Born January 28, 1936· Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo to an Italian-American performer father and an Irish-American mother, he studied English at Fordham University, participated in its radio station, and honed his craft with the Compass Players and Chicago’s Second City before joining the Cleveland Play House in the late 1950s. Alda’s breakthrough came as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce on the CBS series MASH, a role…
