Hogan appeared in more than 100 primetime shows as well as nearly every daytime drama on the air in his career. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia, according to his family.
Hollywood lost one of its last vestiges of golden age glamour on Tuesday, as actor Charles Grodin, whose on- and off-screen romance with his
Great Muppet Caper costar Miss Piggy electrified audiences and ushered in a new era of frank sexuality in motion pictures, died at the age of 86.
Neither Grodin nor Miss Piggy were unknown to audiences when they were cast in
The Great Muppet Caper in the fall of 1980: Miss Piggy had a recurring role on a popular television variety show, while Grodin had appeared in
Rosemary’s Baby,
The Heartbreak Kid, and
Real Life. But when word broke out that real sparks were flying between Grodin and Miss Piggy on set, the world was captivated at the thought of a tinseltown romance between the suave star of
Charles Grodin, droll and deadpan actor noted for the hit films The Heartbreak Kid and Midnight Run – obituary
Grodin wrote plays and numerous books of memoir, and was a popular mainstay of American chat shows
Charles Grodin, 1994
Credit: AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler
Charles Grodin, who has died aged 86, was an adaptable actor whose droll, sardonic charm was a feature of film, television and theatre for more than 50 years; he was also a playwright and memoirist and, in the US, a familiar face as a talk-show raconteur.
His movie breakthrough came in 1972 with the role of Lenny Cantrow, the impossibly romantic protagonist of the acerbic comedy The Heartbreak Kid, written by Neil Simon and directed by Elaine May.