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mf=yes4|21}}| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.2021184|21}}| death_place = Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.

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Elissa Durwood|1983}}| children = 2| imagesize =The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)>The Heartbreak Kid (1972) Midnight Run (1988) ''King Kong (1976 film) (1976) Beethoven (film)>Beethoven'' (1992)| yearsactive = 1954–2017}}Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) where he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He then took supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). Other notable film roles include Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Dave (1993), and Clifford (1994). Grodin co-starred in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988) and in the family film Beethoven (1992). Grodin made his acting debut in 1958 appearing in the NBC anthology series Decision. He then appeared in numerous TV serials throughout the next decade. He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for the Paul Simon Special (1978) alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin. He portrayed Carl Shapiro in the miniseries Madoff (2016).Grodin wrote eight books and three plays and became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young (2014).

Early life

Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish parents,NEWS, Foundas, Scott,weblink Don't Call It a Comeback, LA Weekly, May 2, 2007, June 13, 2014, NEWS,weblink The heartfelt kid, Pine, Dan, Jewish News Weekly, jweekly.com, November 26, 2004, June 13, 2014, Theodore (1900–1953), who owned a store that sold wholesale supplies, and Lena (1907–1996; née Singer), who worked in her husband's business and volunteered for disabled veterans.WEB, 2021-05-19, Charles Grodin obituary,weblink 2021-05-23, The Guardian, en, WEB,weblink Charles Grodin Biography (1935–), Film Reference, May 29, 2013, His paternal grandfather had changed the family name from Grodinsky to Grodin.BOOK,weblink It Would be So Nice if You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business, 9780688088736, Grodin, Charles, 1989, Morrow, His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Russia who "came from a long line of rabbis" and moved to Baltimore at the turn of the 20th century. Grodin had an older brother named Jack.NEWS,weblink Humanitarian always has been Charles Grodin's main role, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Post-gazette.com, April 19, 2009, Barbara, Vancheri, May 29, 2013, Grodin graduated as valedictorian from Peabody High School, where he was elected class president all four years.WEB,weblink Charles Grodin, Deliciously Droll Actor, Dies at 86, Duane, Byrge, Mike, Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, May 18, 2021, May 19, 2021, WEB,weblink Charles Grodin, Pittsburgh native and star of 'Midnight Run,' dies at 86, Associated Press, May 18, 2021, TribLIVE.com, May 19, 2021, He attended the University of Miami but left without graduating to pursue acting.NEWS, Playhouse provided training ground for Grodin,weblink Grodin, Charls, September 5, 1989, Pittsburgh Press, March 13, 2014, He studied acting at HB StudioWEB,weblink HB Studio - Notable Alumni | One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC, May 19, 2021, in New York City under Uta Hagen.

Career

1950s/1960s: Early career

Grodin's film debut was an uncredited bit part in Disney's 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.WEB,weblink Charles Grodin, deadpan comic actor known for 'Midnight Run' and 'Beethoven,' dies at 86, NBC News, Daniel Arkin, May 18, 2021, May 19, 2021, A student of Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen, he made his Broadway debut in a production of Tchin-Tchin, opposite Anthony Quinn.WEB, Brennan, Sandra, Charles Grodin Information Biography,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111023104549weblink">weblink dead, October 23, 2011, All Rovi.com, October 18, 2011, In 1965, he became an assistant to director Gene Saks and appeared on several television series including The Virginian.WEB,weblink Charles Grodin, Star of 'Beethoven' and 'Heartbreak Kid,' Dies at 86, The New York Times, Neil Genzlinger, May 18, 2021, May 19, 2021, Grodin had a small but pivotal part playing an obstetrician in the 1968 horror film Rosemary's Baby. In 1964, he played Matt Stevens on the ABC soap opera The Young Marrieds.BOOK, TV Guide Guide to TV, 2004, Barnes and Noble, 0-7607-5634-1, 716,weblink During the late 1960s, he also co-wrote and directed Hooray! It's a Glorious Day...and All That, a Broadway play, and directed Lovers and Other Strangers and Thieves, also on Broadway.WEB, Thieves,weblink Internet Broadway Database, June 13, 2014, He also directed Simon and Garfunkel's television special Songs of America in 1969. However, he turned down the part of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate because of the low salary offered by producer Lawrence Turman, although Turman assured him that the part would make him a star, as it ultimately did for Dustin Hoffman.

