David Lawrence Groh Was Born On May 21, 1939 And Died On February 12, 2008 And Was an American Actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard in the 1970s Mary Tyler Moore Spinoff TV Series Rhoda Opposite Valerie Harper.

David Groh Was Born in Brooklyn And The Son of Mildred and Benjamin Groh. He had a Sister Marilyn. David Ghogh Attended Brooklyn Technical High School And Then Enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Where David Groah Graduated Phi Beta Kappa With A Degree in English Literature.

David Groh was Playing Joe Gerard as a New York City Construction Worker Who Met Rhoda Morgenstern the best friend of Mary Richards on CBS' The Mary Tyler Moore Show. David Groh Co Starred In The Spin Off Series Rhoda. The Show Premiered September 9, 1974. Joe And Rhoda Married In The Seventh Episode. The Network gave The Marriage much advance Publicity And The Episode Proved A Ratings Blockbuster having drawn some Fifty Million Viewers To Become one of Television's MostWatched Single Programs.

In season Three the couple separated And was later Divorced. According to Valerie Harper David Groh was written out of the show when The Producers decided that Rhoda worked better with its star as a Single woman. We All felt very bad about David not continuing she said. The Two Remained Lifelong Friends. Rhoda Was Canceled In The Fall of 1978.

Thereafter David Groh Starred In His Own Series The Short Lived Another Day And went on to make his Broadway Theater Debut in Neil Simon's Chapter Two.

David Groh Performed with The American Shakespeare Theatre And Then went to Great Britain to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a Fulbright Scholarship And Served In The U.S. Army From 1963 To 1964. On his return to New York City he studied at the Actors Studio. He made his Television Debut In The Gothic Daytime Soap Opera Dark Shadows on ABC In 1966 But Fame Eluded David Groh Until Rhoda TV Series.