Robert De Niro Remembers His ‘Midnight Run’ Co-Star Charles Grodin: “As Good A Person As He Was An Actor”

Robert De Niro, the 77-year-old award winning actor of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull fame, has often kept his personal life rather close to his chest. But along with being one of the most celebrated actors of his time, De Niro is also the father to six children.

There are certain actors whose appearance in a film or television show – no matter how brief – prompts an immediate sense of not just delight, but relief. Charles Grodin was one of those actors, and the relief came from the knowledge that whether what you’d seen before was good or bad, it was going to get better for however long he was there.

Gallery: The saddest movies ever made (Espresso) "So sad to hear. One of the funniest people I ever met.

Veteran Hollywood actor Charles Grodin succumbed to bone marrow cancer and passed away at the age of 86 on Tuesday. The actor, who rose to fame with popular movies like 'The Heartbreak Kid', 'Midnight Run' and 'Beethoven' was one of the most loved comedy actors back in the day.

Robert De Niro is paying tribute to his Midnight Run co-star Charles Grodin.

Charles Grodin had a 60-year career in Hollywood, ranging from guesting on 1950s TV Westerns to playing opposite such big-screen and TV stars as Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Martin, Jill Clayburgh, Farrah Fawcett, Michael J. Fox, Cybill Shepherd, Marlo Thomas, Martin Short, Louis C.K. and, well, Miss Piggy.

on Tuesday. He was 86 years old.Nicholas tells the outlet that Grodin died at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, and that the cause of death was bone marrow cancer.Grodin began his acting career in the '60s in television, before transitioning to film.

Robert De Niro was left in "excruciating" pain after tearing his quad muscle earlier this month. The 77-year-old actor had to fly home to New York from Oklahoma, where he had been shooting Martin Scorsese's new thriller Killers of the Flower Moon, after suffering the injury off set.

Robert De Niro is sharing more details about his recent leg injury. Just days after multiple outlets reported that the 77-year-old actor suffered «a mild leg injury,» De Niro revealed what happened and how he's doing now.De Niro's injury occurred while on-location for his upcoming movie, , but not on the set of the Martin Scorsese-directed project.«I tore my quad somehow.

Robert De Niro is on the mend after suffering a serious leg injury on set. De Niro, 77, hurt one of his quad muscles while filming Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" in Oklahoma.

Robert De Niro is opening up about his recent injury and how he hurt himself.

Robert De Niro has been sidelined by an injury while filming his latest movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

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