- +5 more
- Howdy, show their 5 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 5 titles on Shout! TV
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- Docurama, show their title on Docurama
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
- UP Faith & Family, show their title on UP Faith & Family
Subscription and free streaming for Harold Gould's 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
173 credits, 86 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Troupers(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
ESL: English as a Second Language (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Brother Bear(2003)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Freaky Friday(2003)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Nip/Tuck(2003)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
The Master of Disguise(2002)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Dying on the Edge(2001)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Stuart Little(1999)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Patch Adams(1998)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Brown's Requiem(1998)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Beloved(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Felicity(1998)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
The King of Queens(1998)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
My Giant(1998)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Love Bug(1997)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
For Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Lover's Knot(1995)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Pacific Blue(1996)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
The Outer Limits(1995)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Touched by an Angel(1994)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
The Golden Palace(1992)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Dinosaurs(1991)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Sunset Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Singer and Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Romero(1989)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Get Smart, Again!(1989)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Empty Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Dear John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

I Never Sang for My Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Playing for Keeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Ray Bradbury Theater(1985)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Fourth Wise Man(1985)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Spencer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Finder of Lost Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

11th Victim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Red-Light Sting(1984)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Night Court(1984)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King(1983)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all showsFoot in the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The Skin of Our Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

St. Elsewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Help Wanted: Male (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

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

The Dream Chasers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Born to Be Sold(1981)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all filmsPark Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Seems Like Old Times(1980)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
King Crab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Silent Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Scarlett O'Hara War(1980)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Gambler(1980)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Aunt Mary(1979)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Better Late Than Never(1979)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all filmsGrandpa Goes to Washington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Dallas(1978)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Actor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The One and Only(1978)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Lou Grant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Soap(1977)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Never Con a Killer(1977)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Feather And Father Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Gus(1976)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Big Bus(1976)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Silent Movie(1976)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Flannery and Quilt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Medical Story(1975)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Medical Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Love and Death(1975)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all filmsThe Bob Crane Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Front Page(1974)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Rockford Files(1974)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Petrocelli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Rhoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Double Solitaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Sting(1973)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all filmsNeedles and Pins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Lotsa Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Murdock's Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Ransom for a Dead Man(1971)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Delphi Bureau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Rookies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Where Does It Hurt?(1972)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
A Death of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The New Dick Van Dyke Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Partridge Family(1970)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
The Lawyer(1970)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Arrangement(1969)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Debbie Reynolds Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Project X(1968)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The High Chaparral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Judd, for the Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Flying Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Garrison's Gorillas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

He & She (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Invaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Mission: Impossible(1966)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Felony Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Green Hornet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Love on a Rooftop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

An American Dream(1966)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Harper(1966)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Inside Daisy Clover(1965)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Daktari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Get Smart(1965)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
I Dream of Jeannie(1965)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Hogan's Heroes(1965)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Spy with My Face(1965)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Satan Bug(1965)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Ready for the People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
12 O'Clock High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Marnie(1964)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Danny Kaye Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Mr. Novak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Farmer's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Arrest and Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Lieutenant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Yellow Canary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Sam Benedict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Couch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Hazel(1961)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Cain's Hundred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Mister Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Dennis the Menace(1959)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Donna Reed Show(1958)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Red Skelton Hour(1951)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 172 titles from 1937 to 2011; peak year 2003.

Biggest box office
Brother Bear (2003)

Highest rated
The Sting (1973)

Most popular right now
The Golden Girls (1985)
Film career
Peak 2003 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 3 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.
- 1964Screen debut· Marnie
- 2003Career best· Freaky Friday
Billing
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 Harold Gould's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up30
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th21
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
42 of their 86 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved11
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser42
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed22
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 43. 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 Harold Gould's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.
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 Harold Gould work with?
People who share at least 2 of Harold Gould's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Nelson shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Gary NelsonShared titles: Get Smart, Again! (1989), Medical Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Nelson

Writers
- Dean HargroveShared titles: McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005), Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Hargrove

Actors
- Barry NewmanShared titles: Brown's Requiem (1998), The Lawyer (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Newman

- Bea ArthurShared titles: The Golden Palace (1992), The Golden Girls (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Bea Arthur

- Betty WhiteShared titles: The Golden Palace (1992), The Golden Girls (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Betty White

- Estelle GettyShared titles: The Golden Palace (1992), The Golden Girls (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Estelle Getty

Composers and cinematographers
- Rolfe KentShared titles: Troupers (2011), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Rolfe Kent

- Gayne RescherShared titles: Get Smart, Again! (1989), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Gayne Rescher
- Peter MatzShared titles: Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Matz

- Woody OmensShared titles: The Red-Light Sting (1984), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Woody Omens

Producers
- Ellwood KieserShared titles: Romero (1989), The Fourth Wise Man (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Ellwood Kieser
- Lewis AbelShared titles: Romero (1989), The Fourth Wise Man (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Lewis Abel
- Michael Ray RhodesShared titles: Romero (1989), The Fourth Wise Man (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Ray Rhodes
- Julia PhillipsShared titles: The Big Bus (1976), The Sting (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Julia Phillips
Mixed roles
- Carl ReinerShared titles: The One and Only (1978), Medical Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Carl Reiner


