Alan Everett Hewitt was an American film, television, and stage actor. His Disney roles included Dean Collingsgood in Now You See Him, Now You Don't and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Farnsworth in The Barefoot Executive, Harry Tomis in The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, Chauncy Talbot in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode, "The Further Adventures of Gallegher: The Big Swindle", Professor Shattuck in The Monkey's Uncle and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, the Prosecutor in Son of Flubber, and General Hotchkiss in The Absent-Minded Professor.
Hewitt was born and educated in New York City and entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1934. He made his stage debut the following year in The Taming of the Shrew and appeared in productions of Amphitryon, The Seagull, Love's Old Sweet Song, and The Moon Is Down. Hewitt became a member of Actors' Equity Association in 1934, gaining membership on its council in 1940 and served on the council until 1951. Throughout his career, he helped to establish the employment survey for performers in the American theater and frequently wrote letters and articles about actors' rights as professionals. He later served in the US Army's Armed Forces Radio Service from 1943-1946.
After his time in the army, he transitioned to movies where he found work as a character actor in films, such as A Private Affair, That Touch of Mink, Days of Wine and Roses, Follow That Dream, How to Murder Your Wife, and Sweet Charity. He also appeared in television shows, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, My Favorite Martian, Dr. Kildare, Lost in Space, Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, The Wild Wild West, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show, Dennis the Menace, The Phil Silvers Show, and Perry Mason.
Hewitt died of cancer on November 7, 1986, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Roles[]
(The Absent-Minded Professor)
(Son of Flubber)
(The Barefoot Executive)