Anecdotes

David was written out of the "Rhoda" show in 1977 when they decided to make "Rhoda" single again (they were "divorced"). Nevertheless, he and Valerie Harper remained lifelong friends.

Audiences were quite stunned and miffed when David and Valerie "broke up" and divorced on the "Rhoda" show. Fans even sent them letters and cards expressing their condolences.

Had a lifelong passion for all things colonial American (especially furniture). He accumulated items and art and kept much of it at his second home in lower Connecticut.

While living in Los Angeles he gave home to a succession of Irish Setters.

David and actor 'Judd Hirsch' have crossed paths in several important and interesting ways professionally. Judd was starring in the off Broadway play "Hot L Baltimore" in New York when David replaced him for three weeks in 1973. The MTM producers for the sitcom "Rhoda" originally wanted Judd for the role of Joe Girard, but Hirsch turned them down and David got the part. After David's husband character was written off the "Rhoda" show, Judd appeared for a couple of episodes as a new boyfriend. Finally, Judd opened in the Neil Simon autobiographical play "Chapter Two" on Broadway. After its initial run, David replaced Judd and made his Broadway debut opposite Anita Gillette.

Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn N.Y. in 1957. Was Student Body President.

Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as a Fulbright scholar.

Has one son, Spencer, from his marriage to second wife Karla Pergande.

Graduated from Brown University.

Member, Phi Beta Kappa.

Mom, Mildred Groh, lives in Los Angeles area; sister Marilyn Mamann, lives in San Fernando Valley.

At one time in New York he was an avid, weekend salt water fisherman.

Survived by his mother Mildred and one sister Marilyn.

In the 1990s David tried to find film and TV properties to produce. One of these was a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, but nothing came of it.

Became a father for the first time when his second wife, Karla Pergande, gave birth to a boy, Spencer Arthur Groh, on January 2, 1992.

Was the son of Benjamin Groh (1911-1996) and Mildred Groh (1909-2009).

Upon Groh's death, he was cremated, and his ashes were stored in the Garden of Generations Columbarium at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

His younger sister, Marilyn Iris Groh Mamann, died in 2010 at the age of 67.