On this day 82 years ago, Alan Alda was born in New York City. Best known for his role as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the popular TV series M*A*S*H (1972-83), the actor is also a director, screenwriter, author, and six-time Emmy and Golden Globe winner–with 31 Emmy Award (and two Tony) nominations.
He has been married since 1957 to his wife Arlene. WATCH a clip from M*A*S*H… (1936)Alda’s prominence in the enormously successful M*A*S*H years gave him a platform to speak out on political topics, and he has been an active supporter of women’s rights and the feminist movement. Alda has done extensive charity work (St. Jude’s) and been engaged in scientific pursuits, using his communication strengths to help scientists, work with universities and host a PBS show, Scientific American Frontiers. (Learn more here)
In the last decade, he has published two memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I’ve Learned, and…
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