- Won Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance." He had two prior nominations as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic): in 1959 for "The Disenchanted" and in 1961 for "Big Fish, Little Fish.".
- Until his death, Grizzard and William Tynan maintained a country home together in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Neighbors included Joan Rivers, Bill Blass, and other entertainment industry luminaries.
- His first theatre role was in 1945 when he played a miner in Emlyn Williams' The Corn is Green at the Crossroads Theatre in Virginia.
- According to Grizzard's New York Times obituary, his only survivor was his longtime romantic partner William Tynan.
- Grizzard received his first Tony nomination (as best featured actor) for his performance in The Disenchanted (1958), based on Budd Schulberg's biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and he received a second nomination in 1961 for his work in Hugh Wheeler's wry comedy, Big Fish, Little Fish.
- He considered himself primarily a stage actor.
- His Broadway debut was in The Desperate Hours (1955), Joseph Hayes' tense thriller about a family imprisoned in their home and terrorized by escaped convicts.
- His finest movie performance is usually regarded in Otto Preminger's study of American politics, Advise & Consent (1962).
- He co-starred with Betty White on Password (1961) from April 3-7, 1967. He also guest starred on The Golden Girls (1985), along with White, as Rue McClanahan's character Blanche's deceased husband and his twin.
- His father was an accountant.
- Born at 1:50 a.m. EST.
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