Alan Alda

Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. He began his career in the 1950's as a member of the Compass Players comedy revue. He is most famous for his role of Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H.

He has also appeared in at least two TV commercials. Both of these were in the small computer industry, first for Atari and later, with the rest of the M*A*S*H cast, for IBM's PS/2 product line with MicroChannel architecture.

His father, Robert Alda, was a successful actor.

Alan Alda is the host of the TV show Scientific American Frontiers.

Because of his prominent part in the enormous success of M*A*S*H, Alda had a platform to speak out on political topics, and has been a strong and vocal supporter of equal rights for women. As such, he has been something of a bogeyman for some political conservatives.

Films:

• What Women Want
• Keepers of the Frame
• The Object of my Affection
• Flirting with Disaster
• Mad City
• Murder at 1600
• Everyone Says I Love You
• Canadian Bacon
• Manhattan Murder Mystery
• Whispers in the Dark
• Betsy's Wedding
• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• A New Life
• Sweet Liberty
• The Four Seasons
• The Seduction of Joe Tynan
• Same Time Next Year
• Calafornia Suite
• Free to Be You and Me
• To Kill a Clown
• The Mephisto Waltz
• The Manshine War
• The Extraordinary Seaman
• Jenny
• Paper Lion
• Gone Are the Days