OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY-VARIETY OR MUSIC SPECIAL - 1978
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- Charles Grodin
- The Paul Simon Special
- NBC
Charles Grodin was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host.
Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s in television. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978).
Charles Grodin was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host.
Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s in television. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978).
Often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era. He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.
In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting and wrote autobiographies, became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II.
He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s, including in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young (2014).
Grodin won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 1978 for The Paul Simon Special alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin.
Grodin died May 18, 2021, in Wilton, Connecticut. He was 86.
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