Elliott Gould

Director Ingmar Bergman accused Elliott Gould of being "difficult" after the two worked together on The Touch (1971), one of the great master's least remembered films.

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Elliott Gould's family were Jewish immigrants, from Romania, Belarus and Russia.

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Elliott Gould is the only actor to make cameo appearances in more than one Muppet film: The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984).

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Elliott Gould was a major box-office star in 1970 and 1971, yet according to Robert Altman, Gould had been unable to find work for six months when Altman cast him in The Long Goodbye (1973). Critic Hollis Alpert speculated that Gould's anti-heroic character was extremely popular among campus radicals, and that Gould's popularity declined along with radicalism as Richard Nixon was re-elected in 1972.

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Elliott Gould hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) six times.

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Elliott Gould and James Brolin appeared together in Capricorn One (1978). Gould was married to Barbra Streisand from 1963 to 1971, while Brolin has been married to her since 1998.

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Elliott Gould and his M*A*S*H (1970) co-star Donald Sutherland both have apartments in the same luxury high-rise building in Manhattan.

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Elliott Gould is the father of actor Jason Gould, whose mother is the singer and actress Barbra Streisand.

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M*A*S*H (1970) director Robert Altman initially wanted Elliott Gould to play Duke Forrest; his casting as Trapper John came about only at Gould's own request.

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Elliott Gould was the first actor to play the character Trapper John in the film version of M*A*S*H (1970). The second was Wayne Rogers in the series M*A*S*H (1972), and the third was Pernell Roberts in the series Trapper John, M.D. (1979).

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Elliott Gould was initially attached to the film version of Dr. David Reuben's bestselling sex guide Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), but he was dropped from the project. The film was made by Woody Allen in 1972.

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Elliott Gould appeared in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980), and later played God in Noah (2012).

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Elliott Gould's children with Jennifer Bogart are Molly Gould (born 18 November 1971) and Samuel Gould (born 9 January 1973).

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Elliott Gould and his Ocean's Eleven (2001) / Ocean's Twelve (2004) co-stars Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Brad Pitt all appeared as guest stars on Friends (1994), though not in the same episodes.

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Elliott Gould was the second person to host Saturday Night Live (1975) twice, doing so in the long-running show's first season. Candice Bergen was the first to host SNL twice.

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Elliott Gould and Jennifer Bogart lived together for three years and had two children out of wedlock before marrying.

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Elliott Gould's religion is Judaism.

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Elliott Gould is the former brother-in-law of Roslyn Kind.

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Elliott Gould is the former son-in-law of director Paul Bogart.

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As of 2025, Elliott Gould has appeared in three films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975) and Bugsy (1991).

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Elliott Gould is the former son-in-law of Diana Kind.

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