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
Complete Filmography

Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause
2025
Documentary about the life of Charles Grodin

Waiting for Ishtar
2017
as Self
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
2017
as Arthur
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
2016
as Dick D'Angelo
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
2015
as Leslie Breitbart
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

The Humbling
2014
as Jerry
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
2013
as Father
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
2012
as Self
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
2012
as (archive footage)
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
2011
as Self
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
2007
as Self
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects lifeti...

The Ex
2006
as Bob Kowalski
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
2002
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
1994
as Nicky Holiday (archive footage)
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
1994
as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)
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!
1994
as Chaz
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
1994
as Martin Daniels
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
1993
as George Newton
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
1993
as Harrison Winslow
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
1993
as Commandeered Car Driver
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
1993
as Murray Blum
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
1992
as George Newton
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
1990
as Spencer Barnes
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
1990
as Quentin Fitzwaller
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
1988
as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”
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
1988
as Mr. Glerman
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
1988
as George Matlin
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
1987
as Jim Harrison
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
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
1986
as George Lollar
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
1985
as Herb Derman
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
1985
Writer, Producer
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
1984
as Buddy
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
1984
as Warren
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
1983
as Lord Fancourt Babberly
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
1982
as Self
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
1981
as Nicky Holiday
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
1981
as Vance Kramer
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
1980
as Ira Parks
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
1980
as Homer
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
1979
as Jake
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

Real Life
1979
as Warren Yeager
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
1978
as Jim Benson
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
1978
as Tony Abbott
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
1978
as Michael Lindsay
A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

The Meanest Men in the West
1978
as Arnie Doud, Harge Gang
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
1977
as Joseph
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
1977
as Self
Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

The Paul Simon Special
1977
Writer
Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

Thieves
1977
as Martin Cramer
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
1976
as Fred S. Wilson
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

11 Harrowhouse
1974
as Howard R. Chesser
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
1974
Adaptation
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
1974
Director
A couple decide to get away from their problems and spend their vacation in a tropical island paradise.

Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973
Director
A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.

The Heartbreak Kid
1972
as Lenny Cantrow
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
1970
as Captain Aarfy Aardvark
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
1969
as Self
“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
1969
Producer, Director
“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
1968
as Dr. Hill
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
1964
as Bob
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
1954
as Drummer Boy (uncredited)
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.