Yale Summers
Yale Summers ( born July 26, 1933, New York City, New York; † 6, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Summers was born the only son of Mr and Mrs Joseph and Edlie Neuvohner in New York City borough of Manhattan. Yale Summers, a gifted student, attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 1955 with an honors degree in Business Administration ( Business). He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
The film producer Norman Lear spotted Summers at the Sands hotel swimming pool in Las Vegas, as Summers was doing there with his parents leave. His debut as an actor, he was as a player in the crime drama Mad Dog Call ( 1961). As an actor, Summers worked mainly for the American television. Occasionally, he worked in movies with. On television, he had several continuous series roles in U.S. TV series.
1964/1965, he starred as Dr. Bob Ayres in the U.S. soap opera General Hospital. He had in the 1966-1968 U.S. television series Daktari His most famous role. There he played alongside Marshall Thompson, the role of the zoologist Jack Dane. From 1972 to 1974 he took over the role of the son Rodney Harrington in the television series Peyton Place. He was after Ryan O'Neal, the second performer of this series role.
Summers played since the 1960s to the late 1970s episode roles and guest roles in numerous American television series, including The Dick Powell Show ( 1962), Cheyenne (1962), The Untouchables (1963 ), The Donna Reed Show (1963 ), My Favorite Martian (1964 ), The Outer Limits (1964 ), 12 O'Clock High (1964 ), My Three Sons ( 1965-1972 ), California emergency (1976 ), Fantasy Iceland (1978) and Quincy (1979 ).
The movie database IMDb performs as a last appearance a supporting role in the film drama $ pent ( 2000).
For many years he worked in various functions in the Screen Actors Guild ( SAG). Since 1961, SAG member, he was more than 27 years as a member of the National Board of Directors of SAG and more than 24 years as a member of the National Executive Committee; at SAG he also served as Treasurer ( Treasurer ). He was a founding member of the SAG Awards Committee and responsible in this capacity from 1995 to 2009 for ceremony and presentation of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. For his commitment to the SAG, he received the 2008 Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild. He has also been since 1963 a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ( AFTRA ). When he was 24 years AFTRA member of the National Board of Directors.
Summers was married to actress Suzanne Ried. From the marriage were two children, a son and a daughter. Yale Summers died at the age of 78 years in Beverly Hills to a lung disease.