Robert Alda (February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) was an American actor. He was the father of actor Alan Alda.
Alda, an Italian American, was born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D’Abruzzo in New York City, New York, the son of Frances (née Tumillo) and Anthony D’Abruzzo, a barber. 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, followed by brief work in vaudeville he moved onto burlesque. He is known...
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