Cast & creator
Frank Aletter
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Columbo
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.
Also known as: Frank George Aletter
9
film credits
77
television credits
86
1947–1986 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
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Perry Mason
Harry Collins
1957Perry Mason
Tommy Towne
1957
Columbo
Ernie Garrison
1971
The Love Boat
Arnold James
1977
Murder, She Wrote
Wendell Joyner
1984
M*A*S*H
Major Stoner
1972
Falcon Crest
Mr. Baker
1981
Adam-12
Harry Morrison
1968
The Fugitive
Burton Green
1963
Mannix
Lorne Marshall
1967
Love, American Style
Arthur
1969
Ironside
1967Ironside
Frank Bolan
1967
Quincy, M.E.
1976Quincy, M.E.
Hugh Boudreau
1976Quincy, M.E.
Hugh Casey
1976
Cannon
1971
Lassie
Colonel Gene Cameron
1954Lassie
Col. Gene Cameron
1954
Matlock
Judge David Spinner
1986
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Jerry Helvick
1961
The Six Million Dollar Man
Borden
1974
T. J. Hooker
Robert Huntman
1982
The Twilight Zone
William Connacher
1959
Emergency!
Roger Mundell
1972
Petticoat Junction
David Benton
1963
The Golden Girls
Harry
1985
Simon & Simon
1981
Studio One
Danny
1948
Alice
1976
The Facts of Life
1979
Hotel
Bill Korman
1982
The F.B.I.
Jim
1965The F.B.I.
Warren Michaels
1965
Ben Casey
1961
The Lucy Show
Sam Eastman
1962
The Name of the Game
Bruks Meecham
1968
All in the Family
Mr. Prescott
1971
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Avery Waters
1969
Three's Company
Tom Latham
1977
Police Woman
1974Police Woman
Tony Scilio
1974
Fantasy Island
Lt. Draper
1978
Lou Grant
1977
The Doris Day Show
Colonel Andy Carson
1968
Omnibus
Skiddy
1952
Kraft Television Theatre
Stevens
1947
Kojak
Capt. Nolan
1973
The Bionic Woman
1976
Switch
Fred Willens
1975Switch
Harry Gilden
1975
The Mod Squad
Russ Hayman
1968
Maude
George Snyder
1972
12 O'Clock High
1964
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
What's Happening!!
Daniel Turner
1976
CHiPs
1977
Temperatures Rising
Dr. Larkin
1972
Petrocelli
Lee Larker
1974
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Great Adventure
James Welton
1963
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
ABC Weekend Specials
1977Vacation Playhouse
Lester Belstrip
1963
Planet of the Apes
Leuric
1974
S.W.A.T.
1975
Automan
James Dowling
1983
Hello, Larry
1979
My World and Welcome to It
1969
Banyon
John Garvey
1972
The Cara Williams Show
Frank Bridges
1964
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Lt. Commander Thomas
1970
It's About Time
Mac
1966
Bringing Up Buddy
Buddy Flower
1960
General Electric Theater
Bob
1953
Danger Island
Prof. Irwin Hayden
1968
Funny Face
1971
Private School
Mr. Leigh-Jensen
1983Nancy
Tom Daily
1970
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
TV Announcer
1972
Mister Roberts
Gerhart
1955
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Leuric
1980
A Tiger Walks
Riley
1964
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Gen. Gene Cameron
1972
Run, Cougar, Run
Sam Davis
1972
The Star Maker
Harvey Denver
1981