The Incredible Shrinking Woman, , and many, many others. The actor, who delivered deadpan comedy with ease, also was a longtime lover of talk shows. He had his own talk show for a while and made nearly 40 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and made 17 appearances on Late Night With David Letterman. Grodin also had a long list of Broadway roles under his belt. In 1962, he scored a part in Tchin-Tchin. He was also in 1964’s Absence Of A Cello and 1975’s Lovers And Other Strangers in 1968 and Thieves in 1974. His career was as much about writing and directing as it was about appearing in front of the camera. He chronicled his many show business adventures in memoirs like 1990’s