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AKA:
Robert Short
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Alan Wolf Arkin
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
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An extremely versatile character actor who easily oscillated between comedy and drama, Alan Arkin struggled for several years as a theater actor until the early 1960s when he caught his first break by joining the famed comedy troupe, The Second City. With his career officially started, he made a huge impression with an Oscar-nominated performance in Norman Jewison’s raucous Cold War comedy, “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming” (1966), a film that put Arkin on the map for good. He did take a step backwards with a leading role in “Catch-22” (1970), thanks to the expected hit
Charles Burke Elbrick
1998
of Schmendrick--Magician
1982
Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Recorded albums and performed with folk singing group, The Tarriers
1958
Recorded four albums of songs for children with group, The Babysitters
1958
Off-Broadway debut, "Heloise"
1959
Joined the improvisational group The Compass Players at the Crystal Palace in St. Louis, Missouri
1960
Became a member of Chicago's Second City Group
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