Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

1935-04-21 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 62 Credits

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...

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Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause

Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause

2025

Acting

Documentary about the life of Charles Grodin

Waiting for Ishtar

Waiting for Ishtar

2017

as Self

Acting

A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of ...

An Imperfect Murder

An Imperfect Murder

2017

as Arthur

3.5
Acting

Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake, ...

The Comedian

The Comedian

2016

as Dick D'Angelo

5.7
Acting

An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know...

While We're Young

While We're Young

2015

as Leslie Breitbart

6.0
Acting

An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

The Humbling

The Humbling

2014

as Jerry

5.1
Acting

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace w...

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

2013

as Father

5.7
Acting

In a self-effacing attempt to save his father from a death by deterioration, a young man enlists his curmudgeonly boss and Kelis to perform a song, an...

Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

2012

as Self

4.0
Acting

A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark ...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

The Harmony Game

The Harmony Game

2011

as Self

7.2
Acting

Half a century after its recording in 1970, this captivating documentary retraces the story of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", the final album, which ha...

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

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

2007

as Self

6.2
Acting

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects lifeti...

The Ex

The Ex

2006

as Bob Kowalski

5.2
Acting

When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to ad...

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

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

2002

Acting

Classic Carson monologues, visits from Carnac and Art Fern, comedians Eddie Murphy, Garry Shandling, Albert Brooks and Bill Maher. Hollywood legend Ji...

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Nicky Holiday (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...

It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family

1994

as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)

5.3
Acting

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the per...

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

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

1994

as Chaz

7.0
Acting

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....

Clifford

Clifford

1994

as Martin Daniels

5.1
Acting

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future...

Beethoven's 2nd

Beethoven's 2nd

1993

as George Newton

5.5
Acting

Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem i...

Heart and Souls

Heart and Souls

1993

as Harrison Winslow

6.9
Acting

A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the l...

So I Married an Axe Murderer

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993

as Commandeered Car Driver

6.1
Acting

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers o...

Dave

Dave

1993

as Murray Blum

6.7
Acting

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Beethoven

Beethoven

1992

as George Newton

5.8
Acting

The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their h...

Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990

as Spencer Barnes

6.3
Acting

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990

as Quentin Fitzwaller

6.4
Acting

Filmed right after the merger between Disney and Jim Henson productions, the Muppet's are featured heading to the greatest place on earth, Walt Disney...

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

1988

as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”

7.2
Acting

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....

You Can't Hurry Love

You Can't Hurry Love

1988

as Mr. Glerman

4.5
Acting

Aspiring director Eddie moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where he rooms with his cousin and attempts to establish himself in advertising — but h...

The Couch Trip

The Couch Trip

1988

as George Matlin

5.5
Acting

The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

Ishtar

Ishtar

1987

as Jim Harrison

4.5
Acting

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the ...

King Kong! The Living Legend

1986

as Self

Acting

Documentary special to promote the release of King Kong Lives, the grand opening of the King Kong attraction at Universal theme park, as well as a loo...

Last Resort

Last Resort

1986

as George Lollar

3.2
Acting

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhe...

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

1985

as Herb Derman

3.7
Acting

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment....

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

1985

Writer, Producer

3.7
Writing Producing

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment....

The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red

1984

as Buddy

6.3
Acting

When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make ...

The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy

1984

as Warren

6.3
Acting

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt

1983

as Lord Fancourt Babberly

Acting

Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack a...

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

as Nicky Holiday

6.9
Acting

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is sto...

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981

as Vance Kramer

5.4
Acting

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warm...

Seems Like Old Times

Seems Like Old Times

1980

as Ira Parks

6.3
Acting

After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must ...

It's My Turn

It's My Turn

1980

as Homer

5.6
Acting

A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...

Sunburn

Sunburn

1979

as Jake

5.0
Acting

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

Real Life

Real Life

1979

as Warren Yeager

6.6
Acting

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS...

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

1978

as Jim Benson

Acting

A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decides to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life o...

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1978

as Tony Abbott

6.6
Acting

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to...

Just Me and You

Just Me and You

1978

as Michael Lindsay

5.0
Acting

A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

The Meanest Men in the West

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Arnie Doud, Harge Gang

4.1
Acting

Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them...

It Happened One Christmas

It Happened One Christmas

1977

as Joseph

4.4
Acting

It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to d...

The Paul Simon Special

The Paul Simon Special

1977

as Self

8.0
Acting

Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

The Paul Simon Special

The Paul Simon Special

1977

Writer

8.0
Writing

Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

Thieves

Thieves

1977

as Martin Cramer

3.7
Acting

Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school...

King Kong

King Kong

1976

as Fred S. Wilson

6.3
Acting

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974

as Howard R. Chesser

5.7
Acting

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen...

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974

Adaptation

5.7

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen...

Paradise

Paradise

1974

Director

Directing

A couple decide to get away from their problems and spend their vacation in a tropical island paradise.

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

1973

Director

7.0
Directing

A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

1972

as Lenny Cantrow

6.6
Acting

Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a ser...

Catch-22

Catch-22

1970

as Captain Aarfy Aardvark

6.7
Acting

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

as Self

Acting

“Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country. Their ambitious Bridge Over Troubled Water ...

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

“Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country. Their ambitious Bridge Over Troubled Water ...

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968

as Dr. Hill

7.8
Acting

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the pur...

Sex and the College Girl

Sex and the College Girl

1964

as Bob

4.0
Acting

This early 1960s film depicts the trivial pursuits and relationships of two college age girls on a weekend vacation to a luxury resort in Puerto Rico.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Drummer Boy (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.