Charles Grodin in Midnight Run | 1988
Clip Name: Stealing a Plane
Charles Grodin in Midnight Run | 1988
Starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin and Yaphet Kotto
Directed by: Martin Brest
About this actor
Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host. Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish parents Lena, who worked as an assistant in the family's store and was a volunteer for disabled veterans, and Theodore Grodin, who sold wholesale supplies. His maternal grandfather was a Russian Jewish immigrant who came from a long line of Rabbis and moved to Pittsburgh at the turn of the 20th century. Grodin has an older brother, Jack. Grodin attended the University of Miami, but did not graduate. His first acting role was in a 1962 Broadway production of Tchin-Tchin. He made his film debut in an uncredited role in Disney's 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. In 1965, he began working as an assistant to director Gene Saks. Grodin, a student of Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen, began appearing on several television series during the 1960s including The Virginian, and played an obstetrician in the 1968 horror film,...
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