1970s/1980s

After a supporting role in the 1970 comedy film Catch-22, Grodin gained recognition as a comedy actor when he played the lead role in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid.NEWS,weblink Charles Grodin: Beethoven and The Heartbreak Kid actor dies aged 86, BBC News, May 18, 2021, May 19, 2021, Grodin subsequently appeared in several films during the decade, including the 1976 version of King Kong, the hit 1978 comedy Heaven Can Wait, and Albert Brooks's 1979 comedy Real Life. He both starred in and wrote the screenplay for 11 Harrowhouse (1974). During the 1970s, he also frequently appeared on Broadway and was involved in producing several plays.In 1981, he landed a role in The Great Muppet Caper playing Nicky Holiday, a jewel thief who falls in love with Miss Piggy. He also appeared that same year opposite Lily Tomlin in The Incredible Shrinking Woman. His 1980s roles included Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times (opposite Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn) and 1988's well-reviewed comedy Midnight Run, a buddy movie co-starring Robert De Niro. Grodin also appeared in the 1986 CBS prime-time-soap sendup Fresno, playing the evil son of a raisin matriarch (Carol Burnett).His Hollywood film roles of the 1980s usually saw him cast as uptight, bland, and world-weary white collar professionals, such as a psychiatrist having a nervous breakdown (The Couch Trip), a health-conscious accountant (Midnight Run), an ineffectual advertising executive (Taking Care of Business), and a lonely, socially awkward nerd (The Lonely Guy). He was cast against this type as a scheming CIA agent in Ishtar.Commenting on his work with regard to Ishtar, Hal Hinson in The Washington Post observed: "Grodin has a one-of-a-kind quality on the screen, a sort of inspired spinelessness. And with his cat-burglar rhythms – he seems to play all his scenes as if someone were asleep in the next room – he's become a very sly scene-stealer."NEWS, Hinson, Hal, Ishtar,weblink October 18, 2011, The Washington Post, May 15, 1987, Sandra Brennan at Rovi noted that: "Whereas many funnymen have been popular for their ability to overreact and mug their way around everyday obstacles, Grodin belonged, from the beginning, to the Bob Newhart school of wry comedy that values understatement and subtlety."Aside from his film work, he was a frequent presence on television. In 1977, Grodin hosted an episode of the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live, where the entire episode revolved around his forgetting that the show was live, and he proceeded to wreck sketches because of his failure to prepare accordingly.NEWS, Rabin, Nathan, Saturday Night Live (Classic): "Charles Grodin/Paul Simon,weblink November 14, 2019, The A.V. Club, October 31, 2008, His many talk show appearances from the 1970s to the early 2020s often included confrontational and mock angry segments. At one time Johnny Carson "banned" him from The Tonight Show appearances after taking offense at things Grodin had said. The NBC network would receive angry letters from viewers who didn't understand the joke that he was playing a persona, trying to be as different from typical talk show guests as possible. His appearances on Late Night With David Letterman would sometimes erupt into shouting and name-calling, but Letterman always enjoyed Grodin's segments.NEWS, Pitchel, Samantha, The Awkward, Hostile, and Absolutely Hilarious Late Night Appearances of Charles Grodin,weblink November 14, 2019, Vulture, December 21, 2011,

1990s/2000s: Family films and talk show host

File:Charlesgrodin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Grodin at BookExpo 2007 at the Javits Center in New York CityNew York CityGrodin's career took a turn in 1992, when he played the nervous family man George Newton in the kids' comedy Beethoven, opposite Bonnie Hunt. The film was a box-office hit, and he reprised the role in the 1993 sequel, Beethoven's 2nd. Also in 1993, Grodin played the role of Harrison Winslow in the film Heart and Souls.MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Heart and Souls’: Comedy Wins a Few, Loses a Few After a supporting role in the acclaimed Ivan Reitman comedy Dave, Grodin signed on to play The OldMan in the 1994 limited release sequel to A Christmas Story, It Runs in the Family (a.k.a. My Summer Story). That same year also saw the much-delayed release of Clifford, in which Grodin portrayed the frustrated uncle opposite Martin Short's title role.From 1995 to 1999, Grodin hosted his own issues-orientated cable news talk show, The Charles Grodin Show. It originated as a nightly show on CNBC, replacing Tom Snyder after he left to start The Late Late Show on CBS.MAGAZINE,weblink The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder; Charles Grodin, Entertainment Weekly, February 10, 1995, May 1, 2021, The show was dropped by CNBC in 1998, but aired for a final year as a weekly show on MSNBCWEB,weblink Grodin gets weekly talker on MSNBC, Variety, June 15, 1998, May 1, 2021, before ending its run in late 1999.WEB,weblink MSNBC drops Grodin talker, Variety, November 10, 1999, May 1, 2021, From 2000 to 2003, he was a political commentator for 60 Minutes II.In 2004, Grodin wrote The Right Kind of People, an off-Broadway play about co-op boards in certain buildings in Manhattan. Grodin's commentaries were heard on New York City radio station WCBS and other affiliates of the CBS Radio Network, as well as on the CBS Radio Network's Weekend Roundup.After a 12-year-long hiatus from film, in 2006 Grodin returned to acting in the comedy The Ex starring Zach Braff.WEB, The Ex, March 6, 2007,weblink IMDb, June 13, 2014,

