David Arkin
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Arkin in 1970.
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| Born | David George Arkin December 24, 1941 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. (suicide) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Anne E. Curry |
David Arkin (December 24, 1941 – January 14, 1991) was an American actor, known for his numerous supporting appearances in the films of Robert Altman. These roles were part of Altman's frequent ensemble and included Staff Sergeant Vollmer in MASH (where he also wrote and voiced the PA announcements), Harry in The Long Goodbye (1973), Norman in Nashville (1975), and The Mailman/The Police Officer in Popeye (1980).
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Early life and education
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Career
Arkin had an "introducing" credit in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) and brief appearances in Valley of the Dolls (1967), All the President's Men (1976), and Cannonball (1976).
His television credits include Hawaii Five-O, Whitney and the Robot, and a season-long appearance as the character Gabriel Kaye in the CBS television series Storefront Lawyers, co-starring Robert Foxworth and Sheila Larken. He also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and on the Joey Bishop and the Steve Allen late night shows with the Hollywood Sunset Strip improvisational comedy troupe The Session (which included Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Larry Bishop, Bobbie Shaw-Chance, Marj Dusay, and Phil Mishkin); he later performed with The Second City touring troupe.
Arkin wrote Human Cargo: Great Escapes,[clarification needed] which Curry later produced with their company Old Dime Box Productions for the Showtime television network as Escape: Human Cargo; it starred Treat Williams and was filmed in Israel. She also produced and directed One Man’s Opinion, a politically incorrect take on newly released films; it starred Arkin and Professor Tyrone Shaw, now on the faculty of journalism at Johnson State College in Vermont.
Personal life and death
Arkin was married three times, the last time to actress Anne E. Curry at the time of his death in 1991.
David Arkin was not related either to the actor Alan Arkin or Alan's son Adam Arkin (also an actor). Alan's father was David I. Arkin.
Arkin was known among his friends and colleagues for having introduced his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger (then Arnold Strong) to Altman, at the time The Long Goodbye was being cast. This began Schwarzenegger's career in film.[1]
On January 14, 1991 he committed suicide in Los Angeles, California at the age of 49.
Filmography
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- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) as Herbie Fine
- Hawaii Five-O (television series, "Killer Bee" episode (1970)) as George Loomis
- Storefront Lawyers (1970, television series) as Gabriel Kaye
- Up in the Cellar (1970) as Hugo Caine
- MASH (1970) as Staff Sergeant Vollmer/PA Announcer
- The Long Goodbye (1973) as Harry
- Nashville (1975) as Norman
- Medical Story (television series)
- Cannonball! (1976) as TV Producer Anchorman
- All the President's Men (1976) as Eugene Bachinski
- Whitney and the Robot (1979, television series) as David
- Popeye (1980) as The Mailman/Police Officer
Notes
- ↑ Zuckoff, Mitchell. Robert Altman: An Oral Biography, Random House, 2009, p.254.
External links
- Articles with hCards
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- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2013
- 1941 births
- 1991 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles, California
- Male actors who committed suicide
- Silver Lake, Los Angeles
- Suicides in California
