Portrait of Frank Aletter

Frank Aletter

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.

Born: January 14, 1926

Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

1986
Matlock

as Judge David Spinner

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Wendell Joyner

1983
Automan

as James Dowling

1983
Private School

as Mr. Leigh-Jensen

1982
Hotel

as Bill Korman

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Robert Huntman

1981
Falcon Crest

as Mr. Baker

1981
The Star Maker

as Harvey Denver

1978
Fantasy Island

as Lt. Draper

1977
The Love Boat

as Arnold James

1977
1977
Three's Company

as Tom Latham

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Hugh Boudreau

1976
1975
Switch

as Fred Willens

1975
Switch

as Harry Gilden

1973
Kojak

as Capt. Nolan

1972
Run, Cougar, Run

as Sam Davis

1972
M*A*S*H

as Major Stoner

1972
Banyon

as John Garvey

1972
Maude

as George Snyder

1972
1972
Emergency!

as Roger Mundell

1971
Columbo

as Ernie Garrison

1971
1971
All in the Family

as Mr. Prescott

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Lt. Commander Thomas

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Avery Waters

1968
The Mod Squad

as Russ Hayman

1968
The Doris Day Show

as Colonel Andy Carson

1968
Adam-12

as Harry Morrison

1968
The Name of the Game

as Bruks Meecham

1968
Danger Island

as Prof. Irwin Hayden

1967
Mannix

as Lorne Marshall

1967
Ironside

as Frank Bolan

1966
1965
1965
The F.B.I.

as Warren Michaels

1964
The Cara Williams Show

as Frank Bridges

1964
1963
The Great Adventure

as James Welton

1963
Petticoat Junction

as David Benton

1963
The Fugitive

as Burton Green

1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Lester Belstrip

1962
The Lucy Show

as Sam Eastman

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Jerry Helvick

1959
The Twilight Zone

as William Connacher

1957
Perry Mason

as Harry Collins

1957
Perry Mason

as Tommy Towne

1955
Mister Roberts

as Gerhart

1954
Lassie

as Colonel Gene Cameron

1954
Lassie

as Col. Gene Cameron

1952
Omnibus

as Skiddy