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Actor Born: April 21, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA Biography:Supporting and occasional leading actor "Charles Grodin" has created a successful career playing low-key, uptight, and frequently wholesome comic roles; he also makes an excellent arch villain. Whereas many funnymen have been popular for their ability to overreact and mug their way around everyday obstacles, Grodin is of the "Bob Newhart" school of wry comedy that values understatement and subtly. Grodin learned to act under the guidance of "Lee Strasberg" and "Uta Hagen" before making his 1962 Broadway debut opposite "Anthony Quinn" in Tchin Tchin. Two years later, Grodin made his first film appearance in "Joseph Adler"'s "Sex and the College Girl". Though offered the leading role in "The Graduate" (1967), Grodin refused, thereby providing a lucky break for "Dustin Hoffman". In 1968, he played a small but memorably chilling role as a devilish obstetrician in "Rosemary's Baby", and then played another... Full Biography
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