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| Talent Agent: |
International Creative Management (ICM) - Toni Howard
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| Profession: |
Actor / Miscellaneous Crew / Director |
| Born: |
28 January 1936, New York City, New York, USA (age 73) |
| Birth Name: |
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo |
| Height: |
6' 2" (1.88 m) |
| Spouse: |
Arlene Alda (15 March 1957 - present) 3 children
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| Awards: |
Nominated for Oscar. Another 34 wins & 48 nominations |
| Credited Years: |
1958 - 2009 |
Trademarks
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Often plays ambitious authority figures that are corrupt and unethical. |
Real Life Quotes
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[on the popularity of M*A*S*H] I hear from people who watch six and seven times a day. It scares me. |
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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. |
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it. |
Trivia
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He did not sign on to play Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H until 6 hours before filming began on the pilot episode. |
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He commuted from LA to his home in New Jersey every weekend for 11 years while starring in M*A*S*H. His wife and daughters lived in NJ, and he did not want to uproot the family to LA, especially because he did not know how long the show would last. |
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Son of Robert Alda and Joan Brown, a former Miss New York pageant winner. |
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He, father Robert Alda and step-brother Antony Alda appeared together in an episode of M*A*S*H, "Lend a Hand", during Season 8. Robert had previously appeared in "The Consultant" in Season 3. |
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Alda almost turned down the role of Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H because he did not want war to be a "backdrop for lighthearted high jinks... I wanted to show that the war was a bad place to be." |
Other Works
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Was a television spokesman for both IBM and Atari Personal Computers. The IBM ad campaign was followed by a series of TV commercials for IBM featuring the rest of the cast members from the TV series M*A*S*H. |
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Stage: Played Marc in "Art" by Yasmina Reza on Broadway, March 1998. |
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1970s: Sings on the children's album "Free To Be ... You And Me" |
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Stage: Played Charlie Cotchipee in the original Broadway cast of "Purlie Victorious", 1961. |
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1970s: TV commercial for Polaroid Pronto! Land Camera. |
Where Are They Now?
| 2005 |
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Release of his memoir, "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - And Other Things I've Learned". |
| 2007 |
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Release of his book, "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself". | |
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