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[h3]After graduating from Fordham University, Alda served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, before heading for show business.[/h3]

He grew up in a show business environment. His father, Robert, was an actor, and brought Alan up around the culture of vaudeville comedy. He became a member of the acting company at the Cleveland Playhouse, on a grant from the Ford Foundation.

He was a great success with his improvisatory performances in Chicago’s Second City Company, and, from 1964, on the satirical TV weekly 'That Was the Week That Was'.

His first film role was in 'Gone Are The Days' in 1963, adapted from the Broadway play in which Alda had starred. His other film roles of the time, almost all critically more successful than popular, included 'Paper Lion' and 'To Kill a Clown'.

Filming 'The Glass House', a Truman Capote prison drama in Utah State Prison, Alda was impressed by a television pilot script based on Robert Altman's hit feature film, 'M*A*S*H'.

The show, which ran for 11 years, was a pacifistic satire of the horrors of war, and allowed Alda to employ his acting, writing and directing talents. By the time it ended in 1983, he had been honoured with Emmys for all three skills - he remains the only person to have been honoured in all three categories.

In addition to a separate sitcom, 'We’ll Get By', Alda managed to find time to make films during 'M*A*S*H', with 'California Suite', 'Same Time', and, in his 1981 directorial debut, 'The Four Seasons'.

Beginning a collaboration with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/41:0/Woody_Allen.htm]Woody Allen[/urlnew], and deliberately playing against type, Alda starred in Allen’s 1989 film 'Crimes and Misdemeanors'. He reunited with the director for 'Manhattan Murder Mystery 'in 1993 and 'Everybody Says I Love You' in 1996.

A prolific activist and off-screen commentator, Alda continues to juggle his film career with involvement in major political and social causes.
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- He suffered from a bad case of Polio as a young child.

- He did not sign on to play Hawkeye Pierce on "M*A*S*H" until six hours before filming began on the pilot episode.

- He commuted from LA to his home in New Jersey every weekend for 11 years while starring in 'M*A*S*H'.
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Nothing But the Truth (2008) (post-production)

Diminished Capacity (2008)

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

"The West Wing" (22 episodes, 2004-2006)

The Aviator (2004)

The Killing Yard (2001) (TV)

Club Land (2001) (TV)

What Women Want (2000)

"ER" (5 episodes, 1999)

The Object of My Affection (1998)

Mad City (1997)

Murder at 1600 (1997)

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Jake's Women (1996) (TV)

Canadian Bacon (1995)

White Mile (1994) (TV)

And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Whispers in the Dark (1992)

Betsy's Wedding (1990)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

A New Life (1988)

Sweet Liberty (1986)

"The Four Seasons" (1984)

"M*A*S*H" (250 episodes, 1972-1983)

The Four Seasons (1981) .... Jack Burroughs

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

California Suite (1978)

Same Time, Next Year (1978)

Kill Me If You Can (1977) (TV)

Annie and the Hoods (1974) (TV)

6 Rms Riv Vu (1974) (TV)

Free to Be... You & Me (1974) (TV) (voice)

Isn't It Shocking? (1973) (TV)

Playmates (1972) (TV)

To Kill a Clown (1972)

The Glass House (1972) (TV)

The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

"Story Theatre" (1971) TV series

The Moonshine War (1970)

Jenny (1970)

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)

Paper Lion (1968)

"Premiere" (1 episode, 1968)

"Coronet Blue" (1 episode, 1967)

Where's Everett (1966) (TV)

"The Trials of O'Brien" (1 episode, 1965)

"East Side/West Side" (1 episode, 1963)

Gone Are the Days! (1963)

"Route 66" (1 episode, 1963)

"The Nurses" (2 episodes, 1963)

"Naked City" (1 episode, 1962)

"The Phil Silvers Show" (1 episode, 1958)

"Secret File, U.S.A." (1955) TV series (unknown episodes)
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