Elliott Gould was born August 29, 1938, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Acting onstage from his teen years, Gould moonlighted as an elevator operator, vacuum cleaner salesman and chorus boy. He eventually found success on Broadway with "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," opposite future wife Barbra Streisand.Gould's 1964 film debut wasn't released until the early '70s, retitled Quick, Let's Get Married. He fared better with The Night They Raided Minsky's and 1969's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination). It was MASH (1970) that made Gould a counterculture hero.
The Long Goodbye, California Split and Harry and Walter Go to New York were followed by less memorable films. Gould reemerged in the '90s as a character actor in Bugsy and American History X, and later in Ocean's Eleven (2001). "Friends" fans know him as the father of Monica and Ross Geller.
AddSaving Sarah CainWhen Sarah (Lisa Pepper) becomes legal guardian of her sister's Amish-raised children, she takes them back to the big city and uses their story to advance her waning writing career. But when her new brood learns of the exploitation, they demand to return home. Will Sarah turn from her selfish ways... Read More
AddThe Long GoodbyeRobert Altman cleverly updates the exploits of classic 1940s hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe (Elliott Gould, in an unforgettable performance), who ferrets out a killer in the City of Angels circa 1974. Now, Marlowe is a wisecracking cynic who deals with coke-addled, sun-worshipping suspects and... Read More
AddCapricorn OneSeconds before launch, the first NASA astronauts bound for Mars are pulled from the capsule and told that mechanical problems would have killed them in flight. They're then asked to fake the Mars landing. The astronauts (Sam Waterston, James Brolin and O.J. Simpson) agree, but as a reporter (Elliott... Read More
AddThe Silent PartnerAfter discovering a secret plot to rob the bank at which he works, timid teller Miles Cullen (Elliot Gould) cunningly hides a large portion of the cash in his own safe-deposit box. After the robbery, master criminal Harry Reikle (Christopher Plummer) discovers that he's been duped and puts the... Read More
AddJoe Dante: The Screwfly SolutionJason Priestley and Elliott Gould star as scientists racing to discover why the collective libido of men across the globe has suddenly turned into homicidal bloodlust. The battle of the sexes takes on a whole new meaning as the researchers try to unravel the mystery -- and female corpses continue to... Read More
