Acting
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.
The Love Boat
1977 · TV
Ironside
1967 · TV
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · TV
The Lucy Show
1962 · TV
The Facts of Life
1979 · TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV
What's My Line?
1950 · TV
Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV
Fantasy Island
1978 · TV
M*A*S*H
1972 · TV
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV
Emergency!
1972 · TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV
Naked City
1958 · TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV
Kojak
1973 · TV
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV
The Millionaire
1955 · TV
That Girl
1966 · TV
Matt Houston
1982 · TV
Tales of Tomorrow
1951 · TV
Here's Lucy
1968 · TV
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · TV
Police Story
1973 · TV
Wonder Woman
1975 · TV
Ellery Queen
1975 · TV
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · TV
The Tony Randall Show
1976 · TV
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978 · TV
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980 · TV
Supertrain
1979 · TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
Beyond Westworld
1980 · TV
Sword of Justice
1978 · TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV
Imitation of Life
1959 · Movie
Spider-Man Strikes Back
1978 · Movie
Mister Universe
1951 · Movie
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Movie
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Movie
Force of Impulse
1961 · Movie
The Man I Love
1946 · Movie
The Serpent
1973 · Movie
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Movie
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947 · Movie
Fame
1978 · Movie
Beautiful But Dangerous
1955 · Movie
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Movie
I Will, I Will...For Now
1976 · Movie
Holiday Hookers
1976 · Movie
The House of Exorcism
1975 · Movie
Last Hours Before Morning
1975 · Movie
April Showers
1948 · Movie
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Movie
Express to Terror
1979 · Movie
Hollywood Varieties
1950 · Movie
Bittersweet Love
1976 · Movie
Musketeers of the Sea
1962 · Movie
A Soldier and a Half
1960 · Movie
Homicide
1949 · Movie
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Movie
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Movie
Cleopatra's Daughter
1960 · Movie
The Squeeze
1978 · Movie
Revenge of the Barbarians
1960 · Movie
Cagliostro
1975 · Movie
The Devil's Hand
1961 · Movie
Perfect Gentlemen
1978 · Movie
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962 · Movie
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980 · Movie
Two Gals and a Guy
1951 · Movie
Every Girl Should Have One
1978 · Movie
