Cast & creator
Robert Alda
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, What's My Line?, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
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Filmography (86)
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The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Love Boat
Frank Leonardt
1977
M*A*S*H
Dr. Anthony B. Borelli
1972
Ironside
1967
Quincy, M.E.
Professor Wren
1976
Mission: Impossible
Diego Maximillian
1966
The Rockford Files
Cy Margulies
1974
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Emergency!
Raymond Boyd
1972
The Incredible Hulk
1977The Incredible Hulk
Jason Laird
1977
The Facts of Life
1979
Naked City
Jess Burton
1958
The Lucy Show
John Brooks III
1962
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Fantasy Island
Mark Dupres
1978
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Laverne & Shirley
Monroe Harrison
1976
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Here's Lucy
Robert Alda
1968Here's Lucy
Dean Butler
1968Here's Lucy
Captain MacClay
1968
That Girl
1966
Kojak
Adrian Marshall
1973
Wonder Woman
Harcourt
1975
Matt Houston
1982
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Millionaire
Gilbert Patterson
1955
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Police Story
1973
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ben Nelson
1955
Ellery Queen
1975Lux Video Theatre
Rusty Miller
1950Lux Video Theatre
Paul Oxford
1950
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Tony Randall Show
1976
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Supertrain
Dr. Dan Lewis
1979
Beyond Westworld
Governor Eric Harper
1980
Sword of Justice
1978
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Concierge
1951Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Imitation of Life
Allen Loomis
1959
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Angelo Armiento
1951
Spider-Man Strikes Back
Mr. White
1978
The Beast with Five Fingers
Bruce Conrad [Conrad Ryler in on-screen end credits]
1947
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Richard Entwhistle
1976
The Man I Love
Nicky Toresca
1946
The Serpent
Polygraph interrogator
1973
Cloak and Dagger
Pinkie
1946
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Neil
1950
Beautiful But Dangerous
Maestro Doria
1955
Mister Universe
Fingers Maroni
1951
Nora Prentiss
Phil Dinardo
1947
The House of Exorcism
Father Michael
1975
All Woman
Wally
1967
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
1945
Lucy Moves to NBC
Mr. Luder
1980
I Will, I Will...For Now
Dr. Magnus
1976
Cleopatra's Daughter
Inuni, Pharaoh's Architect
1960By Popular Demand
Self - Host
1950
The Devil's Hand
Rick Turner
1961
Express to Terror
Dr. Dan Lewis
1979Secret File, U.S.A
Maj. William Morgan
1955
Fame
Concierge
1978
Holiday Hookers
Client
1976
Last Hours Before Morning
Theo 'Lucky' English
1975
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Kenneth Allandice
1969
Hollywood Varieties
Master of Ceremonies
1950
The Squeeze
Captain Donati
1978
A Soldier and a Half
Roy Harrison
1960
Musketeers of the Sea
Vice Governatore Gomez
1962
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
Lo Bianco
1962
Two Gals and a Guy
Deke Oliver
1951
Revenge of the Barbarians
Ataulf
1960
Every Girl Should Have One
Adam Becker
1978
Bittersweet Love
Ben
1976
Force of Impulse
Warren Reese
1961
Cinderella Jones
Tommy Coles
1946
Homicide
Andy
1949
Cagliostro
Pope Clement XIII
1975
April Showers
Billy Shay
1948
Perfect Gentlemen
Ed Martin
1978Assignment Abroad
Major Bill Morgan
1955