Charles Grodin, Midnight Run, Heartbreak Kid, star, dies
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
May 18, 2021
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1of6FILE - Actor Charles Grodin appears during the grand finale of the Night of 100 Stars benefit gala in New York s Radio City Music Hall on Feb. 15, 1982. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86.Ron Frehm/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6FILE - Actor Charles Grodin appears at a screening of the environmental documentary Planet in Peril, in New York on Oct. 8, 2007. Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer. He was 86.Diane Bondareff/APShow MoreShow Less
Reel Dad: Remembering Beethoven and The Heartbreak Kid actor Charles Grodin
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Charles Grodin died on May 18.Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo
On a rainy afternoon in the late 1990s when Bissell Drugs still occupied its iconic storefront on Main Street in Ridgefield a friendly voice filled the store and calmed the customers. Like others caught in the storm, actor Charles Grodin stopped in Bissell to shop and dry. And, as we waited for the storm to pass, he entertained everyone in line with his thoughts on the lessons that rain can teach.
Throughout his career as an actor and director, the wondrous Grodin who died May 18 at his home in Wilton taught us many lessons. Here are seven of my favorites from his work on stage and screen, enough to fill many a rainy afternoon.