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Alan Alda

Highest Rated:
100% And the Band Played On (1993)
Lowest Rated:
14% Canadian Bacon (1994)
Birthday:
Jan 28, 1936
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Bio:
The son of actor Robert Alda, Alan Alda grew up around vaudeville and burlesque comedians, soaking up as many jokes and routines as was humanly possible. Robert Alda hoped that his son would become a doctor, but the boy's urge to perform won out. After graduating from Fordham University, Alda first…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 14% - 100%
Number of Movies: 49
Box Office Since 2001: $369.9M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2012 Wanderlust
  • Carvin
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2011 68% Tower Heist
  • Arthur Shaw
$78.0M
2010 62% Howl
  • Actor
$0.6M
2010 The Human Spark With Alan Alda
  • Actor
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2010 78% Behind The Burly Q
  • Actor
$23.9k
2008 79% Nothing But the Truth
  • Albert Burnside
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2008 35% Diminished Capacity
  • Uncle Rollie
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2008 59% Flash of Genius
  • Gregory Lawson
$4.2M
2007 58% Resurrecting the Champ
  • Metz
$2.9M
2004 The Italian Americans
  • Actor
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2004 87% The Aviator
  • Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster
$102.6M
2001 Killing Yard
  • Actor
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2000 54% What Women Want
  • Dan Wanamaker
$181.5M
1999 Keepers Of The Frame
  • Actor
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1998 49% The Object of My Affection
  • Sidney Miller
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1997 35% Murder at 1600
  • Director
  • Alvin Jordan
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1997 37% Mad City
  • Kevin Hollander
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1996 86% Flirting With Disaster
  • Richard Schlicting
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1996 79% Everyone Says I Love You
  • Bob
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1996 Neil Simon's Jake's Women
  • Jake
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1994 14% Canadian Bacon
  • President of the United States
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1994 White Mile
  • Actor
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1993 91% Manhattan Murder Mystery
  • Ted
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1993 100% And the Band Played On
  • Dr. Robert Gallo
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1992 25% Whispers in the Dark
  • Leo Green
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1990 50% Betsy's Wedding
  • Director
  • Eddie Hopper
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1989 92% Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Lester
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1988 29% A New Life
  • Steve Giardino
  • Director
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1986 75% Sweet Liberty
  • Michael Burgess
  • Director
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1986 Lily Tomlin
  • Actor
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1983 M.A.S.H. - Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
  • Actor
  • Director
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1981 71% The Four Seasons
  • Jack Burroughs
  • Director
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1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  • Joe Tynan
  • Screenwriter
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1978 40% Same Time, Next Year
  • George
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1978 58% California Suite
  • Bill Warren
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1977 Kill Me If You Can (The Caryl Chessman Story)
  • Caryl Chessman
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1974 Free to Be You and Me
  • Actor
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1974 Free to Be...You and Me
  • Actor
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1972 Playmates
  • Actor
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1972 To Kill a Clown
  • Maj. Ritchie
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1972 Glass House
  • Jonathan Paige
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1971 The Mephisto Waltz
  • Myles Clarkson
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1970 The Moonshine War
  • Son Martin
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1970 87% Catch-22
  • Extra
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1969 Jenny
  • Delano
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1968 Paper Lion
  • George Plimpton
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1963 Purlie Victorious
  • Charlie Cotchipee
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Lily Tomlin
  • Actor
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M.A.S.H. - V. 5
  • Actor
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Quotes from Alan Alda's Characters

    1. President of the United States: Release Honey pronto, or we'll level Toronto!
    From Canadian Bacon. Submitted by Eric J (22 days ago)
    1. Marcia Fox: You're taking me to dinner, right?
    2. Ted: Right, absolutely! Only we can't sleep together, not tonight.
    3. Marcia Fox: Why not?
    4. Ted: Well, because I already slept with Helen Moss once today, and I'm not young and active like I used to be.
    5. Marcia Fox: You'll do anything to catch a murderer, won't you?
    6. Ted: Mmm-hmm.
    From Manhattan Murder Mystery. Submitted by Matthew D (6 months ago)
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