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Alan Hewitt

Actor

Alan Hewitt

Born January 21, 1915 in New York City, New York, USADied November 7, 198624 films

Among the movies Hewitt appeared in are A Private's Affair, That Touch of Mink, Days of Wine and Roses, How to Murder Your Wife, Sweet Charity, and The Barefoot Executive.

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He never became a major star, but he did have a lengthy career which included smaller parts in several well-known programs, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Daktari, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, Dr. Kildare, Lost in Space, Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, F Troop, The Wild Wild West, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show and The Phil Silvers Show. He made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, three of which he portrayed the murderer: in 1961 he played Bruce Sheridan in "The Case of the Wintry Wife" and Dr. Marcus Tate in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest," and in 1965 he played the role of Curt Ordway in "The Case of the Fatal Fetish". The only one where he was not the murderer was in 1959’s “The Case of the Golden Fraud”. Possibly his most prominent roles were Detective Brennan in My Favorite Martian and the district attorney in How to Murder Your Wife.

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Days of Wine and Roses posterFirst watchDays of Wine and Roses19637.5as Rad LelandAn alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.View film

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Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1978The SeniorsThe Inspector
  2. 1977Tail Gunner JoeDean Acheson
  3. 1975The Legend of Lizzie BordenMayor Coughlin
  4. 1973PuebloCongressional Chairman
  5. 1972Now You See Him, Now You Don'tDean Collingsgood
  6. 1971The Barefoot ExecutiveFarnsworth
  7. 1970R.P.M.Hewlett
  8. 1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesDean Collingsgood
  9. 1969The D.A.: Murder OneJudge Tanner
  10. 1969Wake Me When the War Is OverKoenig
  11. 1969Sweet CharityNicholsby
  12. 1968The BrotherhoodSol Levin
  13. 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherChauncy Talbot
  14. 1965The Monkey's UncleProfessor Shattuck
  15. 1965How to Murder Your WifeDistrict Attorney
  16. 1964The Misadventures of Merlin JonesProfessor Shattuck
  17. 1963Days of Wine and RosesRad Leland
  18. 1963Son of FlubberProsecuting Attorney
  19. 1962That Touch of MinkDoctor Gruber
  20. 1962Follow That DreamH. Arthur King
  21. 1961Bachelor in ParadiseAttorney Backett
  22. 1961The Absent-Minded ProfessorGeneral Hotchkiss
  23. 1959CareerMatt Helmsley
  24. 1959A Private's AffairMaj. R.C. Hanley