95, wow. He was great as Sydney Freedman
Wow! he didn’t seem that old back on the series. What a great long life he had. RIP......
Alan Alda was, is and always will be an idiot. Nice to see it confirmed. RIP Mr. Arbus. I liked your character.
Damn, wrong Alan...
“Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice”
One of the all-time great characters. Arbus was a terrific actor, and I am surprised he was as old as he was.
RIP, sir.
I suspect his SF initials were no accident...
Talented guy. RIP.
He was a great actor but his MASH character was a wet blanket.
RIP Mr.Arbus
As for Alda, I know he's a liberal but I've always liked him in movies. I absolutely loved him in Crimes and Misdemeanors.
He was one of my faves great character had no idea he was that old Alan Alda can go suck barnacles of the queen mary for all i care
In his earlier career he worked with Robert Downey, Sr. in the extraordinary movies “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace”.
Putney Swope (1969) is a bizarre comedy of how a token black leftist executive is accidentally propelled to the presidency of a major advertising agency, and takes it fully leftist retard to the point where the US government considers it a threat to national security.
Gee, now what does that remind you of?
Greaser’s Palace (1972) is almost beyond description, of Arbus as Jesus in a Zoot Suit, descending by parachute into an old West mining town ruled by a constipated ruthless brute. It goes surreal so hard and fast that you really cannot grasp it on the first viewing. Most people who see it hate it, because they have no clue what is going on.
Trying to draw parallels from it to the story of Jesus is the key, but extremely hard, yet you realize that there is something there, some real brilliance.
In the case of either movie, alcohol is a big help in seeing the big picture. Growing up around this must have really had an impact on Robert Downey, Jr.
Great actor, great part.
We never missed MASH. Even my Dad who was confirmedly against most all TV shows would take time to sit down with us to watch MASH... even the Re-runs when we got older.
Alda was a bleeding heart and pushed the script over the top often to make some “war is hell” point but almost all the other actors and characters were outstanding. The supporting roles were often better than the stars.
This show started out funny...by the time it was cancelled I had grown quite tired of the liberal BS!!!! Still I wish his family well in their time of grief!!!
I had nothing against Sydney Freedman, but not long after he appeared, M.A.S.H. became too preachy on what they perceived to be the important (ie. leftist) social issues of the day. It was NOT funny by that point.
They should have ended it when Frank Burns left...
I remember seeing him on an episode of “Taxi”, playing the manager of a fighter named Carlos Navarrone (played by boxer Carlos Palomino.)