Frank Aletter
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.
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Movies (9)
Private School
1983 · Mr. Leigh-Jensen
The Star Maker
1981 · Harvey Denver
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Leuric
Run, Cougar, Run
1972 · Sam Davis
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · TV Announcer
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
1972 · Gen. Gene Cameron
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Lt. Commander Thomas
A Tiger Walks
1964 · Riley
Mister Roberts
1955 · Gerhart
TV shows (69)
Matlock
1986 · Judge David Spinner
The Golden Girls
1985 · Harry
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Wendell Joyner
Automan
1983 · James Dowling
Hotel
1982 · Bill Korman
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Robert Huntman
Falcon Crest
1981 · Mr. Baker
Simon & Simon
1981
The Facts of Life
1979
Hello, Larry
1979
Fantasy Island
1978 · Lt. Draper
The Love Boat
1977 · Arnold James
Lou Grant
1977
CHiPs
1977
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
Three's Company
1977 · Tom Latham
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Hugh Boudreau, Hugh Casey
Alice
1976
What's Happening!!
1976 · Daniel Turner
The Bionic Woman
1976
Switch
1975 · Fred Willens, Harry Gilden
S.W.A.T.
1975
Planet of the Apes
1974 · Leuric
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Police Woman
1974 · Tony Scilio
Petrocelli
1974 · Lee Larker
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Borden
Kojak
1973 · Capt. Nolan
M*A*S*H
1972 · Major Stoner
Banyon
1972 · John Garvey
Maude
1972 · George Snyder
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Dr. Larkin
Emergency!
1972 · Roger Mundell
Funny Face
1971
Columbo
1971 · Ernie Garrison
Cannon
1971
All in the Family
1971 · Mr. Prescott
Nancy
1970 · Tom Daily
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Love, American Style
1969 · Arthur
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Avery Waters
My World and Welcome to It
1969
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Colonel Andy Carson
The Mod Squad
1968 · Russ Hayman
Adam-12
1968 · Harry Morrison
The Name of the Game
1968 · Bruks Meecham
Danger Island
1968 · Prof. Irwin Hayden
Mannix
1967 · Lorne Marshall
Ironside
1967 · Frank Bolan
It's About Time
1966 · Mac
The F.B.I.
1965 · Jim, Warren Michaels
The Cara Williams Show
1964 · Frank Bridges
12 O'Clock High
1964
The Great Adventure
1963 · James Welton
Petticoat Junction
1963 · David Benton
The Fugitive
1963 · Burton Green
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Lester Belstrip
The Lucy Show
1962 · Sam Eastman
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Jerry Helvick
Bringing Up Buddy
1960 · Buddy Flower
The Twilight Zone
1959 · William Connacher
Perry Mason
1957 · Harry Collins, Tommy Towne
Lassie
1954 · Colonel Gene Cameron, Col. Gene Cameron
General Electric Theater
1953 · Bob
Omnibus
1952 · Skiddy
Studio One
1948 · Danny
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Stevens