Alan Alda Net Worth

#Fact1He was awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Performance in "Jake's Women" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.2From 1980 to 1983, he won four consecutive Golden Globes in the Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical category for his work in M*A*S*H (1972).3He was originally cast as Billy Minsky in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), but was unable to leave his role on Broadway in "The Apple Tree," and had to be replaced by Jason Robards.4Was considered for the role of Joe Gideon, protagonist in All That Jazz (1979), that was ultimately played by 'Roy Scheider'.5Was considered for the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing (1999). He did have a recurring role as Senator Arnold Vinick.6Was considered for the role of Father Damien Karras in The Exorcist (1973).7Alongside Norman Lloyd, William Daniels, Christopher Lee, Dick Van Dyke, Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Adam West, Edward Asner, William Shatner, Marla Gibbs, Larry Hagman, Florence Henderson and Shirley Jones, Alda is one of the few actors in Hollywood who lived into their 80s and/or 90s without ever either retiring from acting or having stopped getting work.8He is most widely known to be a very private man.9Childhood friend of Carol Burnett.10He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2013 for his services to arts and entertainment.11His parents Robert Alda and Joan Brown were married in 1932.12Appeared on the front cover of TV Guide 11 times.13In 1958, he won a three-year Ford Foundation fellowship, making him a paid staff member of the Cleveland Playhouse.14Made his first appearance onstage in 1936 at the age of six months during a burlesque schoolroom sketch that his father was headlining.15He married his wife Arlene in 1958, shortly after finishing his army training.16Friends with: Shirley Jones, Robert Alda, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers, Mike Farrell, Larry Gebhardt, Gene Reynolds, David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, Carol Burnett, Marlo Thomas, Faye Dunaway, Lynne Thigpen, Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Lily Tomlin, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Rudd, Noah Wyle, Sandy Dennis, Alex Karras, Jane Fonda.17His favorite episodes of M*A*S*H (1972) are M*A*S*H: Dear Sigmund (1976) and M*A*S*H: In Love and War (1977), which he wrote and directed.18Harry Morgan, said to be one of his idols, later replaced McLean Stevenson, on M*A*S*H (1972), for the fourth season.19Was a fan of Dragnet 1967 (1967), which featured his future M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Harry Morgan.20Was considered for the role of Ross Webster in Superman III (1983). Robert Vaughn was cast instead.21Out of his seven grandchildren, two are interested in pursuing careers in acting; his oldest granddaughter, 17 and his oldest grandson, 16.22Once played the role of "Sky Masterson" in "Guys and Dolls," the role first played in the original Broadway production by his father, Robert Alda.23Best known by the public for his starring role as Chief of Surgery - Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972).24Before his 2003 emergency surgery in Chile, the surgeon tried to explain the procedure he was about to perform in layman's terms. Alda confidently asserted that the operation is called an end-to-end anastomosis. The stunned surgeon asked how he knew that. Alda replied that he had done the procedure numerous times on M*A*S*H (1972).25Nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for "Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself" [Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)].26In 2005 he became the fifth actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for The Aviator (2004), The West Wing (1999) and Glengarry Glen Ross, respectively).27Despite being an active Democrat, he has recently played two Republican senators in TV and film--the fictitious Arnold Vinick in The West Wing (1999) (which garnered him an Emmy win) and the real-life Owen Brewster in The Aviator (2004) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination).28Was the commencement speaker at the Dwight-Englewood High School Commencement in June 1978 in Englewood, NJ, when his daughter Elizabeth Alda graduated.29Richard Hooker, who wrote the novel on which the film (M*A*S*H (1970)) and TV show (M*A*S*H (1972)) were based, did not like the TV series and in particular did not like Alda's portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce.30Born 5:07 AM.31Was the commencement speaker at Caltech's 108th commencement in June 2002.32He and Loretta Swit were the only two to appear in both the pilot episode of M*A*S*H (1972) and in the final show (with the exception of the opening credits, where Gary Burghoff's character Radar appears, albeit edited after his departure from the show, and Jamie Farr, who provides the voice of the PA announcer in the pilot episode).33Has the distinction of playing three U.S. Senators--Sen. Joe Tynan in The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979), real-life Sen. Owen Brewster in The Aviator (2004) and Sen. Arnold Vinick in The West Wing (1999) . Furthermore, he received an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Aviator (2004).34Briefly considered a run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in