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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 26, 1914
Died
May 3, 1986
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
Robert Alda
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Beyond Westworld
as Governor Eric Harper
1980
5.4
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Mr. Luder
1980
1.0
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
6.8
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
The Facts of Life
1979
7.0
Supertrain
1979
4.3
Express to Terror
as Dr. Dan Lewis
1979
0.0
Spider-Man Strikes Back
as Mr. White
1978
5.8
The Squeeze
as Captain Donati
1978
5.2
Sword of Justice
1978
5.5
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
5.0
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
6.0
Perfect Gentlemen
as Ed Martin
1978
4.0
Fantasy Island
as Mark Dupres
1978
6.4
Fame
as Concierge
1978
0.0
Every Girl Should Have One
as Adam Becker
1978
1.0
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
as Jason Laird
1977
7.2
The Love Boat
as Frank Leonardt
1977
6.3
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Quincy, M.E.
as Professor Wren
1976
7.5
Bittersweet Love
as Ben
1976
3.7
The Tony Randall Show
1976
6.3
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Richard Entwhistle
1976
4.1
I Will, I Will...For Now
as Dr. Magnus
1976
3.0
Laverne & Shirley
1976
7.2
Holiday Hookers
as Client
1976
3.5
Wonder Woman
as Harcourt
1975
7.0
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
Last Hours Before Morning
as Theo 'Lucky' English
1975
2.0
The House of Exorcism
as Father Michael
1975
4.7
Cagliostro
as Pope Clement XIII
1975
0.0
The Rockford Files
as Cy Margulies
1974
7.5
Kojak
as Adrian Marshall
1973
7.0
The Serpent
as Polygraph interrogator
1973
6.1
Police Story
1973
6.9
M*A*S*H
as Dr. Anthony B. Borelli
1972
7.9
Emergency!
1972
7.8
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Kenneth Allandice
1969
4.0
Here's Lucy
as Robert Alda
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Dean Butler
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Captain MacClay
1968
6.7
🎬
All Woman
as Wally
1967
0.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
Mission: Impossible
as Diego Maximillian
1966
7.6
That Girl
1966
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Lucy Show
as John Brooks III
1962
7.0
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
as Lo Bianco
1962
6.6
Musketeers of the Sea
as Vice Governatore Gomez
1962
5.0
Force of Impulse
as Warren Reese
1961
2.5
The Devil's Hand
as Rick Turner
1961
4.4
Revenge of the Barbarians
as Ataulf
1960
0.0
Cleopatra's Daughter
as Inuni, Pharaoh's Architect
1960
4.7
A Soldier and a Half
as Roy Harrison
1960
7.0
Imitation of Life
as Allen Loomis
1959
7.4
Naked City
as Jess Burton
1958
5.5
Beautiful But Dangerous
as Maestro Doria
1955
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ben Nelson
1955
7.7
The Millionaire
as Gilbert Patterson
1955
5.0
🎬
Assignment Abroad
as Major Bill Morgan
1955
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Concierge
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Angelo Armiento
1951
7.3
🎬
Love of Life
1951
5.0
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
Two Gals and a Guy
as Deke Oliver
1951
0.0
Mister Universe
as Fingers Maroni
1951
5.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Rusty Miller
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Paul Oxford
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
🎬
By Popular Demand
1950
0.0
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Neil
1950
5.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Hollywood Varieties
as Master of Ceremonies
1950
0.0
Homicide
as Andy
1949
5.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
April Showers
as Billy Shay
1948
6.0
Nora Prentiss
as Phil Dinardo
1947
6.1
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits]
1947
6.3
The Man I Love
as Nicky Toresca
1946
6.2
Cloak and Dagger
as Pinkie
1946
6.5
Cinderella Jones
as Tommy Coles
1946
3.3
Rhapsody in Blue
as George Gershwin
1945
6.4