Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Celebrated character actor Charles Grodin died Tuesday at the age of 86. The “Heartbreak Kid” star’s multihyphenate career spanned ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, sitting in for Terry Gross. Actor and comedian Charles Grodin, who made his mark in the ...

In 1969, despite being fired three times from Candid Camera, he was tapped to direct The Paul Simon Special, for which he won an Emmy. Much of the show addressed the war in Vietnam and the ...

FILE - Actor/comedian Charles Grodin, appears at a news conference announcing him as host of CNBC's new primetime show "Charles Grodin" in New York on Nov. 15, 1994. Grodin, the offbeat actor and ...

And Grodin spent several decades visiting Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show," almost always showing up with nothing to plug or being unwilling to plug it. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE TONIGHT SHOW") ...

Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in "The Heartbreak Kid" and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s counterpart in the comic thriller ...

Grodin, who died May 18, was known for his deadpan humor and his ability to make even the most unpleasant characters likable and funny. Originally broadcast in 1989. This is FRESH AIR. I'm David ...