New Jersey after Bill Bradley announced his retirement in 1995.35He has twice played characters from Maine, from opposite ends of the ethical spectrum. In M*A*S*H (1972) he was noble surgeon Hawkeye Pierce, whose hometown was Crabapple Cove. In The Aviator (2004) he played corrupt U.S. Sen. Owen Brewster, nemesis of Howard Hughes. The author of the original "M*A*S*H" books, Maine doctor Richard Hornberger (writing as Richard Hooker), based the Pierce character on himself but was said to dislike the TV version of his story as overly moralistic. As for Sen. Brewster, whose smarmy hypocrisy was well-depicted by Alda, he was booted out of the Senate by Maine voters in the next Republican primary.36Has been nominated three times for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1967, as best actor-musical for The Apple Tree, in 1992, as best actor-play for Jake's Women and in 2005 as best performance by a featured actor-play for Glengarry Glen Ross.37His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry.38His favorite curse word is "horse". It stems from an outburst he once had on a set, where he went through every obscenity he could think of, then unable to come up with anymore, he loudly yelled "Horse!" According to Alda, it has since become his favorite curse. Additionally, the character of Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) on M*A*S*H (1972) used similar language for his version of cursing, using, often yelling, "Horse Hockey!" or "Cow Pucky!" or "Buffalo Cookies!", each referring to solidified animal droppings instead of stronger language.39With the exception of taking a course in Theater Games, he's never studied acting. His degree from Fordham University is in Science. He felt that he was a natural performer and that studying would ruin his gift for being natural.40Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 7-8. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 081602338741He was the only actor to appear in every episode of M*A*S*H (1972).42Has succeeded Donald Sutherland in two roles: Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (1972), and Flan in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). He played the latter part in an Audio Books recording. During an appearance both made at a ceremony/dinner for Queen Elizabeth II, the two happened to be standing in the reception line next to each other. As they waited for the Queen to make her way down the line, Alda whispered to Sutherland, "Thank you for my life.".43On October 19, 2003 he underwent emergency surgery while in La Serena, Chile to clear an intestinal obstruction.44Was one of the actors considered to play President Bartlett on The West Wing (1999). Alda later landed the role of Sen. Arnold Vinick in 2004 on that series.45Attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY.46Earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University (New York City, USA) in 1956.47Once did a cartwheel down the aisle while on his way to accept an award that he had just won.48He was once selected as the most believable actor in the U. S.49Served in the U. S. Army, and he went AWOL every weekend because he was dating the woman that he ultimately married, Arlene Alda.50Studied at the Sorbonne during his junior year of college.51Is the first person ever to win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing. (He accomplished wins in all three categories for his work on M*A*S*H (1972) before the ending of the series).52To show the horrors of war in a television sit-com, Alda had it written into his contract that one scene of every episode must take place in the operating room while surgery occured.53"If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer, and director you may turn out to be. And if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be." - James Lipton, to students at New School University, where Alda gave an interview.54Earned a reported $200,000 a week for M*A*S*H (1972) in 1980.55Studied at Fordham University in New York561975 People's Choice Award: Favourite Male TV-Performer57Alan and his wife Arlene Alda have three daughters: Eve (born on December 12, 1958), Elizabeth Alda (born on August 20, 1960) and Beatrice Alda(born on August 10, 1961).58Suffered from a severe case of polio as a young child. At its worst point he was only able to move his left arm. He received treatment originally developed by Australian polio expert, nurse Sister Kenny, subject of the movie Sister Kenny (1946).59Alda almost turned down the role of Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972) because he did not want war to be a "backdrop for lighthearted hijinks... "I wanted to show that the war was a bad place to be.".60He, father Robert Alda and half-brother Antony Alda appeared together in an episode of M*A*S*H (1972), "Lend a Hand", during Season 8. Robert had previously appeared in "The Consultant" in Season 3.61Son of Robert Alda and Joan Brown, a former Miss New York pageant winner.62He commuted from his home in New Jersey to LA every weekend for 11 years while starring in M*A*S*H (1972). His wife and daughters lived in NJ, and he did not want to uproot the family to LA, especially because he did not know how long the show would last.63He did not sign on to play Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972) until 6 hours before filming began on the pilot episode.

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