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Charles Grodin, Familiar Face From TV and Film, Dies at 86
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/movies/charles-grodin-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur
The actor Charles Grodin with the title dog in the hit 1992 family movie “Beethoven.”Credit...via Photofest
Mr. Grodin, who also appeared on Broadway in “Same Time, Next Year” and wrote books, was especially adept at deadpan comedy.
By Neil Genzlinger
May 18, 2021, 1:26 p.m. ET
Charles Grodin, the versatile actor familiar from “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway, popular movies like “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven” and numerous television appearances, died on Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 86.
His son, Nicholas, said the cause was bone marrow cancer.
With a great sense of deadpan comedy and the kind of Everyman good looks that lend themselves to playing businessmen or curmudgeonly fathers, Mr. Grodin found plenty of work as a supporting player and the occasional lead. He also had his own talk show for a time in the 1990s and was a frequent guest on the talk shows of others, making 36 appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and 17 on “Late Night With David Letterman.”
Mr. Grodin was a writer as well, with a number of plays and books to his credit. Though he never won a prestige acting award, he did win a writing Emmy for a 1977 Paul Simon television special, sharing it with Mr. Simon and six others.
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The actor Charles Grodin with the title dog in the hit 1992 family movie “Beethoven.”Credit...via Photofest
Mr. Grodin, who also appeared on Broadway in “Same Time, Next Year” and wrote books, was especially adept at deadpan comedy.
By Neil Genzlinger
May 18, 2021, 1:26 p.m. ET
Charles Grodin, the versatile actor familiar from “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway, popular movies like “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven” and numerous television appearances, died on Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 86.
His son, Nicholas, said the cause was bone marrow cancer.
With a great sense of deadpan comedy and the kind of Everyman good looks that lend themselves to playing businessmen or curmudgeonly fathers, Mr. Grodin found plenty of work as a supporting player and the occasional lead. He also had his own talk show for a time in the 1990s and was a frequent guest on the talk shows of others, making 36 appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and 17 on “Late Night With David Letterman.”
Mr. Grodin was a writer as well, with a number of plays and books to his credit. Though he never won a prestige acting award, he did win a writing Emmy for a 1977 Paul Simon television special, sharing it with Mr. Simon and six others.
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Cross gently, Mr Grodin.
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He was funny and talented, I was wondering about him a few weeks ago, just popped into my head. Rest in Peace, Mr. Grodin.
RIP, Mr. Grodin. Thanks for the memories!
***"There is no deceit in the cauliflower***
where we're going to start losing many of our generation's favorite actors (that includes female actors as well) because, let's face it, we're going to start dropping like flies pretty soon as well. Not trying to be a downer, that's just the way life is. 
Grodin was a great actor, and I greatly enjoyed his movies. 'Midnight Run' was probably my favorite.
I always liked him ... R-I-P Charles
His rants against the GOP were priceless! What sad news.
