- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrank George Aletter
- Height1.78 m
- 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 Permission jusqu'à l'aube (1955), a commanding officer in Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! (1970), Leigh Jensen in Le collège s'envoie en l'air (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), Docteur Marcus Welby (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.- IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger
- SpousesEstella Ruth Gelerter(May 26, 1984 - May 13, 2009) (his death)Lee Meriwether(April 20, 1958 - February 1974) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Elected vice president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1987.
- He served in the Army in Germany 1946-'48.
- He made his NY debut in 1950 when he replaced Eli Wallach in the role of Stefanowski in the original Broadway production of "Mister Roberts." He later played another role (Gerhart) in the movie version of Permission jusqu'à l'aube (1955).
- After he was discharged from the Army, he enrolled in the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
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