(AP) � Charles Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid� and the father in the “Beethoven� comedies, has died. He was 86.
Grodin’s son Nicholas says the actor died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, from bone marrow cancer.
Grodin appeared in a string of notable films from the 1970s onward, including “Midnight Run,� “The Woman in Red� and “Heaven Can Wait.�
On Broadway, he starred with Ellen Burstyn in the long-running 1970s comedy “Same Time, Next Year.�
He first gained wide notice in the 1972 Elaine May comedy “The Heartbreak Kid,� as a newlywed who abandons his bride on their honeymoon for beautiful Cybill Shepherd.
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
