R.I.P. The Heartbreak Kid and Beethoven actor Charles Grodin
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 ...