Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Birthday: 1935-04-21

Deathday: 2021-05-18

Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0001301

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Grodin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

The Paul Simon Special

Score: 8.0

Rosemary's Baby

Score: 7.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Score: 7.5

The World of Jim Henson

Score: 7.3

The Harmony Game

Score: 7.3

Midnight Run

Score: 7.2

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Score: 7.0

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

Score: 7.0

Heart and Souls

Score: 6.9

The Great Muppet Caper

Score: 6.9

Catch-22

Score: 6.7

Night of 100 Stars

Score: 6.7

Dave

Score: 6.7

Heaven Can Wait

Score: 6.6

The Heartbreak Kid

Score: 6.6

Real Life

Score: 6.6

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Score: 6.4

Seems Like Old Times

Score: 6.3

The Lonely Guy

Score: 6.3

Taking Care of Business

Score: 6.3

The Woman in Red

Score: 6.2

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

Score: 6.2

King Kong

Score: 6.2

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Score: 6.1

While We're Young

Score: 6.0

Beethoven

Score: 5.8

It's My Turn

Score: 5.8

The Comedian

Score: 5.7

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

Score: 5.7

11 Harrowhouse

Score: 5.7

Beethoven's 2nd

Score: 5.5

The Couch Trip

Score: 5.5

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Score: 5.4

It Runs in the Family

Score: 5.3

The Ex

Score: 5.2

The Humbling

Score: 5.1

Clifford

Score: 5.1

Just Me and You

Score: 5.0

Sunburn

Score: 5.0

You Can't Hurry Love

Score: 4.6

Ishtar

Score: 4.5

It Happened One Christmas

Score: 4.4

The Meanest Men in the West

Score: 4.1

Sex and the College Girl

Score: 4.0

Char·ac·ter

Score: 4.0

Movers & Shakers

Score: 3.9

An Imperfect Murder

Score: 3.7

Thieves

Score: 3.7

Last Resort

Score: 3.4

Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause

Score: 0.0

Charley's Aunt

Score: 0.0

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

King Kong! The Living Legend

Score: 0.0

Waiting for Ishtar

Score: 0.0

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Score: 10.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Judd for the Defense

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Laverne & Shirley

Score: 7.2

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

Madoff

Score: 6.4

Fresno

Score: 6.4

Felony Squad

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Score: 6.2

The Defenders

Score: 6.2

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

Shane

Score: 6.0

The Michael J. Fox Show

Score: 5.9

Captain Nice

Score: 5.7

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.6

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

My Mother the Car

Score: 4.3

The Young Marrieds

Score: 3.0

The Great American Dream Machine

Score: 0.0

The Charles Grodin Show

Score: 0.0