Charles Grodin

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Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Dave (1993), and Clifford (1994). Grodin co-starred in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988) and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting and wrote autobiographies; he became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s, including in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young (2014). Grodin won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 1978 for the Paul Simon Special alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Heartbreak Kid in 1972. He won Best Actor at the 1988 Valladolid International Film Festival for Midnight Run, and the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in Dave in 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Grodin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1935-04-21
  • event Death Date 2021-05-18
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 10.9
  • info Birth Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rosemary's Baby

1968-06-12

6.2

King Kong

1976-09-08

4.9

Clifford

1994-04-01

6.1

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993-07-30

5.5

Beethoven's 2nd

1993-12-14

6.2

Taking Care of Business

1990-08-16

4.6

You Can't Hurry Love

1988-01-20

6.2

The Woman in Red

1984-08-15

6.7

Dave

1993-05-07

5.9

Beethoven

1992-04-03

5.4

The Couch Trip

1988-01-15

6.6

Heaven Can Wait

1978-06-28

7.2

Midnight Run

1988-07-20

6.6

Real Life

1979-03-02

5.2

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981-01-30

6.3

The Lonely Guy

1984-01-27

4.5

Ishtar

1987-05-15

5.2

The Ex

2006-12-01

6.2

Seems Like Old Times

1980-12-19

6.6

The Heartbreak Kid

1972-12-17

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11 Harrowhouse

1974-09-26

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The Great Muppet Caper

1981-06-26

5.3

It Runs in the Family

1994-09-23

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Movers & Shakers

1985-05-03

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Sunburn

1979-08-10

4.1

The Meanest Men in the West

1978-05-04

7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012-02-04

5.7

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

2013-04-13

5.8

It's My Turn

1980-10-24

5.2

The Humbling

2014-12-31

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The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

1978-10-25

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Char·ac·ter

2012-11-30

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Waiting for Ishtar

2017-12-14

3.2

It Happened One Christmas

1977-12-11

3.4

Last Resort

1986-03-31

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King Kong! The Living Legend

1986-06-01

3.7

Thieves

1977-02-11

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The Paul Simon Special

1977-12-08

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While We're Young

2015-04-03

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The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2002-10-13

7.5

The Harmony Game

2011-02-11

7

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954-12-23

6.7

Catch-22

1970-06-24

4

Sex and the College Girl

1964-09-03

5.7

The Comedian

2016-12-09

6.2

Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

2007-06-27

3.7

An Imperfect Murder

2017-09-03

5

Just Me and You

1978-05-22

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Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969-11-30

6.9

Heart and Souls

1993-08-13

6.4

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990-05-06

7.3

The World of Jim Henson

1994-11-23

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Charley's Aunt

1983-02-06

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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994-05-18

6

Night of 100 Stars

1982-03-08

5.5

The F.B.I.

1965-09-19

6.4

The Daily Show

1996-07-22

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988-09-05

7.2

Laverne & Shirley

1976-01-27

3

The Young Marrieds

1964-10-05

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Felony Squad

1966-09-12

6.4

The Virginian

1962-09-19

3.6

My Mother the Car

1965-09-14

6

The Big Valley

1965-09-15

7.5

Judd for the Defense

1967-09-08

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The Charles Grodin Show

1995-01-09

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

6

Shane

1966-09-10

6.9

Saturday Night Live

1975-10-11

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999-09-20

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

6.4

Fresno

1986-11-16

6.5

Madoff

2016-02-03

5.9

The Michael J. Fox Show

2013-09-26

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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

1992-04-21

5.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967-09-08

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The Great American Dream Machine

1971-01-06

5.7

Captain Nice

1967-01-09

4.9

Great Performances

1971-01-28

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