Elliott Gould

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Biography

American actor, born 29 August 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Barbra Streisand from 1963 to 1971, their son is Jason Gould.

  • Real name
  • Elliott Goldstein
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·soundtrack·producer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 29 August 1938
  • Place of birth
  • Brooklyn
  • Children
  • Jason Gould
  • Spouses
  • Barbra Streisand

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

He and Jennifer Bogart had two children before they wed in 1974.

Father, with singer-actress Barbra Streisand , of actor Jason Gould.

He and MASH co-star Donald Sutherland both own apartments in same Manhattan high-rise luxury building.

Has hosted "Saturday Night Live" six times.

Was the first actor to play the character of Trapper John, in the film version of MASH . The second actor was Wayne Rogers in the TV series ( "M

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H" ) and the third was Pernell Roberts for the TV series "Trapper John, M.D." .

MASH director Robert Altman originally wanted him to play Duke Forrest. It was only at his request that he played Trapper John.

Was a major box office star in 1970 and 1971, but according to Robert Altman , Gould hadnt been able to find a job for six months when he hired him for The Long Goodbye . Critic Hollis Alpert speculated that Goulds anti-heroic character was extremely popular with campus radicals, and once radicalism declined around the time of Richard Nixon s re-election in 1972, Goulds popularity also declined.

Director Ingmar Bergman denounced Gould as "difficult" after the two worked together in Berringen ("The Touch"), one of the great masters least memorable films.

Was originally attached to the movie version of Dr. David Reuben s best-selling sex guide Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex

But Were Afraid to Ask , but backed out. The film was made by Woody Allen in 1972.

His son with Jennifer Bogart , Samuel Gould , was born in January 1973. They also had a daughter.

He and his Oceans Eleven / Oceans Twelve co-stars, Julia Roberts , George Clooney and Brad Pitt , all have guest-starred on the TV show "Friends" , though not in the same episodes

Former son-in-law of director Paul Bogart.

Was the lead in the film adaptation of Herman Raucher s novel "A Glimpse of Tiger" and one day walked off the set for reasons then unclear. He had been playing a wild, clownish, unpredictable character. A new director, Peter Bogdanovich , then got involved and the project morphed into what we know as the remake of Bringing Up Baby -- Whats Up, Doc? , with the wild, clownish, unpredictable character changing genders and played by his ex-wife, Barbra Streisand.

The only actor to have a cameo appearance in more than one Muppet film: The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan .

Ex brother-in-law of Roslyn Kind.

Starred in The Last Flight of Noahs Ark , then played God in Noah (2012/III) .

His family were Jewish immigrants (from Romania, Belarus, and Russia).

He and James Brolin co-starred in Capricorn One . Gould was married to Barbra Streisand from 1963 to 1971 while Brolin has been married to her since 1998.

Quotes

My only enemy is me.

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