
Alan Hewitt
Biography
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.
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.
Filmography

The Seniors
1978
as The Inspector

Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Dean Acheson

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Mayor Coughlin

Pueblo
1973
as Congressional Chairman

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Dean Collingsgood

The Barefoot Executive
1971
as Farnsworth

R.P.M.
1970
as Hewlett

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Dean Collingsgood

The D.A.: Murder One
1969
as Judge Tanner

Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
as Koenig

Sweet Charity
1969
as Nicholsby

The Brotherhood
1968
as Sol Levin

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Chauncy Talbot

The Monkey's Uncle
1965
as Professor Shattuck

How to Murder Your Wife
1965
as District Attorney

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964
as Professor Shattuck

Days of Wine and Roses
1963
as Rad Leland

Son of Flubber
1963
as Prosecuting Attorney

That Touch of Mink
1962
as Doctor Gruber

Follow That Dream
1962
as H. Arthur King

Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Attorney Backett

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as General Hotchkiss

Career
1959
as Matt Helmsley

A Private's Affair
1959
as Maj. R.C. Hanley