Alan Hewitt
Born: 1915-01-21 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1986-11-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Among the movies Hewitt appeared in are A Private's Affair, That Touch of Mink, Days of Wine and Roses, How to Murder Your Wife, Sweet Charity, and The Barefoot Executive. He never became a major star, but he did have a lengthy career which included smaller parts in several well-known programs, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Daktari, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, Dr. Kildare, Lost in Space, Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, F Troop, The Wild Wild West, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show and The Phil Silvers Show. He made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, three of which he portrayed the murderer: in 1961 he played Bruce Sheridan in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" and Dr. Marcus Tate in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest," and in 1965 he played the role of Curt Ordway in "The Case of the Fatal Fetish". The only one where he was not the murderer was in 1959’s “The Case of the Golden Fraud”. Possibly his most prominent roles were Detective Brennan in My Favorite Martian and the district attorney in How to Murder Your Wife.
Filmography
1978
- The Seniors as The Inspector
1977
- Tail Gunner Joe as Dean Acheson
1975
- The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Mayor Coughlin
1973
- Pueblo as Congressional Chairman
1972
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Dean Collingsgood
1971
- The Barefoot Executive as Farnsworth
1970
- R.P.M. as Hewlett
1969
- Love, American Style as Attorney
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Dean Collingsgood
- Sweet Charity as Nicholsby
- Wake Me When the War Is Over as Koenig
- The D.A.: Murder One as Judge Tanner
1968
- The Brotherhood as Sol Levin
1967
- Ironside as Carter
- The Danny Thomas Hour as Sam Rose
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Don Anderson
- Lost in Space as Lemnoc
- How to Murder Your Wife as District Attorney
- The Monkey's Uncle as Professor Shattuck
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Chauncy Talbot
1964
- Bewitched as Linton H. Baldwin
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Professor Shattuck
1963
- My Favorite Martian as Det. Bill Brennan
- Espionage as Dave Lassiter
- Days of Wine and Roses as Rad Leland
- Son of Flubber as Prosecuting Attorney
1962
- The Lucy Show as Dutton
- Saints and Sinners
- That Touch of Mink as Doctor Gruber
- Follow That Dream as H. Arthur King
1961
- Hazel as Mr. Buckley
- The Absent-Minded Professor as General Hotchkiss
- Bachelor in Paradise as Attorney Backett
1960
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Jack Harrison
- The Chevy Mystery Show as Mr. Fifer
- Angel as J.O. Clyde
1959
- Dennis the Menace as Dr. Alfred Johnson
- Career as Matt Helmsley
- A Private's Affair as Maj. R.C. Hanley
1958
- 77 Sunset Strip as Frank King
1957
- Perry Mason as Curt Ordway
- Maverick as George Parker
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Howard Cole
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Prosecutor (archive footage)