LOS ANGELES - Frank Aletter, a veteran character actor who starred in the 1960s TV situation comedies "Bringing Up Buddy" and "It's About Time," has died. He was 83.
Aletter died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Tarzana, California, his daughter Kyle Oldham told the Los Angeles Times.
Aletter acted in Broadway and films, but he was best known for his TV roles.
In 1960-61 in "Bringing Up Buddy, he played Buddy Flower, an investment counsellor living with his spinster aunts.
In "It's About Time, which aired in 1966-67. he played an astronaut who travels back in time to the Stone Age. He also had regular roles on "The Cara Williams Show" in 1964-65 and in "Nancy" in 1970-71.
Aletter also appeared as a guest star in more than 100 series, including "Perry Mason," "The Lucy Show," "MASH," "Kojak," "All in the Family," "Fantasy Island," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Dallas."
Born in Queens, N.Y., in 1926, Aletter studied acting after a stint in the U.S. army from 1946-1948. He debuted on Broadway in 1950 in "Mister Roberts." His other Broadway credits include "Wish You Were Here" and "Time Limit!"
Aletter served for many years on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild.
He married actress and former Miss America Lee Meriwether in 1958. The couple divorced in the early 1970s.
