Alan Alda
Gender: Male
Born: 28th January 1936 (currently 76 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: M*A*S*H, The West Wing, The Big C, The Nurses, The Trials of O'Brien, The Phil Silvers Show, Coronet Blue, Naked City, The Four Seasons, Route 66, 30 Rock, Premiere, East Side/West Side, ER, Scientific American Frontiers
Movies: California Suite, Canadian Bacon, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Everyone Says I Love You, Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Aviator, What Women Want, Resurrecting the Champ, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, The Four Seasons, Jenny, California Suite, Sweet Liberty, Mad City, Murder at 1600, And the Band Played On, Nothing but the Truth, Diminished Capacity, The Mephisto Waltz, Paper Lion, Betsy's Wedding, The Object of My Affection, Neil Simon's Jake's Women, White Mile, Whispers in the Dark, Same Time, Next Year, Flash of Genius, Flirting with Disaster, Club Land, Gone Are the Days!, A New Life, Glass House, Wanderlust, Tower Heist, Kill Me If You Can, The Moonshine War, Isn't It Shocking?, The Killing Yard, The Extraordinary Seaman, Class of '55
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo (born January 28, 1936), better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Journalism and a member of the advisory board of The Center for Communicating Science.
In 1996, Alda was ranked #41 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Alda was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in The Bronx, New York City. His father, Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), was an actor and singer, and his mother, Joan Browne, was a former showgirl. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His adopted surname, "Alda," is a portmanteau of ALphonso and D'Abruzzo. When Alda was seven years old, he contracted Poliomyelitis. To combat the disease, his parents administered a painful treatment regimen developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny that consisted of applying hot woolen blankets to his limbs and stretching his muscles. Alda attended Archbishop Stepinac High School
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