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 , "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.
Father, with Lee Meriwether , of two daughters: actresses Kyle Aletter and Lesley Aletter.
He had two step-daughters with his second wife, Estella: Julia Hodes and Alexandra Hodes.
Elected vice president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1987.
After he was discharged from the Army, he enrolled in the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
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 Mister Roberts .
