- Nacimiento
- Defunción18 de mayo de 2021 · Wilton, Connecticut, Estados Unidos (un cáncer de médula ósea)
- Nombre de nacimientoCharles Sidney Grodin
- Alias
- Chuck
- Altura1.84 m
- Charles Grodin nació el 21 de abril de 1935 en Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos. Fue un actor y escritor, conocido por Fuga a la media noche (1988), The Heartbreak Kid (1972) y King Kong (1976). Estuvo casado con Elissa Durwood y Julia Andrews Ferguson. Murió el 18 de mayo de 2021 en Connecticut, Estados Unidos.
- CónyugesElissa Durwood(julio de 1983 - 18 de mayo de 2021) (su muerte, 1 niño)Julia Andrews Ferguson(20 de febrero de 1960 - 1968) (divorciado, 1 niño)
- Niños
- PadresTheodore I. GrodinLena Singer
- FamiliaresJack Grodin(Sibling)
- Employed petulant loutishness as a guest on various talk shows. Seemingly miffed or angry, his act was strictly tongue-in-cheek as he lobbed offensive verbal attacks at his hosts
- Frequently played uptight, bland and world-weary white-collar professionals
- Deep smooth voice
- Admitted in a 2006 interview on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) that the surly attitude he adopts on talk shows is an act he developed in order to be a more interesting guest. According to Grodin, he was scheduled to make his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1973, and was to be in the segment immediately following Diana Ross performing a medley of her hits. Realizing that he would bomb if he followed her as himself, he adopted this churlish character who has little patience for the questions of the host. Carson loved it and it became his trademark.
- Was close friends with actor Gene Wilder, who wanted Grodin to play the role of Charles/Pierre in Empiecen la revolución sin mí (1970), but Grodin declined, having committed to directing the original Broadway production of Lovers and Other Strangers (1970).
- His direction of "Lovers and Other Strangers" introduced him to Elaine May, who became his 'professional benefactor' and cast him in The Heartbreak Kid (1972).
- Second wife (and widow) was author Elissa Durwood.
- Longtime resident of Fairfield County's Wilton, Connecticut, until his death on May 18, 2021.
- I'm not that easy to insult, believe me, but cracks about people on movies who are there to pick up paychecks or actors who look like they phoned it in get me. People who write this stuff obviously have never been on the set of a movie from beginning to end. Just showing up somewhere every day for twelve to sixteen hours for three or four months should be enough to disqualify movie people from those cracks. The only thing about a movie that can be phoned in is a review.
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