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 1960–1961 season,[4] 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.
He played Professor Irwin Hayden in the Richard Donner-directed, 36-part, live-action cliffhanger serial Danger Island on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, which aired on Saturday mornings on NBC from 1968 to 1970. In the fall of 1970, he had a supporting role in the NBC sitcom Nancy.
Aletter portrayed the supporting role of Tom Logan in the " Alcoa Premiere TV Series" Season 2 Episode 5 (S2E5) entitled "Mr. Lucifer", which aired November 1, 1962. The episode was written by sci-fi writer Alfred Bester, with Fred Astaire as the host and in the title role opposite Elizabeth Montgomery. [6][7]
Aletter worked with the Screen Actors Guild, having been elected as a vice president in 1987.[8]
Aletter also played George Snyder on the 1970s sitcom Maude in the episode "Love and Marriage" (season one, episode seven).
On January 8, 1978, Aletter played advertising executive Mr. Prescott in the episode "The Commercial" of All in the Family.
On April 20, 1958, Aletter married Lee Meriwether, actress and former Miss America, in San Francisco, California.[9] They divorced in 1974. They had two daughters, actresses Kyle Aletter-Oldham (best known for her run as one of Barker's Beauties) and Lesley Aletter.[1]
Death
On May 13, 2009, Aletter died of cancer at the age of 83 at his home in Tarzana, California.[1] He was cremated and ashes were taken by his daughter in Chatsworth, California.[10]
^ abTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 137. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.