2010s: Career resurgence

In the 2010s, Grodin made more frequent acting appearances, guest starring on television shows such as (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) and The Michael J. Fox Show. Grodin had several supporting roles in films, including Barry Levinson's The Humbling (2014) and Taylor Hackford's The Comedian (2016). He had a prominent supporting role in Noah Baumbach's While We're Young (2015), playing a celebrated documentary filmmaker and the father of one of the lead characters.In 2015, Grodin was cast in a recurring role in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie as Dr. Bigelow, C.K.'s philosophical doctor and mentor in Season 4 and 5. In an interview with Deadline, Grodin talked about his relationship with C.K. stating, "I find him to be the single most talented person ... I've ever worked with, he's a wonderful director, writer, and actor."WEB,weblink Charles Grodin on Working With Louis C.K. In 'Louie' & Why He's Like "No Other Director", Deadline, June 26, 2015, April 6, 2020, WEB,weblink Veteran Actor Charles Grodin on Playing Louis C.K.'s Doctor, Esquire, May 6, 2014, April 6, 2020, He also portrayed the philanthropist and defrauded investor Carl J. Shapiro in the 2016 miniseries Madoff on ABC based on the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme debacle.NEWS,weblink Charles Grodin, Lewis Black Join ABC's 'Madoff' Miniseries, Thewrap, June 17, 2015, His final movie was An Imperfect Murder: The Private Life of a Modern Woman, released in 2017.Grodin was also a prolific author and published his final book in 2013.

Personal life

Grodin had two children: daughter Marion (a comedienne), from his marriage to Julie Ferguson, and son, Nicholas, from his marriage to Elissa Durwood.NEWS, Strauss, Robert,weblink Getting Serious Charles Grodin, Veteran of Many Flaky Film Roles, Is Using His Cable Talk Show To Speak Out About Important Social Issues. this Is Thrilling To Me, He Says, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 27, 1997, June 13, 2014, NEWS, Marvin, Glassman,weblink Comedienne stars in 'Growing up Grodin', Sun-Sentinel, January 30, 2013, June 13, 2014, Charles Grodin {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102082058weblink |date=January 2, 2017 }}; Gotham Comedy Club. Retrieved April 15, 2012 For a period in the 2000s, Grodin gave up show business to be a stay-at-home dad to his children.NEWS,weblink Variety (magazine), Variety, More to M than meets the eye, Liz, Smith, May 24, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160208014015weblink">weblink February 8, 2016,

Death

Grodin died from multiple myeloma at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, on May 18, 2021. He was 86.WEB,weblink Charles Grodin, known for 'The Heartbreak Kid' and Broadway roles, dead at 86, Fox News, Tyler McCarthy, May 18, 2021, May 18, 2021,

