Harold Gould Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an ACE award for Actor in a Dramatic Series at the 1990 CableACE Awards for an episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater" called "To the Chicago Abyss․"
• After earning a Ph․D․ in theatre, he taught speech and drama at Cornell University for years before becoming a full-time professional actor himself
• Served in the Army as a mortar gunner during World War II, seeing action in France
• Usually plays a father, grandfather or other figure of authority, often one who is elegant and well-dressed
• Originated the role of Howard Cunningham that Tom Bosley later made famous in an episode of "Love, American Style․"
• Didn't accept the part of Howard Cunningham in "Happy Days" because he had already committed to doing a play abroad and he would have had to shave off a beard he had grown
• Was a member of Theatre West, the oldest membership theatre company in Los Angeles, for 48 years