Allan Arbus
| Allan Arbus | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Allan Franklin Arbus February 15, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 2013 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Congestive heart failure |
| Occupation | Actor, Photographer |
| Years active | 1961–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Diane Arbus (m. 1941; div. 1969) Mariclare Costello (m. 1977–2013) |
| Children | 3 |
Allan Franklin Arbus (February 15, 1918 – April 19, 2013) was an American actor and photographer and the husband of photographer Diane Arbus. He is most known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman (Major)on the CBS television series M*A*S*H.
Arbus was born in New York City, to a Jewish family, the son of stockbroker Harry Arbus and his wife Rose (née Goldberg). He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where he first developed an interest in acting while appearing in a student play.
Arbus was also a music lover. Before becoming an actor, he was reportedly so taken by Benny Goodman's recordings that he took up playing the clarinet.
During the 1940s, Arbus became a photographer for the United States Army. In 1946, after completing his military service, he and his first wife, photographer Diane Arbus (née Nemerov, whom he had married in 1941), started a photographic advertising business in Manhattan. Arbus was primarily known for advertising photography that appeared in Glamour, Seventeen, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and other magazines, as well as the weekly newspaper advertising photography for Russek's, a Fifth Avenue department store owned by Diane's father.Edward Steichen's noted photo exhibition The Family of Man includes a photograph credited to the couple. The Arbuses' professional partnership ended in 1956, when Diane quit the business; the couple formally separated three years later. Allan Arbus continued on for a number of years as a solo photographer, but was out of the business by the time the couple divorced in 1969.
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