Frank Aletter

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 Aletters prolific output on the small screen Bringing Up Buddy 1960 Perry Mason 1957 The Cara Williams Show 1964 Lassie 1954 Mannix 1967 Marcus Welby MD 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