American actor and talk show host (died 2021)

Charles Grodin

Charles Sidney Grodin 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. 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. Grodin also starred in 11 Harrowhouse (1974), for which he also wrote the adaptation.

Born

1935

April 21

Died

2021

Era

1930s

Country

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Charles, in brief

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2021 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-753 Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
-43 Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
900 The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
1092 The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.

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The world in 1935

When Charles arrived

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 21

Edwin Stanton Porter 1870– American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941) Elizabeth II 1926–2022 Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (died 2022) Joe McCarthy 1887–1978 American baseball manager (died 1978) Odilo Globocnik 1904–1945 Italian-Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (died 1945) Petero Civoniceva 1976– Fijian-Australian rugby league player Reg Fleming 1936–2009 Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009) Toby Stephens 1969– English actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1935

Brian Clough 1935–2004 English footballer and manager (died 2004) Daniel Quinn 1935– American author and environmentalist (died 2018) David Prowse 1935–2020 English actor (died 2020) Dennis Potter 1935– English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994) Donald Lynden-Bell 1935–2018 English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018) Edward Said 1935– Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003) Elvis Presley 1935–1977 American singer and actor (born 1935) Felipe Alou 1935– Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager Gail Fisher 1935–2000 American actress (died 2000)

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