Charles Grodin

ActorProducerWriterDirector Apr 21 (died age 86) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1954–2025 (71 year career)

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Biography

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 Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). Known for his deadpan delivery and often c…

Known For

Film

Rosemary's Baby

Dr. Hill

Film

Midnight Run

Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”

Film

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Drummer Boy (uncredited)

Film

Beethoven

George Newton

Film

Dave

Murray Blum

Film

King Kong

Fred S. Wilson

Film

While We're Young

Leslie Breitbart

Film

Heart and Souls

Harrison Winslow

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (56)

Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause

2025

Waiting for Ishtar

2017

as Self

An Imperfect Murder

as Arthur

The Comedian

as Dick D'Angelo

While We're Young

as Leslie Breitbart

The Humbling

as Jerry

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

2013

as Father

5.7

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

Char·ac·ter

as Self

The Harmony Game

as Self

Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

as Self

The Ex

as Bob Kowalski

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2002

as Self (archive footage)

It Runs in the Family

1994

as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)

5.4

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Nicky Holiday (archive footage)

7.3

Clifford

1994

as Martin Daniels

5.1

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Chaz

Beethoven's 2nd

as George Newton

Dave

as Murray Blum

Heart and Souls

as Harrison Winslow

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993

as Commandeered Car Driver

6.1

Beethoven

1992

as George Newton

5.8

Taking Care of Business

1990

as Spencer Barnes

6.3

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990

as Quentin Fitzwaller

6.5

Midnight Run

1988

as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”

You Can't Hurry Love

as Mr. Glerman

The Couch Trip

as George Matlin

Ishtar

as Jim Harrison

Last Resort

as George Lollar

King Kong! The Living Legend

1986

as Self

Movers & Shakers

as Herb Derman

The Woman in Red

as Buddy

The Lonely Guy

as Warren

Charley's Aunt

as Lord Fancourt Babberly

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

as Nicky Holiday

6.9

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

as Vance Kramer

Seems Like Old Times

as Ira Parks

It's My Turn

as Homer

Sunburn

as Jake

Real Life

as Warren Yeager

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Arnie Doud, Harge Gang

Heaven Can Wait

as Tony Abbott

Just Me and You

as Michael Lindsay

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

1978

as Jim Benson

Thieves

1977

as Martin Cramer

3.0

It Happened One Christmas

1977

as Joseph

4.6

The Paul Simon Special

as Self

King Kong

as Fred S. Wilson

11 Harrowhouse

as Howard R. Chesser

The Heartbreak Kid

as Lenny Cantrow

Catch-22

as Captain Aarfy Aardvark

6.7

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

as Self

Rosemary's Baby

1968

as Dr. Hill

7.8

Sex and the College Girl

1964

as Bob

4.0

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Drummer Boy (uncredited)

7.0

Television (25)

Madoff

2016

as Carl Shapiro

6.3

The Michael J. Fox Show

2013

as Steve Henry

5.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Brett Forrester

The Daily Show

as Self

The Charles Grodin Show

1995

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

1992

as Narrator (voice)

10.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Fresno

as Cane Kensington

Laverne & Shirley

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Great Performances

as Jake

The Great American Dream Machine

1971

as Himself

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Bells Pickering

Judd for the Defense

Captain Nice

as News Vendor

Felony Squad

Shane

as Jed

The F.B.I.

as Carl Platt

The Big Valley

as Mark Dunigan

My Mother the Car

The Young Marrieds

as Matt Crane Stevens

3.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Virginian

as Arnie Doud

The Defenders

as Thomas Martin

Crew (8)

Movies (8)

Movers & Shakers

Producer

Movers & Shakers

Writer

The Paul Simon Special

1977

Writer

8.0

Paradise

1974

Director

11 Harrowhouse

1974

Adaptation

5.6

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

1973

Director

7.0

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

Director

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

Producer