Debuting in 1972, M*A*S*H went on to become, over the next 11 years, a Top-10 Most Popular sit-com in TV history.
Alda played the sarcastic, but tender hearted surgeon “Hawkeye” Pierce.
Not only did he act on the show, also directed and wrote over 25+ episodes taking home an Emmy for outstanding actor, director and writer.
After M*A*S*H ended in 1983, Alda concentrated on his movie career appearing in comedies he wrote & directed, “Sweet Liberty” & “A New Life”.
With Woody Allen in “Crimes and Misdemeanors” + ”Manhattan Murder Mystery” and, with Spielberg in “Bridge of Spies”/2015.
More TV work in “The West Wing” + “Scientific American Frontiers”.
Alda made time for Broadway as a featured actor in “Glengarry Glen Ross” for which he received a Tony nomination.
Alda published two books, appeared in “The Aviator” and in the mid-2000s TV’s “30 Rock”, “The Blacklist”, “The Good Wife” “Law and Order”.
Slowed by Parkinson’s, Alda had a continuing role in “Ray Donovan” in 2017/18.
M*A*S*H was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
A prolific career post-M*A*S*H, perhaps not as high profile, nonetheless quite productive.