Charles Grodin actor
- All known tv series 24
- Total known movies 55
Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. After a small part in Rosemarys Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine Mays The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nicholss Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beattys Heaven Can Wait (1978).Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Dave (1993), and Clifford (1994). Grodin co-starred in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988) and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting and wrote autobiographies; he became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s, including in Louis C.K.s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbachs film While Were Young (2014).Grodin won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 1978 for the Paul Simon Special alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Heartbreak Kid in 1972. He won Best Actor at the 1988 Valladolid International Film Festival for Midnight Run, and the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in Dave in 1993.Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Grodin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dr. Hill
Movie 1968
Fred S. Wilson
Movie 1976
Martin Daniels
Movie 1994
Commandeered Car Driver
Movie 1993
George Newton
Movie 1993
Spencer Barnes
Movie 1990
Mr. Glerman
Movie 1988
Buddy
Movie 1984
Murray Blum
Movie 1993
George Newton
Movie 1992
George Matlin
Movie 1988
Tony Abbott
Movie 1978
Jonathan Mardukas
Movie 1988
Warren Yeager
Movie 1979
Warren
Movie 1984
Jim Harrison
Movie 1987
Bob Kowalski
Movie 2006
Lenny Cantrow
Movie 1972
Howard R. Chesser
Movie 1974
Nicky Holiday
Movie 1981
Mr. Parker (The Old Man)
Movie 1994
Herb Derman
Movie 1985
Jake
Movie 1979
Arnie Doud, Harge Gang
Movie 1978
(archive footage)
Movie 2012
Father
Movie 2013
Homer
Movie 1980
Jerry
Movie 2014
Jim Benson
Movie 1978
Self
Movie 2012
Self
Movie 2017
Joseph
Movie 1977
Self
Movie 1986
Martin Cramer
Movie 1977
Self
Movie 1977
Leslie Breitbart
Movie 2015
Movie 2002
Self
Movie 2011
Drummer Boy (uncredited)
Movie 1954
Captain Aarfy Aardvark
Movie 1970
Bob
Movie 1964
Dick D'Angelo
Movie 2016
Self
Movie 2007
Arthur
Movie 2017
Michael Lindsay
Movie 1978
Self
Movie 1969
Harrison Winslow
Movie 1993
Quentin Fitzwaller
Movie 1990
Nicky Holiday (archive footage)
Movie 1994
Chaz
Movie 1994
Self
Movie 1982
Carl Platt
Tv 1965
Self
Tv 1996
Tv 1988
Tv 1976
Tv 1964
Tv 1966
Arnie Doud
Tv 1962
Tv 1965
Mark Dunigan
Tv 1965
Tv 1967
Tv 1995
Thomas Martin
Tv 1961
Jed
Tv 1966
Self - Host
Tv 1975
Brett Forrester
Tv 1999
Self
Tv 1962
Carl Shapiro
Tv 2016
Steve Henry
Tv 2013
Narrator (Voice)
Tv 1992
Bells Pickering
Tv 1967
Himself
Tv 1971
News Vendor
Tv 1967
Jake
Tv 1971
