David Groh

David Lawrence Groh ( born May 21, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 12 February, 2008 Los Angeles ) was an American actor.

Life

David Groh was born to Jewish parents, his father was an architect. He attended Brown University in Providence, with the aim to become an engineer, but eventually earned a degree in English Literature. Groh began his acting career at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Subsequently, he served from 1963 to 1964 in the U.S. Army.

After his return to New York he studied at the Actors Studio and played theater in off-Broadway productions. He received in 1972 in the television series Love Is a Many Splendored Thing His first major role. Best known Groh is for his starring role in the sitcom Rhoda, in which he 1974 to 1977 the husband of the main character, played by Valerie Harper portrayed. After the end of Rhoda he starred in several films and television series, but mainly turned back to the theater. In 1978 he made ​​his Broadway debut in Chapter Two by Neil Simon, among others, played in King Lear (1982 ), Road Show ( 1987), The Twilight of the Golds (1993) and Blackout ( 2003). In a production of the Lee Strasberg Creative Center Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000, he led the first time directing.

Groh was married twice and has a son from his first marriage. He died at Cedars -Sinai Medical Center of kidney cancer.

Filmography (selection)

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