Frank Aletter (January 14, 1926 â€" May 13, 2009) was an American
theatre, film, and television actor.Born in Queens, New York, Aletter
studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop in Manhattan. He served in the
United States Army in Germany from 1946 to 1948.Aletter's Broadway
debut came in 1950 as a replacement for Eli Wallach in Mister Roberts.
During the 1950s, he appeared on Broadway in Bells Are Ringing, Time
Limit, and Wish You Were Here.He soon moved on to a prolific
television career, appearing as a guest on numerous shows between 1956
and 1988. Aletter starred in three programs in the 1960s, beginning
with Bringing Up Buddy, a sitcom during the 1960â€"1961 season,
featuring Aletter with Enid Markey and Doro Merande, who portrayed his
overprotective spinster aunts to Aletter's character, Buddy Flower, a
bachelor stockbroker. He appeared in the eighth episode of Lucille
Ball's The Lucy Show in the 1962 segment "Lucy the Music Lover."
Aletter was cast as Dr. Sam Eastman, an ear-nose-throat specialist who
adores classical music.
theatre, film, and television actor.Born in Queens, New York, Aletter
studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop in Manhattan. He served in the
United States Army in Germany from 1946 to 1948.Aletter's Broadway
debut came in 1950 as a replacement for Eli Wallach in Mister Roberts.
During the 1950s, he appeared on Broadway in Bells Are Ringing, Time
Limit, and Wish You Were Here.He soon moved on to a prolific
television career, appearing as a guest on numerous shows between 1956
and 1988. Aletter starred in three programs in the 1960s, beginning
with Bringing Up Buddy, a sitcom during the 1960â€"1961 season,
featuring Aletter with Enid Markey and Doro Merande, who portrayed his
overprotective spinster aunts to Aletter's character, Buddy Flower, a
bachelor stockbroker. He appeared in the eighth episode of Lucille
Ball's The Lucy Show in the 1962 segment "Lucy the Music Lover."
Aletter was cast as Dr. Sam Eastman, an ear-nose-throat specialist who
adores classical music.
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