Robert Alda
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Robert Alda (February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) was an American theatrical and film actor and father of actors Alan and Antony Alda. A singer and dancer, Alda was featured in a number of Broadway productions before moving to Italy during the early 1960s. He appeared in many European films over the next two decades, occasionally returning to the U.S. for film appearances such as The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969).
Alda, an American of Italian descent, was born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo in New York, New York, the son of Frances (née Tumillo) and Antonio D'Abruzzo, a barber born in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Benevento, Campania, Italy. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York in 1930. He began as a singer and dancer in vaudeville after winning a talent contest, and moved on to burlesque.
Alda is known for portraying George Gershwin in the biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945) as well as the talent agent in the Douglas Sirk classic Imitation of Life (1959). He was very successful on Broadway, starring in Guys and Dolls (1950), for which he won a Tony Award, and in What Makes Sammy Run? (1964). He was also the host of the short-lived DuMont TV version of the game show What's Your Bid? (May–June 1953).
Alda's first wife, and mother of actor Alan Alda, Joan Browne, was a homemaker and former beauty pageant winner. Alda was married to his second wife, Flora Marino, an Italian actress whom he met in Rome, until his death.
Alda made two guest appearances with his son Alan on M*A*S*H, in the episodes "The Consultant" (January 1975) and "Lend a Hand" (February 1980). The latter episode also featured Antony Alda (1956–2009), his younger son by his second wife.
Alda appeared in an episode of The Feather and Father Gang in 1977.
Alda died on May 3, 1986, aged 72, after a long illness following a stroke.
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Películas (39)
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980 · Mr. Luder
Express to Terror
1979 · Dr. Dan Lewis
Spider-Man Strikes Back
1978 · Mr. White
Fame
1978 · Concierge
The Squeeze
1978 · Captain Donati
Perfect Gentlemen
1978 · Ed Martin
Every Girl Should Have One
1978 · Adam Becker
Bittersweet Love
1976 · Ben
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Richard Entwhistle
I Will, I Will...For Now
1976 · Dr. Magnus
Holiday Hookers
1976 · Client
Last Hours Before Morning
1975 · Theo 'Lucky' English
The House of Exorcism
1975 · Father Michael
Cagliostro
1975 · Pope Clement XIII
The Serpent
1973 · Polygraph interrogator
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Kenneth Allandice
All Woman
1967 · Wally
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962 · Lo Bianco
Musketeers of the Sea
1962 · Vice Governatore Gomez
Force of Impulse
1961 · Warren Reese
The Devil's Hand
1961 · Rick Turner
Revenge of the Barbarians
1960 · Ataulf
Cleopatra's Daughter
1960 · Inuni, Pharaoh's Architect
A Soldier and a Half
1960 · Roy Harrison
Imitation of Life
1959 · Allen Loomis
Beautiful But Dangerous
1955 · Maestro Doria
Assignment Abroad
1955 · Major Bill Morgan
Two Gals and a Guy
1951 · Deke Oliver
Mister Universe
1951 · Fingers Maroni
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Neil
Hollywood Varieties
1950 · Master of Ceremonies
Homicide
1949 · Andy
April Showers
1948 · Billy Shay
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Phil Dinardo
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947 · Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits]
The Man I Love
1946 · Nicky Toresca
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Pinkie
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Tommy Coles
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · George Gershwin
Series (43)
Matt Houston
1982
Beyond Westworld
1980 · Governor Eric Harper
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Facts of Life
1979
Supertrén
1979 · Dr. Dan Lewis
Sword of Justice
1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Fantasy Island
1978 · Mark Dupres
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Jason Laird
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Frank Leonardt
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Professor Wren
The Tony Randall Show
1976
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Monroe Harrison
Wonder Woman
1975 · Harcourt
Ellery Queen
1975
The Rockford Files
1974 · Cy Margulies
Kojak
1973 · Adrian Marshall
Police Story
1973
M*A*S*H
1972 · Dr. Anthony B. Borelli
Emergency!
1972 · Raymond Boyd
Here's Lucy
1968 · Robert Alda, Dean Butler, Captain MacClay
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Diego Maximillian
That Girl
1966
The Lucy Show
1962 · John Brooks III
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Naked City
1958 · Jess Burton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Ben Nelson
The Millionaire
1955 · Gilbert Patterson
Secret File, U.S.A
1955 · Maj. William Morgan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Concierge
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Angelo Armiento
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Rusty Miller, Paul Oxford
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
By Popular Demand
1950 · Self - Host
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self