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FILE - Charles Grodin attends the Ripple of Hope Awards in New York on Dec. 11, 2013. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in âThe Heartbreak Kidâ and the father in the âBeethovenâ comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) May 18, 2021 - 3:38 PM
Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in âThe Heartbreak Kidâ and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niroâs counterpart in the comic thriller âMidnight Runâ to the bedeviled father in the âBeethovenâ comedies, has died. He was 86.
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Actor And Writer Charles Grodin Dies At 86
The comedic, dead-pan actor and writer was known for his roles in films like The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run and Beethoven.
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Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in “The Heartbreak Kid” and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s counterpart in the comic thriller “Midnight Run” to the bedeviled father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died. He was 86.
Grodin died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, from bone marrow cancer, his son, Nicholas Grodin, said.
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Charles Grodin, Midnight Run and Heartbreak Kid star, has died at 86
Updated on: May 18, 2021 / 7:05 PM / AP Actor Charles Grodin has died at 86
Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in The Heartbreak Kid and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro s counterpart in the comic thriller Midnight Run to the bedeviled father in the Beethoven comedies, has died. He was 86.
Grodin died Tuesday at him in Wilton, Connecticut, from bone marrow cancer, his son, Nicholas Grodin, said.
Known for his dead-pan style and everyday looks, Grodin also appeared in Dave, The Woman in Red, Rosemary s Baby and Heaven Can Wait. On Broadway, he starred with Ellen Burstyn in the long-running 1970s comedy Same Time, Next Year, and he found many other outlets for his talents.
Who was Charles Grodin s wife?
Elissa Durwood Grodin is a writer who was married to Charles Grodin from 1983 until the actor s death in 2021.
Writing as Elissa D Grodin, she is the author of such books as Death By Hitchcock, Physics Can Be Fatal, and The Happy Prince.
Death By Hitchcock is a murder mystery that was published in 2014.
A description of the novel states: Physics and film seemingly have few academic features in common.
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Charles Grodin and wife Elissa Durwood in 1983Credit: Getty However, when local siren Bunny Baldwin, a student in the Film Studies Department at Cushing College, is found strangled to death on opening night of the Hitchcock Film Festival, Physics professor Edwina Goodwin puts on her detecting hat.
Charles Grodin, Actor in The Heartbreak Kid, Beethoven, Dies at 86
Actor was also a prolific stage director and writer, earning a writing Emmy in 1977
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The Heartbreak Kid,
Heaven Can Wait, and
Beethoven died on Tuesday in his home in Wilton, Connecticut. He was 86. His son Nicholas stated to the
New York Times that the cause of death was bone marrow cancer.
Born in Pittsburgh in 1935, Grodin attended the University of Miami but dropped out to pursue a career in acting. He initially landed roles in small stage plays and television serials, making it onto Broadway in 1962 with the comedy