Frank Aletter
Born: 1926-01-14 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2009-05-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
For someone who goes only to movie theaters, Frank Aletter is a total stranger. It is true that the actor appeared in no more than a handful of theatrical films (Gerhart in Mister Roberts (1955), a commanding officer in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Leigh Jensen in Private School (1983)...). But for a TV fan things are just the opposite, for Aletter was cast in NEARLY ALL the TV series, films, sitcoms and specials shot between 1955 and 1991! A sample of titles just give you an idea of Frank Aletter's prolific output on the small screen: Bringing Up Buddy (1960), Perry Mason (1957), The Cara Williams Show (1964), Lassie (1954), Mannix (1967), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Insight (1960), Kojak (1973), Cannon (1971), Hunter (1976), "Super Jaimie"... In his first life, Frank Aletter had been a regular on Broadway appearing in plays and musicals like "Bells Are Ringing", "Time Limit", "Wish You Were Here" and of course "Mister Roberts", which opened to him the doors of filmed fiction.
Filmography
1986
- Matlock as Judge David Spinner
1985
- The Golden Girls as Harry
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Wendell Joyner
1983
- Private School as Mr. Leigh-Jensen
- Automan as James Dowling
1982
- Hotel as Bill Korman
- T. J. Hooker as Robert Huntman
1981
- Falcon Crest as Mr. Baker
- Simon & Simon
- The Star Maker as Harvey Denver
1980
- Farewell to the Planet of the Apes as Leuric
1978
- Fantasy Island as Lt. Draper
1977
- The Love Boat as Arnold James
- Lou Grant
- Three's Company as Tom Latham
- CHiPs
- Weekend Special
1974
1973
- Kojak as Capt. Nolan
1972
- M*A*S*H as Major Stoner
- Emergency! as Roger Mundell
- Maude as George Snyder
- Temperatures Rising as Dr. Larkin
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't as TV Announcer
- Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession as Gen. Gene Cameron
- Run, Cougar, Run as Sam Davis
- Banyon as John Garvey
1971
- Columbo as Ernie Garrison
- Cannon
- All in the Family as Mr. Prescott
- Funny Face
1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Lt. Commander Thomas
- Nanny and the Professor
- Nancy as Tom Daily
1969
- Love, American Style as Arthur
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Avery Waters
- My World and Welcome to It
1968
- Adam-12 as Harry Morrison
- The Name of the Game as Bruks Meecham
- The Mod Squad as Russ Hayman
- The Doris Day Show as Colonel Andy Carson
- Danger Island as Prof. Irwin Hayden
1966
- It's About Time as Mac
1965
- The F.B.I. as Jim
1964
- 12 O'Clock High
- A Tiger Walks as Riley
- The Cara Williams Show as Frank Bridges
1963
- The Fugitive as Burton Green
- Petticoat Junction as David Benton
- The Great Adventure as James Welton
- Vacation Playhouse as Lester Belstrip
1962
- The Lucy Show as Sam Eastman
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Jerry Helvick
- Ben Casey
- Target: The Corruptors!
1960
- Bringing Up Buddy as Buddy Flower
1959
- The Twilight Zone as William Connacher
1957
- Perry Mason as Harry Collins
1955
- Mister Roberts as Gerhart
1954
- Lassie as Col. Gene Cameron
1953
- General Electric Theater as Bob
1952
- Omnibus as Skiddy
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Stevens