Alan Hewitt

Alan Hewitt (January 21, 1915 – November 7, 1986) was an American film, television, and stage actor. His most prominent TV roles were Detective Brennan in My Favorite Martian and the district attorney in How to Murder Your Wife.

Early years Hewitt was born and educated in New York City

Stage Hewitt first appeared on the New York stage in The Taming of the Shrew in 1935, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. He later toured with them in that play. His obituary in The New York Times noted that he "scored his biggest successes on Broadway in William Saroyan's Love's Old Sweet Song and John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down."

Film Among the movies Hewitt appeared in are A Private's Affair, That Touch of Mink, Days of Wine and Roses, Follow That Dream, How to Murder Your Wife, Sweet Charity, and The Barefoot Executive. He is interred in Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, New York. He was survived by his mother, Hortense B. (Baum) Hewitt (1892–1988) of Englewood, N.J., and a brother, Robert W. Hewitt (1919–2013) of Hillsdale, N.J. His father William predeceased him by about 40 years.

Papers Hewitt's papers were donated to Dartmouth College by his estate. The material housed at the Dartmouth College Library includes "programs, scripts, clippings, sides, reviews, correspondence, playbills, photographs and tapes." It occupies 22 boxes.

Filmography & Television

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 35 "The Legacy") - Howard Cole Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 20; "The Diamond Necklace") - George Maynard Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 36; "Invitation to an Accident") - Albert Martin A Private's Affair (1959) - Major R.C. Hanley Career (1959) - Matt Helmsley The Absent Minded Professor (1961) - General Hotchkiss Leave It To Beaver (1961) (Season 4 Episode 28; "Mistaken Identity") - Lieutenant Barnes Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - Attorney Backett Follow That Dream (1962) - H. Arthur King That Touch of Mink (1962) - Doctor Gruber Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Rad Leland Son of Flubber (1963) - Prosecutor The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) - Professor Shattuck How to Murder Your Wife (1965) - District Attorney The Monkey's Uncle (1965) - Professor Shattuck The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) - Harry Tomis The Brotherhood (1968) - Sol Levin Sweet Charity (1969) - Nicholsby The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) - Dean Edgar Collingsgood R. P. M. (1970) - Hewlett The Barefoot Executive (1971) - Farnsworth Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) - Dean Edgar Collingsgood The Seniors (1978) - The Inspector (final film role)