Midnight Run and Beethoven, has passed away aged 86 after losing a battle with bone marrow cancer, his family have announced. Grodin began his career with an uncredited role in Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1954 and in a number of TV guest roles as well as acting, writing and directing on Broadway. He made an early big screen appearances in 1968’s Rosemary’s Baby and 1970’s Catch-22 and subsequently gained recognition as a comedic actor with 1972’s The Heartbreak Kid. King Kong (1976), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Couch Trip (1988) before starring opposite Robert De Niro in the classic 1988 buddy comedy