Alan Alda actor, director, screenwriter

Alan Alda born January 28, 1936 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.
Contents
* 1 Family and early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early acting
o 2.2 M*A*S*H Series (1972–83)
o 2.3 Post M*A*S*H
o 2.4 Later roles
* 3 Charitable work, other interests
* 4 Personal beliefs and other views
* 5 Awards and nominations
* 6 Filmography
o 6.1 Film
o 6.2 Television
o 6.3 Stage
o 6.4 Voice acting
* 7 Bibliography
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Family and early life
Alda was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in The Bronx, New York City. His father, Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), was an actor and singer, and his mother, Joan Brown, was a former Miss New York. Alda is of Italian and Irish descent. 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. 1956, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in English from Fordham College of Fordham University in the Bronx, where he was a student staff member of its FM radio station, WFUV. Alda's half-brother Antony Alda was born the same year and would also become an actor. During Alan Alda's junior year, he studied in Paris, acted in a play in Rome and performed with his father on television in Amsterdam. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve and served a six-month tour of duty as a gunnery officer. A year after graduation, he married Arlene Weiss, with whom he has three daughters, Eve, Elizabeth, and Beatrice. He also has seven grandchildren, two of whom are aspiring actors. The Aldas have been longtime residents of Leonia, New Jersey. Alda frequented Sol & Sol deli on Palisade Avenue in the nearby town of Englewood, New Jersey in real life – a fact mirrored in his character's daydream about eating whitefish from the establishment in an episode of M*A*S*H in which Hawkeye sustains a head injury.

Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Alda