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Actor and Director Alan Arkin.

Actor and director Alan Arkin. Arkin began his career with Chicago's Second City improv group. He went on to win a Tony on Broadway, in Carl Reiner's play "Enter Laughing," and to star in movies such as "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," "Wait Until Dark," "Catch-22," and "The In-Laws." Arkin's directing credits include "The Sunshine Boys" and "Little Murders" on Broadway, and several movies and TV shows, including an upcoming episode of the PBS comedy series, "Trying Times."

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