Alan Alda biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Alan Alda

Author Name:

Alan Alda

Born As:

Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo

Other Names:

Alan Alda

Born:

28 Jan 1936

Died:





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Selected Works:

Filmography:

Gone Are the Days! - 1963
Paper Lion - 1968
The Extraordinary Seaman - 1969
Jenny - 1970
The Moonshine War - 1970
The Mephisto Waltz - 1971
To Kill a Clown - 1972
Kill Me If You Can - 1977
Same Time, Next Year - 1978
California Suite - 1978
The Seduction of Joe Tynan - 1979
The Four Seasons - 1981
Sweet Liberty - 1986
A New Life - 1988
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989
Betsy's Wedding - 1990
Whispers in the Dark - 1992
Manhattan Murder Mystery - 1993
Canadian Bacon - 1995
Flirting with Disaster - 1996
Everyone Says I Love You - 1996
Murder at 1600 - 1997
Mad City - 1997
The Object of My Affection - 1998
Keepers of the Frame - 1999
What Women Want - 2000
The Aviator - 2004
Resurrecting the Champ - 2007
Diminished Capacity - 2008
Nothing But the Truth - 2008
Flash of Genius - 2008

Television:

The Phil Silvers Show - 1958
That Was The Week That Was - 1964-1965
Where's Everett - 1966 - pilot
The Glass House - 1972
M*A*S*H - 1972-1983
Playmates - 1972
Isn't It Shocking? - 1973
Free to Be… You and Me - 1974
6 Rms Riv Vu - 1974
Kill Me If You Can - 1977
And the Band Played On - 1993
Scientific American Frontiers - 1993-2005
White Mile - 1994
Jake's Women - 1996
ER - 1999
Club Land - 2001
The Killing Yard - 2001
The West Wing - 2004-2006

Personal Memoirs:

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

Audio books:

World War Z - 2006 - Voice of "Department of Strategic Resources" Director Arthur Sinclair Jr.                          
Mother Joan Brown crowned Miss New York in a beauty pagent.
Father Robert Alda also known as Alphonso Giovanni Giuseppe Roberto D'Abruzzo.
Wife Arlene Weiss, three daughters, Eve, Elizabeth, and Beatrice, and seven grandchildren.                          
Won Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006, for his portrayal of Senator & Presidential candidate Arnold Vinick in The West Wing.                          
The audiobook version of Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of Best Spoken Word Album.

Alda received his first nomination for an Academy Award for his supporting role as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster in Martin Scorsese's film The Aviator.