![]() ![]() “It was two things,” he told the Television Academy Foundation in an oral history. He grew up in Pittsburgh, later describing himself as “a rough kid, always getting kicked out of class.” He often said that the 1951 movie “A Place in the Sun,” which starred Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, caused him to shift his focus to acting. ![]() His father, Ted, was a merchant who dealt in sewing notions, and his mother, Lena (Singer), was a homemaker. “I don’t complain when the editor chooses my worst take because it’s the dog’s best take,” he said when the sequel came out.Ĭharles Sidney Grodin was born on April 21, 1935, in Pittsburgh. The next year he reprised the role in “Beethoven’s 2nd.” If he was frequently upstaged by the title character in these films, he took it in stride. Why? All you do is drool and shed and eat.” My family likes you more than they like me. “You’ve ruined my life,” he growls at the beast. In one memorable scene, he crawls into bed with what he thinks is his wife and is enjoying having the back of his neck licked until he realizes that the dog is his bedmate. Grodin played a cranky father who did not exactly warm to the new household pet. The film was “Beethoven,” a family-friendly hit in 1992, and the dog was a St. Grodin acted opposite stars like De Niro and Beatty, what may have been his best-known role found him working with a dog. One line he threw at De Niro: “You ever had sex with an animal, Jack?” Grodin was genuinely trying to amuse his more intimidating co-star. ![]() Grodin and De Niro improvised in many scenes in the film, revered as among the greatest buddy comedies. Grodin is afraid of flying, they are forced to go by car, bus, even boxcar. They’re being chased by police, another bounty hunter, and the mob, and because Mr. Grodin (right), with Robert De Niro in "Midnight Run.'' Archive Photos/Getty Images ![]()
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