Frank Aletter, 83, a veteran character actor who starred in the 1960s situation comedies “Bringing Up Buddy” and “It’s About Time,” died Wednesday.
Aletter died of cancer at his home in Tarzana, Calif., 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 counselor 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.
Monica Bleibtreu, 65, an actress known in the German- speaking world for a prolific range of cinema, television and theater roles, died Thursday. The Players agency said Bleibtreu died in Hamburg after a battle with cancer. Her roles included appearances in Tom Tykwer’s “Run Lola Run,” which also starred her son, German actor Moritz Bleibtreu.
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