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Joshua Benesh, Heritage’s chief strategy officer, said the boots and dog tags have an “incredible” provenance since they have been with Alda ever since the series ended. Levine, whose first name was misspelled on the dog tag with an extra ‘s,’ died in 1973. According to Heritage Auctions' research, Davenport died in 1970. Research conducted by the auction house revealed that both men were discharged from the Army in 1945. The dog tags carried the names of Hersie Davenport and Morriss D. I was dealing with something that put me in touch with real people.” “It was an interesting experience to put them on. “There’s an old belief among actors that when you put the shoes of the character on, it’s easier to believe you’re the character and I think the boots had that effect on me,” Alda said.Īfter receiving the dog tags, Alda realized that they didn’t carry his character’s name but the names of two men he thought had likely been real soldiers.
Currently, he hosts a podcast on communicating called “Clear+Vivid.” Over his long career, Alda has also been a writer and filmmaker, and has worked on Broadway and starred in movies. The boots and dog tags, given to him by the costume department, “made an impression on me every day that we shot the show,” said Alda, who won five Emmys for his work on the sitcom. When the show ended in 1983 with an episode written and directed by Alda, it attracted the largest U.S. Alda's character, Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, was a talented surgeon who helped ease the stress of working in a war zone with quick quips and practical jokes. Heritage Auctions is offering up the worn boots and military identification tags on July 28 in Dallas.Īlda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show centering on a Korean War medical unit. DALLAS (AP) - The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” meant so much to him that when the show ended 40 years ago, he kept them.īut he's now ready to let the pieces go, in service of another passion: his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better.
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