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
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With bone-dry understatement, Grodin could steal entire scenes with just a look. His commitment, whether acting across De Niro or Miss Piggy, was unsurpassed. In his many late-night appearances, he once brought a lawyer with him to threaten David Letterman for defamation. (The lawyer instead took a shine to Letterman.) Hosting “Saturday Night Live,” he pretended to not understand live television, ruining all the sketches. Steve Martin, who co-starred with Grodin in 1984 s “The Lonely Guy, remembered him as “one of the funniest people I ever met.
In the 1990s, Grodin made his mark as a liberal commentator on radio and TV. He also wrote plays and television scripts, winning an Emmy for his work on a 1997 Paul Simon special, and wrote several books humorously ruminating on his ups and downs in show business.