'M*A*S*H' star Allan Arbus dead at 95
He was not on the list.
Abrus, who had served as a military photography in the Army and ran a fashion photography business before becoming an actor, was so convincing in his role as Maj. Freedman, that co-star Alan Alda often found himself opening up to Arbus.
"I was so convinced that he was a psychiatrist I used to sit and talk with him between scenes," Alda said in an interview with the Archive of American Television. "After a couple months of that I noticed he was giving me these strange looks, like 'How would I know the answer to that?'"
In addition to "M*A*S*H," Arbus also appeared in "Starsky and Hutch," "Taxi," "Cagney and Lacy" and "Judging Amy." His last television appearance was on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in 2000.
Allan Franklin Arbus was born in New York City on Feb. 15, 1918. In 1941, he married fellow photographer Diane Nemerov, better known as Diane Arbus, who became renowned for her evocative shots of marginalized people. In the 2006 film "Fur," the Arbuses were played by Ty Burrell and Nicole Kidman, respectively.
The couple separated in 1959 and divorced in 1969, two years before Diane's suicide. Arbus moved to Los Angeles and married Mariclare Costello in 1976.
He is survived by his second wife, two daughters from his first marriage and one daughter from his second.
TV and filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1961 Hey, Let's
Twist! Doctor Uncredited
1969 Putney Swope Mr. Bad News
1971 The Christian
Licorice Store Monroe
1972 Cisco Pike Sim Valensi
1972 Greaser's
Palace Jessy
1973 The Young
Nurses Krebs
1973 Coffy Arturo Vitroni
1973 Scream,
Pretty Peggy Dr. Saks TV Movie
1973 Cinderella
Liberty Drunken Sailor
1974 The Odd
Couple Ernie Ferguson
(Hypnotist) season 4, episode 15 : TV
Episode: Cleanliness Is Next To Impossible
1974 Law and
Disorder Dr. Richter
1976 Hawaii Five-O
Vince Maynard
1976 W.C. Fields
and Me Gregory LaCava
1977 Raid on Entebbe
Eli Melnick
1978 Damien: Omen
II Pasarian
1978 Wonder Woman Bleaker TV
Episode: "The Girl from Ilandia"
1979 Americathon Moishe Weitzman
1979 The Electric
Horseman Danny
1980 The Last
Married Couple in America Al Squib
1981 Gangster Wars
Goodman
1982 Quincy, M.E. Dr. Ellerick TV
Episode: "For Love of Joshua"
1973-
1983 M.A.S.H. Major Sidney Freedman 12 Episodes
1984 The World of
Don Camillo Christ Voice
1984 The Four
Seasons Boris Elliot TV
13 episodes
1985 Cagney &
Lacey Arthur Stacey TV
Episode: "Violation"
1985 Volunteers Albert Bardenaro
1985 Hardcastle
and McCormick Dr. Friedman TV
Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle"
1986 Crossroads Dr. Santis
1986 Walt Disney's
Wonderful World of Color Dr.
Andreas Hellman TV
A Fighting Choice
1987 From the Hip Phil Ames
1987 Spies Jano TV
Episode: "Baby"
1987 Daniel and
the Towers Simon 'Sam' Rodia TV movie
1987 Ohara Sol Rostoff TV
Episode: "The Intruders"
1987 Duet Mr. Coleman TV
Episode: "Born, Bred and Buttered in Brooklyn"
1987 Matlock Peter Leoni TV
Episode: "The Chef"
1989 L.A. Law Lawrence Stone TV
Episode: "I'm in the Nude for Love"
1989 The Preppie
Murder Arnold Domenitz TV movie
1989 Matlock Aaron Mitchell TV
Episode: "The Star"
1989 When He's Not
a Stranger Judge Thomas J. Gray
TV movie
1990 Hunter Norman Tate TV
Episode: "Unfinished Business"
1990 Too Much Sun Vincent
1991 Stat Hesh Cooper TV
Episodes: "Safe Smuggling" &
"Fantasy"
1991-
1992 Brooklyn
Bridge Dr. Schulman TV
3 episodes
1993 Law &
Order Dominique Keith TV
Episode: "Animal Instinct"
1993 Josh and
S.A.M. Businessman on plane
1992-
1993 In The Heat
of the Night Dr. Atwill TV
Episodes: "Discovery" & "Little Girl
Lost"
1994 Mad About You
Albert TV
Episode: "The Last Scampi"
1997 In Dark
Places Dory
1998 L.A. Doctors Mr. Mitski TV
Episode: "A Prayer for the living"
1999 Making Contact
Father Time
1999 NYPD Blue Seymore Epstein TV
Episode: "Don't Meth with Me"
1999 Judging Amy Judge Fowler TV
3 episodes
2000 Curb Your
Enthusiasm Uncle Nathan TV
Episode: "The Group"
2016 Chief Zabu George Dankworth (final film role)
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