Actor, Singer. He was best known for playing the character roles of doctors, colonels, politicians, agents, militarymen, professors, lieutenants, commanders, and judges. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Lieutenant Commander Thomas' in the historical action film drama, "Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). The film which was directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukusaku, and Toshio Masada, which was written for the screen by Larry Forrester, Hideo Oguni, and Ryûzô Kikushima, and which also starred Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, and E.G. Marshall, tells the story of the December 7, 1941, Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Frank Bridges' in thirty episodes of the comedy television series, "The Cara Williams Show," which originally aired from 1964 to 1965, and which also starred Cara Williams, Paul Reed, Jack Sheldon, and Jeanne Arnold, tells the story of Frank and Cara who were office associates who were both divorced and fell in love with each other and eventually got married...however secretly. The problem was the company absolutely forbade any inter-office dating and was especially strict on relatives or married couples. Frank would have lost his management position and Cara would lose her job as well. In the short time, this was on the air the whole story evolved around the couple hiding their marriage or living at the same address. He was born in Queens, New York, to Henry G. Aletter (1897-), and his wife Katherine Aletter (1901-), on January 14, 1926. He was educated locally and served his country during World War II with the United States Army in Germany from 1946 to 1948. Following his discharge from the military, he took an interest in acting and he attended the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research in New York City, New York. He began his acting career on Broadway in New York City, New York, in several stage productions of such plays, as an understudy or replacement, 'Itchy Flexner,' 'Schmutz,' 'Lou Kandel,' 'Eli,' and 'Herman Fabricant,' in "Wish You Were Here" (June 25, 1952, to November 28, 1953), as 'T/Sgt. Charles Baker' in "Time Limit!" (January 24, 1956, to May 12, 1956), and as 'Blake Barton' in "Bells Are Ringing" (November 29, 1956, to March 07, 1959). During his time on the stage he worked with the likes of Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin, Pam Abbott, Doria Avila, Joanne Birks, Dort Clark, Frank Derbas, Norma Doggett, Phyllis Dorne, Don Emmons, Peter Gennaro, Frank Green, Eddie Heim, George S. Irving, Patti Karr, Kasimir Kokich, Eddie Lawrence, Marc Leon, Urylee Leonardos, Jeannine Masterson, David McDaniel, Paul Michael, Frank Milton, Barbara Newman, Tom O'Steen, Julian Patrick, John Perkins, Nancy Perkins, Ellen Ray, Michelle Reiner, Marsha Rivers, Steve Roland, Donna Sanders, Jean Stapleton, Willy Sumner, Ed Thompson, Beryl Towbin, Ben Vargas, Ann Wallace, Bernard West, Jack Weston, Pat Wilkes, Billy Wilson, Gordon Woodburn, Heywood Hale Broun, Scott Hunter, Hal Linden, Larry Parks, Jack Rains, Ben Raisen, June Ericson, Vincent Beck, Louisa Cabot, Michael Davis, Joan Elliott, Jain Fairfax, Barbara Gutierrez, Marian Hunter, Louis Kosman, Ripple Lewis, Paul Lipson, Sigyn Lund, Frances Martin, Paul Merrill, William Miller, Philip Nasta, Ernest Parham, Alice Pearce, Alan Peterson, Ralph Roberts, Bob Roman, Adolph Sambogna, Donna Sanders, Mary Ellen Schimmel, Jim Smock, Harriet Spitz, Edmund Walenta, Louise Woods, Louis Kosman, Frances Martin, Mitchell Nutick, Steve Roland, Bob Roman, Lynne Stuart, and Mark Tully, among many others. He also appeared on Broadway in the stage production of the play, "Mister Roberts" (1950), as a replacement for actor Eli Wallach, and appeared in "Mutiny On The Bounty," at the Kennedy Center in New York City, New York, with Charlton Heston during the 1980s. He made his actual debut playing in an episode entitled, "Strange Terror," of the dramatic television series, "Justice," which originally aired on January 27, 1955, and which also starred Gary Merrill, William Prince, Addison Powell, Wynne Gibson, and Harry Townes. Besides, playing the role of 'Lieutenant Commander Thomas' in the historical action film drama, "Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). The film which was directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukusaku, and Toshio Masada, which was written for the screen by Larry Forrester, Hideo Oguni, and Ryûzô Kikushima, and which also starred Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, and E.G. Marshall, tells the story of the December 7, 1941, Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness, his many other film credits include, "Mister Roberts" (1955, He played the role of 'Gerhart' which was based on the Broadway play which he also starred in), "The Big Brain" (1963), "A Tiger Walks" (1964), "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" (1972), "Run Cougar, Run" (1972), "Farewell To The Planet Of The Apes" (1980), "The Star