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Alan Wolf Arkin was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on March 26, 1934, the son of teacher, painter, writer and lyricist David I. Arkin (1906–1980) (co-writer of the hit Three Dog Night song "Black and White"), and his wife, Beatrice (née Wortis) (1909–1991), a teacher.
Young Arkin was fond of music and acting, he was taking various acting classes from the age of 10. He attended Franklin High School, in Los Angeles, then Los Angeles City College from 1951 - 1953, and Bennington College in Vermont from 1953 - 1954.
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Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer. He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany.
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Jun 30, 2023 · See photos of the late actor Alan Arkin, who died on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89. He won an Oscar for his role in 'Little Miss Sunshine' and starred in many other movies and TV shows.
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- Enter Laughing (1963) After starting his career in the early 1960s with the Second City improv comedy troupe and some television appearances, Arkin had his breakout performance in the Broadway play Enter Laughing in 1963.
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) Alan Arkin portrayed a Soviet Union Navy lieutenant in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke in the film The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Arkin received a second Academy Award nomination for his performance as John Singer, a deaf-mute in a small southern town during the Depression, in this adaptation of the classic 1940 novel by Carson McCullers.
- Catch-22 (1970) Alan Arkin (right) in a scene from Catch-22. Arkin played the lead role in this anti-war satire, based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller.
Jun 30, 2023 · See the late actor Alan Arkin's career highlights, from his Oscar-winning role in Little Miss Sunshine to his Broadway debut in Enter Laughing. Learn about his family, including his three sons and his third wife Suzanne Newlander.
Jun 30, 2023 · A 17-year-old Arkin is seen in his high school yearbook in 1951. Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian-German Jewish immigrant parents. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was...
