Charles Grodin, ‘Midnight Run,’ ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ star, dies
May 18, 2021 | 12:19 PM
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Charles Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died. He was 86.
Grodin’s son Nicholas said his father died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. from bone marrow cancer.
Grodin appeared in a string of notable films from the 1970s onward, including “Midnight Run,” “The Woman in Red” and “Heaven Can Wait.” On Broadway, he starred with Ellen Burstyn in the long-running 1970s comedy “Same Time, Next Year.”
He also made his mark in another sphere, as a commentator on radio and TV and author of several books, including the FX series “Louie.”
