Actor Charles Grodin, who charmed audiences with his droll, understated and awkward humor in such films as The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run and the Beethoven movies, has died. He was 86.

Robert De Niro ’s career is undoubtedly one of cinema's greatest. A man who paved the way for many an iconic actor after him (and, in doing so, became one of the most influential figures in the ...