Maker" (1981), "Private School" (1983), and "Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter" (1986). Besides, playing in an episode entitled, "Strange Terror," of the dramatic television series, "Justice," which originally aired on January 27, 1955, and which also starred Gary Merrill, William Prince, Addison Powell, Wynne Gibson, and Harry Townes, and playing the role of 'Frank Bridges' in thirty episodes of the comedy television series, "The Cara Williams Show," which originally aired from 1964 to 1965, and which also starred Cara Williams, Paul Reed, Jack Sheldon, and Jeanne Arnold, tells the story of Frank and Cara who were office associates who were both divorced and fell in love with each other and eventually got married...however secretly. The problem was the company absolutely forbade any inter-office dating and was especially strict on relatives or married couples. Frank would have lost his management position and Cara would lose her job as well. In the short time, this was on the air the whole story evolved around the couple hiding their marriage or living at the same address, his many other television credits include, "The Magical World Of Disney," "Dateline: Hollywood," "General Electric Theatre," (He sang the song, "What Do You Suppose?" in the episode entitled, "Tippy-Top," which originally aired on December 17, 1961), "It's About Time," (He sang the song, "Home On The Range" in the episode entitled," The Sacrifice," which originally aired on December 11, 1966), "You Are There," "Studio One," "Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel," "The Alcoa Hour," "Kraft Theatre," "Omnibus," "The United States Steel Hour," "Bringing Up Buddy" (He played the role of 'Buddy Flower' in 35 episodes of the comedy television series which originally aired from 1960 to 1961), "General Electric Theatre," "The Gertrude Berg Show," "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "Target: The Corruptors!" "The Lloyd Bridges Show," "Alcoa Premiere," "The Lucy Show," "Hazel," "The Twilight Zone," "Wide Country," "General Hospital," "Vacation House," "My Favorite Martian," "The Eleventh Hour," "Dr. Kildare," "Perry Mason," "Grindl," "The Great Adventure," "The Fugitive," "Ben Casey," "12 O'Clock High," "It's About Time," (He played the role of 'Mac in 26 episodes of the comedy Sci-Fi television series, "which originally aired from 1966 to 1967), "Danger Island," "The Doris Day Show," "Petticoat Junction," "My World And Welcome To It," "Mod Squad," "The Name Of The Game," "Nancy," "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour," (He played the role of 'Professor Irwin Hayden' in 10 episodes of the adventure animation family television series, which originally aired from 1968 to 1970), "Medical Center," "Love, American Style," "Nanny And The Professor," "Funny Face," "The F.B.I." "The Don Rickles Show," "The Bold Ones," "Lassie" "Banyon," "Maude," "The New Temperatures Rising Show," "Jigsaw," "Ironside," "M*A*S*H," "Adam-12," "Sierra," "Planet Of The Apes," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Mannix," "Insight," "S.W.A.T" "Kojak," "Marcus Welby, M.D." "The Invisible Man," "Petrocelli," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Cannon," "Hunter," "Holmes And Yoyo," "The Quest," "What's Happening!!" "Blansky's Beauties," 'Switch," "All In The Family," "The Bionic Woman," "Project U.F.O" "Police Woman," "Columbo," "Operation Petticoat," "David Cassidy - Man Undercover," "Emergency!" "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat," "Hello, Larry," "ABC Weekend Specials," 'Lou Grant," "Three's Company," "Capitol," "CHiPS," "Quincy M.E." "Alice," "Love, Sidney," "The Facts Of Life," "Simon & Simon," "Murder, She Wrote," "Hotel," "Three's A Crowd," "The Fall Guy," "Detective In The House," "The Golden Girls," "Dallas," "T.J. Hooker," "Falcon Crest," "You Again?" "Matlock," "The Law And Harry McGraw," "1st & Ten," "The New Adam-12," and "The Lazarus Man." His last credited role was playing in a two-part episode of the classic television series, "Lassie," which originally aired in 1972, and was made into a television film as, "Lassie Peace Is Our Profession" (2006). He retired from acting during the 1990s. On an interesting note, he was elected Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild in 1987. He passed away following a battle with cancer in Tarzana, California, on May 13, 2009, at the age of 83. Following his death, he was cremated and his ashes were given to his family members, specifically his daughter in Tarzana, California. He was married twice, first to actress and former Miss America Lee Meriwether from April 20, 1958, until they divorced in February of 1974. The couple had two children together, Kyle Aletter born on May 31, 1960, an actress, and Lesley Aletter born on November 12, 1963, an actress and stuntwoman. He married second to Estella R. Gelerter Aletter from May 26, 1984, until his death on May 13, 2009. The couple had no children together but he was stepfather to her children, Julia Hodes, and Alexandra Hodes.