Frank Aletter
Acting • Born 1926-01-14 – Died 2009-05-13
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
83 credits
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie • 1970
Lt. Commander Thomas
Mister Roberts
Movie • 1955
Gerhart
Private School
Movie • 1983
Mr. Leigh-Jensen
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Movie • 1972
Gen. Gene Cameron
A Tiger Walks
Movie • 1964
Riley
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Leuric
Run, Cougar, Run
Movie • 1972
Sam Davis
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie • 1972
TV Announcer
The Star Maker
Movie • 1981
Harvey Denver
Planet of the Apes
TV • 1974
Leuric
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Mr. Baker
Alice
TV • 1976
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
James Welton
CHiPs
TV • 1977
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Major Stoner
My World and Welcome to It
TV • 1969
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Robert Huntman
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Jim
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Harry
What's Happening!!
TV • 1976
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Mr. Prescott
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Sam Eastman
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Maude
TV • 1972
George Snyder
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
David Benton
Mannix
TV • 1967
Lorne Marshall
It's About Time
TV • 1966
Mac
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Tom Latham
Kojak
TV • 1973
Capt. Nolan
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Harry Collins
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bob
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Roger Mundell
Cannon
TV • 1971
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
William Connacher
Ironside
TV • 1967
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Weekend Special
TV • 1977
Bringing Up Buddy
TV • 1960
Buddy Flower
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Funny Face
TV • 1971
Nanny and the Professor
TV • 1970
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Dr. Larkin
Police Woman
TV • 1974
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Burton Green
Switch
TV • 1975
Fred Willens
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Automan
TV • 1983
James Dowling
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
Frank Bridges
Nancy
TV • 1970
Tom Daily
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Lester Belstrip
Danger Island
TV • 1968
Prof. Irwin Hayden
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Jerry Helvick
Columbo
TV • 1971
Ernie Garrison
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Warren Michaels
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Borden
Banyon
TV • 1972
John Garvey
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Hugh Boudreau
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Tommy Towne
Matlock
TV • 1986
Judge David Spinner
Ironside
TV • 1967
Frank Bolan
Switch
TV • 1975
Harry Gilden
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Arnold James
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Harry Morrison
Lassie
TV • 1954
Colonel Gene Cameron
Lassie
TV • 1954
Col. Gene Cameron
Hello, Larry
TV • 1979
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Wendell Joyner
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Stevens
Hotel
TV • 1982
Bill Korman
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Arthur
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Lt. Draper
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Avery Waters
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Skiddy
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Bruks Meecham
The Doris Day Show
TV • 1968
Colonel Andy Carson
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Russ Hayman