Alan Hewitt

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 and appeared in productions of , , , and . 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 , , , , , and . He also appeared in television shows, such as , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
Hewitt died of cancer on November 7, 1986, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
==Roles==
Alan hewitt the absent minded professor.jpg|General Hotchkiss(The Absent-Minded Professor)
Alan Hewitt Son of Flubber.jpg|Prosector(Son of Flubber)
Alan hewitt and tommy kirk merlin jones still.jpg|Professor Shattuck(The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The Monkey's Uncle)
Alan hewitt the computer wore tennis shoes.jpg|Dean Collingsgood(The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Now You See Him, Now You Don't)
Alan Hewitt The Barefoot Executive.jpg|Farnsworth(The Barefoot Executive)
Category:1910s births
Category:Males
Category:Deceased
Category:The Absent-Minded Professor
Category:1980s deaths
Category:The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Category:The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Category:The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Category:The Barefoot Executive
Category:People from New York
Category:American people
Category:Actors
Category:Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color