Filmography

Film {|class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Movie! Role! class="unsortable" |Notes| 195420,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea| Drummer Boy| Uncredited| 1964| Sex and the College Girl| Bob||1968Rosemary's Baby (film)>Rosemary's Baby| Dr. C.C. Hill|| 1970Catch-22 (film)>Catch-22| Capt. Aarfy Aardvark|| 1972The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)>The Heartbreak Kid| Lenny Cantrow|| 1974| 11 Harrowhouse| Howard R. Chesser| Writer| 1976King Kong (1976 film)>King Kong| Fred Wilson|| 1977Thieves (1977 film)>Thieves| Martin Cramer|| 1978Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)>Heaven Can Wait| Tony Abbott| 1979Real Life (1979 film)>Real Life| Warren Yeager|Sunburn (1979 film)>Sunburn| Jake Dekker| 1980It's My Turn (film)>It's My Turn| Homer|Seems Like Old Times (film)>Seems Like Old Times| Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks| 1981| The Incredible Shrinking Woman| Vance Kramer|| The Great Muppet Caper| Nicky Holiday| 1984| The Lonely Guy| Warren Evans|The Woman in Red (1984 film)>The Woman in Red| Buddy|| 1985Movers & Shakers (film)>Movers & Shakers| Herb Derman| Writer, producer| 1986Last Resort (1986 film)>Last Resort| George Lollar|| 1987Ishtar (film)>Ishtar| Jim Harrison| 1988| The Couch Trip| George Maitlin|You Can't Hurry Love (film)>You Can't Hurry Love| Mr. Glerman|| Midnight Run| Jonathan "the Duke" Mardukas|| 1989| Cranium Command| Left Brain| Short| 1990Taking Care of Business (film)>Taking Care of Business| Spencer Barnes|| 1992Beethoven (film)>Beethoven| George Newton| 1993Dave (film)>Dave| Murray Blum|| So I Married an Axe Murderer| Commandeered Driver|| Heart and Souls| Harrison Winslow|Beethoven's 2nd (film)>Beethoven's 2nd| George Newton| 1994Clifford (film)>Clifford| Martin Daniels|| My Summer Story| Bob Parker (The Old Man)|| 2006The Ex (2006 film)>The Ex| Bob Kowalski|| 2011| The Harmony Game| Self| Documentary| 2013| Brazzaville Teen-Ager| Father| Short film 2014The Humbling (film)>The Humbling| Jerry|While We're Young (film)>While We're Young| Leslie Breitbart|| 2016The Comedian (2016 film)>The Comedian| Dick D'Angelo|| 2017| An Imperfect Murder| Arthur| Final film role, also known as The Private Life of a Modern Woman">

Television {|class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" |Notes 1958Decision (TV series)>Decision| Young Hoodlum| Episode: "Man Against Crime"| Armstrong Circle Theatre| Phelps| Episode: "The Nautilus"|1960| Have Gun – Will Travel| Proctor's Henchman| Episode: "Fogg Bound" 1961| The Play of the Week| Performer| Episode: Black MondayThe Defenders (1961 TV series)>The Defenders| Thomas Martin| Episode: "The Apostle" 1965| The Young Marrieds| Matt Crane Stevens #2| 65 episodes| My Mother the Car| Fred| Episode: "Burned at the Steak"| The Trials of O'Brien| Peter Farnum| Episode: "Picture Me a Murder" 1966| Felony Squad| Edgar| Episode: "Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder"Shane (American TV series)>Shane| Jed| 2 episodes 1967The Iron Horse (TV series)>The Iron Horse| Alex| Episode: "The Pembrooke Blood"The F.B.I. (TV series)>The F.B.I.| Carl Platt| Episode: "Sky on Fire"| Captain Nice| News Vendor| Episode: "One Rotten Apple"The Virginian (TV series)>The Virginian| Arnie Doud| Episode: "The Reckoning"| The Guns of Will Sonnett| Bells Pickering| Episode: "A Bell for Jeff Sonnett"N.Y.P.D. (TV series)>N.Y.P.D.| Joey Diamond| Episode: "Money Man"|1968| The Big Valley| Mark Dunigan| Episode: "The Good Thieves" 1969| Judd, for the Defense| Dist. Atty. Tom Durant| Episode: "An Elephant in a Cigar Box"| Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America| Himself| Director, producer|1974| Paradise| N/A| Co-director, television movie1977| The Paul Simon Special| Charles| Writer| Saturday Night Live| Himself/hostSaturday Night Live (season 3)>Charles Grodin/Paul Simon 1978Just Me and You (1978 film)>Just Me and You| Michael Lindsay| Television movie| The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank| Jim Benson| Television movie|1981| Laverne & Shirley| Himself| Episode: "Friendly Persuasion"|1983| Charley's Aunt | Lord Fancourt Babberly| Television movie|1986Fresno (miniseries)>Fresno| Cane Kensington| Miniseries|1990Walt Disney anthology television series>The Magical World of Disney| Quentin Fitzwaller| Episode: "The Muppets at Walt Disney World"|1992|Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories| Narrator|Episode: "Rotten Island"|1995–98| The Charles Grodin Show| Host| 26 episodes|2000| 60 Minutes II| Correspondent||2012| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)| Brett Forrester| Episode: "Lessons Learned"| 2013| The Michael J. Fox Show| Steve Henry| Episode: "Thanksgiving"|2014–15Louie (American TV series)>Louie| Dr. Bigelow| 5 episodes|2015| Waiting for Ishtar| Himself| Documentary 2016Madoff (miniseries)>MadoffCarl J. Shapiro>Carl Shapiro| Miniseries; 4 episodes| The New Yorker Presents| Psychiatrist| Episode: 1.8; Final television role">

