Alda, Alan(Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo)

Born: 1936 AD
Currently alive, at 72 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Actors, Director, Political Activists, Writers

1936 - Born Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in New York City on January 28, 1936.

1943 - Contracted polio at the age of seven.

1956 - Received his bachelor's degree from Fordham University.

1957 - Joined the Army Reserve of the United States and served in Korea as a gunnery officer. Married Arlene Weiss.

1972-1983 - He starred in M*A*S*H, a television series. He was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards from which he won five awards.

1989 - Portrayed Lester in the movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors.

1996 - Portrayed Richard Schlicting in the movie, Flirting with Disaster.

2004 - Became a regular cast on the NBC program The West Wing.

2005 - Published his first round of memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned.

Page last updated: 9:31pm, 29^th Nov '06

"It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that."
"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich."
"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory."
"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."

	Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda (Paperback - Sep 12, 2006) Alan Alda's autobiography travels a path less taken. Instead of a sensationalist, name-dropping page-turner, Alda writes about his life as a memory play, an exercise in recollecting his childhood,... Usually ships in 24 hours
	Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda (Hardcover - Sep 4, 2007) On the heels of his acclaimed memoir,Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has writtenThings I Overheard While Talking to Myself,an insightful and funny look at... Usually ships in 24 hours
	The Last Days of Mash by Alan Alda and Arlene Alda (Paperback - Sep 8, 1985)
	Alan Alda by Raymond Strait (Hardcover - Nov 8, 1983)
	Alda searching for meaning of his life; Actor becomes a philosopher in his '70s.(Movies - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press by Gale Reference Team (Digital - Aug 28, 2007) This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on August 28, 2007. The length of the article is 1196 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical... Available for download now
	A new life by Alan Alda (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 1987)