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He was born David George Arkin in Los Angeles, California.
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These roles were part of Altman"s frequent ensemble and included Staff Sergeant Vollmer in Mid-Atlantic Animal Specialty Hospital (where he also wrote and voiced the Pennsylvania announcements), Harry in The Long Goodbye (1973), Norman in Nashville (1975), and The Mailman/The Police Officer in Popeye (1980). Arkin had an "introducing" cr 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 Columbia Broadcasting System 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 Philosophy Mishkin).
He later performed with The Second City touring troupe. Arkin wrote Human Cargo: Great Escapes, which Curry later produced with their company Old Dime Box Productions for the Showtime television network as Escape: Human Cargo.
lieutenant starred Treat Williams and was filmed in Israel. She also produced and directed One Manitoba’s Opinion, a politically incorrect take on newly released films.
lieutenant starred Arkin and Professor Tyrone Shaw, now on the faculty of journalism at Johnson State College in Vermont.
Arkin was married three times, the last time to actress Anne East. 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.
This began Schwarzenegger"s career in film.
On January 14, 1991 he committed suicide in Los Angeles, California at the age of 49.
