David Margulies

David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 – January 11, 2016) was an American actor. He is known for his role as Lenny Clotch, the Mayor of New York City in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II (1989), and his recurring role as Neil Mink on The Sopranos (2000–2007).

Early life Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City to a Jewish family. He was 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.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers Walter Mitty Film debut 1976 The Front William Phelps 1979 Last Embrace Rabbi Josh Drexel 1979 All That Jazz Larry Goldie 1979 Night-Flowers Psychiatrist 1980 Hide in Plain Sight Detective Reilly 1980 Dressed to Kill Dr. Levy 1980 Times Square Dr. Zymansky 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Walter Kress 1983 Daniel Dr. Duberstein 1984 Ghostbusters Mayor Lenny Clotch 1986 9½ Weeks Harvey 1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs Mr. Farber 1987 Candy Mountain Lawyer 1987 Ishtar Mr. Clarke 1987 Magic Sticks Goldfarb 1988 Running on Empty Dr. Jonah Reiff 1989 Ghostbusters II Lenny Clotch, The Mayor of New York City 1990 Funny About Love Dr. Benjamin 1992 A Stranger Among Us Lt. Oliver 1992 Out on a Limb Mr. Buchenwald 1992 Day of Atonement (English version, voice) AKA: Le grand pardon II 1993 Family Prayers Uncle Sam 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Doctor 1997 Hudson River Blues Stan 1997 Lifebreath Abe Gross 1998 Celebrity Counselor Adelman 1999 Man of the Century Mr. Meyerscholtz 2000 Looking for an Echo Dr. Ludwig 2003 Bought & Sold Kutty Nazarian 2004 Invitation to a Suicide Roman Malek 2005 Whiskey School Rex Michaels 2006 Ira & Abby Dr. Arnold Friedman 2007 Noise Heart Attack Man 2010 All Good Things Mayor 2011 Roadie Don Muller 2013 The Girl on the Train Morris Herzman 2013 Fading Gigolo Chief Rebbe 2014 A Most Violent Year Saul Lefkowitz 2016 License Plates Jacob 2016 Adam Bloom Harris Sutton Final film 2016 Curmudgeons Ralph Short, Released posthumously

Television Year Title Role Notes 1977 Kojak Midge Piper 1 episode 1985 Tales from the Darkside Gil Hurn Episode: "Distant Signals" 1985 The Equalizer Macklin Episode: "Desperately" 1986 The Equalizer Eugene Whitman Episode: "Heartstrings" 1989 Kojak: Ariana Papas the Chef TV movie 1991 Law & Order Simpson Episode: "A Death in the Family" 1993 Law & Order Tommy Zanescu Episode: "Securitate" 1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies Carl Laemmle TV movie 1995 Law & Order Dr. Jordan Delbert Episode: "Seed" 2000–2007 The Sopranos Neil Mink 8 episodes 2001 Touched by an Angel Sam Silverstein 1 episode 2004 Law & Order Dr. Jack Clayburg Episode: "Fixed" 2012 The Good Wife Richard 1 episode 2013 Blue Bloods Solomon 1 episode 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Eric Setrakian Episode: "Granting Immunity" 2016 Madoff Elie Wiesel TV miniseries (4 episodes)

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)