David Arkin
Biography
David Arkin was an American actor best known for the many supporting roles he took in Robert Altman's films, part of the director's regular ensemble. He grew up in Los Angeles and majored in Theater Arts at UCLA. Early on he received an introducing credit for I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968), and he had brief parts in Valley of the Dolls (1967), All the President's Men (1976) and Cannonball (1976). For Altman he played Staff Sergeant Vollmer in MASH (1970), where he also wrote and provided the voice for the PA announcements, Harry in The Long Goodbye (1973), Norman in Nashville (1975) and a mailman and policeman in Popeye. On television he had a season-long role as Gabriel Kaye in the CBS series Storefront Lawyers, and he appeared in Hawaii Five-O and Whitney and the Robot. He wrote Human Cargo: Great Escapes, later produced for Showtime, and performed with The Session and The Second City touring troupe.
49years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as David George Arkin
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 9 years1967 to 1976
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Beyond film
Arkin performed with the Hollywood Sunset Strip improvisational comedy troupe The Session, whose members included Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner and Larry Bishop, and later toured with The Second City.
David Arkin movies on Netflix
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Robert Altman directed three of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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