Yale Summers

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Yale Summers (born July 26, 1933 in New York City , New York - † May 6, 2012 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Summers was born as the only son of the married couple Joseph and Edlie Neuvohner in Manhattan , New York . Yale Summers, a gifted student, attended Cornell University , where he in 1955 with an honors degree in the subject Business Administration ( Business graduated). He served as a lieutenant in the US Army .

The film producer Norman Lear discovered Summers by the swimming pool of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas when Summers was vacationing there with his parents. He made his debut as an actor as a player in the detective film Mad Dog Call (1961). As an actor, Summers worked mainly for US television . Occasionally he took part in movies . On television, he had several non-stop serial roles in US television series .

1964/1965 he worked as Dr. Bob Ayres on the US soap opera General Hospital . His most famous role was 1966–1968 in the US television series Daktari . There he played, alongside Marshall Thompson , the role of zoologist Jack Dane. From 1972 to 1974 he played the role of son Rodney Harrington in the television series Peyton Place . He was the second actor in this series role after Ryan O'Neal .

From the 1960s to the late 1970s, Summers played 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 Uncle From Mars (1964), The Outer Limits (1964), 12 O'Clock High (1964), My Three Sons (1965–1972), Emergency Call California (1976), Fantasy Island (1978) and Quincy (1979) .

The film database IMDb has a supporting role in the film drama $ pent (2000) as a final appearance .

For many years he worked in various functions in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). SAG member since 1961, served on the National Board of Directors of SAG for more than 27 years and on the National Executive Committee for more than 24 years ; at SAG he was also as Treasurer ( Treasurer active). He was a founding member of the SAG Awards Committee and was responsible for awarding and presenting the Screen Actors Guild Awards from 1995 to 2009 . In 2008 he received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for his commitment to SAG . He was also a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) since 1963 . At AFTRA he was a member of the National Board of Directors for 24 years .

Summers was married to actress Suzanne Ried . The marriage had two children, a son and a daughter. Yale Summers died in Beverly Hills at the age of 78 of complications from a lung disease .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1961: Mad Dog Call
  • 1962: The Dick Powell Show (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1962: Cheyenne (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1963: The Untouchables (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1963: The Donna Reed Show (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1964: Mein Unkel vom Mars (My Favorite Martian) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1964: The Outer Limits (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1964: 12 O'Clock High (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1964–1965: General Hospital (TV series)
  • 1965–1972: My Three Sons (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1966–1968: Daktari (TV series)
  • 1971: The Smith Family (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1971: McMillan & Wife (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1972–1974: Peyton Place (TV series)
  • 1976: Emergency Call California (Emergency!) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1978: The Return of Captain Nemo (TV movie)
  • 1978: Fantasy Island (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1979: Quincy (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2000: $ pent

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Other sources stated 1940, cf. Piet Hein Honig, Hanns-Georg Rodek : 100001. The show business encyclopedia of the 20th century. Showbiz-Data-Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1992, ISBN 3-929009-01-5 , p. 917. However, this information is obviously incorrect.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Yale Summers dies at 78  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary in: Variety, May 6, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  3. ↑ a b c d SAG-AFTRA Remembers Yale Summers ( Memento from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Obituary of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from May 7, 2012
  4. ↑ Daktari information about the series
  5. ↑ Daktari (private fan page; with photos by Yale Summers)
  6. ↑ a b c d R.IP Yale Summers obituary, deadline.com , May 7, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Summers, Yale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 2012
Place of death Beverly Hills , California