Frank Aletter
Actor
Born January 14, 1926 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Frank George Aletter (January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009) was an American actor. 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
Matlock
Judge David Spinner
The Golden Girls
Harry
Murder, She Wrote
Wendell Joyner
Automan
James Dowling
Private School
Mr. Leigh-Jensen
Hotel
Bill Korman
T. J. Hooker
Robert Huntman
Falcon Crest
Mr. Baker
Simon & Simon
The Star Maker
Harvey Denver
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Leuric
The Facts of Life
Hello, Larry
Fantasy Island
Lt. Draper
The Love Boat
Arnold James
Lou Grant
CHiPs
Three's Company
Tom Latham
Quincy, M.E.
Alice
What's Happening!!
Daniel Turner
The Bionic Woman
Switch
Fred Willens
S.W.A.T.
Planet of the Apes
Leuric
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Woman
Petrocelli
The Six Million Dollar Man
Borden
Kojak
Capt. Nolan
Run, Cougar, Run
Sam Davis
M*A*S*H
Major Stoner
Banyon
John Garvey
Maude
George Snyder
Temperatures Rising
Dr. Larkin
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
TV Announcer
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Gen. Gene Cameron
Emergency!
Roger Mundell
Funny Face
Columbo
Ernie Garrison
Cannon
All in the Family
Mr. Prescott
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Lt. Commander Thomas
Nanny and the Professor
Love, American Style
Arthur
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Avery Waters
My World and Welcome to It
The Doris Day Show
Colonel Andy Carson
The Mod Squad
Russ Hayman
Adam-12
Harry Morrison
The Name of the Game
Bruks Meecham
Danger Island
Prof. Irwin Hayden
Mannix
Lorne Marshall
Ironside
It's About Time
Mac
The F.B.I.
Jim
The Cara Williams Show
Frank Bridges
12 O'Clock High
A Tiger Walks
Riley
The Great Adventure
James Welton
Petticoat Junction
David Benton
The Fugitive
Burton Green
The Lucy Show
Sam Eastman
Ben Casey
Target: The Corruptors!
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Jerry Helvick
The Twilight Zone
William Connacher
Perry Mason
Harry Collins
Mister Roberts
Gerhart
Lassie
Colonel Gene Cameron
General Electric Theater
Bob
Omnibus
Skiddy
Studio One
Danny
Kraft Television Theatre
Stevens