Cast
Charles Grodin
Acting
Cast
Charles Grodin
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-04-21
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
2021-05-18
Biography
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.
Rosemary's Baby
as Dr. Hill
Beethoven
as George Newton
Heart and Souls
as Harrison Winslow
Catch-22
as Captain Aarfy Aardvark
King Kong
as Fred S. Wilson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Midnight Run
as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Drummer Boy (uncredited)
The Woman in Red
as Buddy
Clifford
as Martin Daniels
Beethoven's 2nd
as George Newton
Ishtar
as Jim Harrison
Dave
as Murray Blum
The Ex
as Bob Kowalski
So I Married an Axe Murderer
as Commandeered Car Driver
Taking Care of Business
as Spencer Barnes
While We're Young
as Leslie Breitbart
The Humbling
as Jerry
Heaven Can Wait
as Tony Abbott
The Comedian
as Dick D'Angelo
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Chaz
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
as Vance Kramer
Sunburn
as Jake
11 Harrowhouse
as Howard R. Chesser
The Great Muppet Caper
as Nicky Holiday
You Can't Hurry Love
as Mr. Glerman
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Couch Trip
as George Matlin
Last Resort
as George Lollar
The Lonely Guy
as Warren
Thieves
as Martin Cramer
The Meanest Men in the West
as Arnie Doud, Harge Gang
An Imperfect Murder
as Arthur
Seems Like Old Times
as Ira Parks
Real Life
as Warren Yeager
Movers & Shakers
as Herb Derman
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
as Self (archive footage)
It's My Turn
as Homer
The Heartbreak Kid
as Lenny Cantrow
The Paul Simon Special
as Self
The World of Jim Henson
as Nicky Holiday (archive footage)
Charley's Aunt
as Lord Fancourt Babberly
It Runs in the Family
as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)
It Happened One Christmas
as Joseph
Waiting for Ishtar
as Self
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
as Quentin Fitzwaller
Cranium Command
as Left Brain (voice)
Sex and the College Girl
as Bob
Char·ac·ter
as Self
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
as Jim Benson
Just Me and You
as Michael Lindsay
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
as Self
Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
as Self
The Harmony Game
as Self
King Kong! The Living Legend
as Self
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
as Father