Theatre {|class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" |NotesTchin-Tchin >Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre>Plymouth Theatre, BroadwayAbsence of a Cello >Ambassador Theatre (New York City)>Ambassador Theatre, BroadwayLovers and Other Strangers >| Brooks Atkinson Theatre, BroadwayThieves (play)>Thieves Director - Producer Broadhurst Theatre and Longacre Theatre, BroadwaySame Time, Next Year (play)>Same Time, Next Year Performer - George Peters Brooks Atkinson Theatre, BroadwayUnexpected Guests >Hayes Theater>Little Theatre, Broadway">

Awards and nominations{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Award! Category! Work! Result! Ref.30th Golden Globe Awards>1972| Golden Globe AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy>Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyThe Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)>The Heartbreak Kid| {{nom}}HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/NAME/NM0001301/AWARDS?REF_=NM_AWD>TITLE= CHARLES GRODIN - AWARDSDATE=APRIL 6, 2020, 30th Primetime Emmy Awards>1978| Primetime Emmy AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special>Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special| The Paul Simon Special| {{won}}1st Golden Raspberry Awards>1980| Golden Raspberry AwardsGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor>Worst Supporting ActorSeems Like Old Times (film)>Seems Like Old Times| {{nom}}| 1988| Valladolid International Film Festival| Best Actor| Midnight Run| {{won}}20th Saturn Awards>1993| Saturn AwardsSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Supporting Actor| Heart and Souls| {{nom}}American Comedy Awards#1994 awards>1994| American Comedy Awards| Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureDave (film)>Dave| {{won}}| 2006| William Kunstler Awards Racial Justice| {{won}}

Bibliography

Plays

• Grodin, Charles. Price of Fame: A Play. New York: Samuel French, 1991. {{ISBN|978-0-573-69220-8}}.
• Grodin, Charles. One of the All-Time Greats: A Comedy. New York: S. French, 1992. {{ISBN|978-0-573-69366-3}}.
• Grodin, Charles. The Right Kind of People. New York: Samuel French, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-573-65107-6}}.

Books

• Grodin, Charles. It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business. New York: Morrow, 1989. {{ISBN|978-0-679-73134-4}}.
• Grodin, Charles. How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide. New York: Morrow, 1992. {{ISBN|978-0-688-11258-5}}.
• Grodin, Charles. Freddie the Fly. New York : Random House, 1993. {{ISBN|978-0-679-83847-0}}.
• Grodin, Charles. We're Ready for You, Mr. Grodin: Behind the Scenes at Talk Shows, Movies, and Elsewhere. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. {{ISBN|978-0-025-45795-9}}.
• Grodin, Charles. I Like It Better When You're Funny: Working in Television and Other Precarious Adventures. New York: Random House, 2002. {{ISBN|978-0-375-50784-7}}.
• Grodin, Charles. If I Only Knew Then... Learning from Our Mistakes. New York: Springboard Press, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-446-58115-8}}.
• Grodin, Charles. How I Got to Be Whoever It Is I Am. New York: Springboard Press, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-446-51940-3}}.
• Grodin, Charles. Just When I Thought I'd Heard Everything: Humorous Observations on Life in America. Santa Monica, Calif: Homina Publishing, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-970-44999-3}}.

In popular culture

Grodin is mentioned as a hero of characters Mac and Dennis in the season six episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia entitled "Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down".{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}He was referenced in three different episodes of The Simpsons ("I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can", "Little Big Girl" and "Mathlete's Feat").In the Seinfeld episode "The Doll" Jerry Seinfeld buys a bottle of sauce because the brand's mascot bears a resemblance to Grodin.

References

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151017112337weblink">Charles Grodin profile in The New York Observer
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100413183928weblink">Charles Grodin's radio commentaries at WCBS880.com
• "The Heartfelt Kid: Actor/Playwright Charles Grodin Premiers New Play in San Francisco", Jewish News Weekly, November 26, 2004.
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090117012610weblink">Charles Grodin Urges New Yorkers To Mentor Kids
• Interview with Charles Grodin

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