Robert Alda
Age: 72 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1914-02-26 11:26:27
Death: 1986-05-03 11:26:27
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Ben Nelson
Wonder Woman
(1975) Harcourt
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Paul Oxford
The Rockford Files
(1974) Cy Margulies
Spider-Man Strikes Back
(1978) Mr. White
Naked City
(1958) Jess Burton
Kojak
(1973) Adrian Marshall
Imitation of Life
(1959) Allen LoomisActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2018 | Father Michael ("A Dose of Temptation" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Mr. Luder | |
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| 1979 | N/A | |
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| Dr. Dan Lewis | ||
| 1978 | Mr. White | |
| Captain Donati | ||
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| Ed Martin | ||
| Concierge | ||
| Adam Becker | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Frank Leonardt | ||
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| 1976 | N/A | |
| Ben | ||
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| Richard Entwhistle | ||
| Dr. Magnus | ||
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| Client | ||
| 1975 | Harcourt | |
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| Theo 'Lucky' English | ||
| Father Michael | ||
| Pope Clement XIII | ||
| 1974 | Cy Margulies | |
| 1973 | Adrian Marshall | |
| Polygraph interrogator | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Dr. Anthony B. Borelli | |
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| 1969 | Kenneth Allandice | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Wally | |
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| 1966 | N/A | |
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| 1962 | Vice Governatore Gomez | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Lo Bianco | ||
| 1961 | Warren Reese | |
| Rick Turner | ||
| 1960 | Ataulf | |
| Inuni, Pharaoh's Architect | ||
| Roy Harrison | ||
| 1959 | Allen Loomis | |
| 1958 | Jess Burton | |
| 1955 | Maestro Doria | |
| Ben Nelson | ||
| Gilbert Patterson | ||
| Major Bill Morgan | ||
| 1951 | Concierge | |
| Angelo Armiento | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Deke Oliver | ||
| Fingers Maroni | ||
| 1950 | Rusty Miller | |
| Paul Oxford | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Neil | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| N/A | ||
| Master of Ceremonies | ||
| 1949 | Andy | |
| 1948 | Self | |
| Billy Shay | ||
| 1947 | Phil Dinardo, Cafe Owner | |
| Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits] | ||
| 1946 | Nicky Toresca | |
| Pinkie | ||
| Tommy Coles | ||
| 1945 | George Gershwin | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
