Yale Summers
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Yale Summers guest starring with Sharon Hugueny (right) in a May 1964 episode of Inger Stevens' sitcom The Farmer's Daughter
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Yale Summers July 26, 1933 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | May 6, 2012 (aged 78) Beverly Hills, California |
| Cause of death | Pulmonary disease |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961–2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Ried Summers (married until his death in 2012, 2 children) |
Yale Summers (July 26, 1933 — May 6, 2012) was an American actor and producer, whose credits included the 1960s CBS television series, Daktari, with Marshall Thompson.
Summers was heavily involved with the Screen Actors Guild. He was a member of the SAG national board of directors for twenty-seven years and the national executive committee for eighteen years.
Born in Manhattan, Summers made his acting debut in the 1961 film, Mad Dog Coll, playing a small unbilled role. The remainder of his career was almost entirely occupied with television. He appeared in a recurring role on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, as Dr. Bob Ayres during the 1964-1965 television season. His best known role was as Jack Dane on Daktari, which aired from 1966 to 1968. From 1972 to 1974, Summers replaced Lawrence Casey in the NBC daytime series, Return to Peyton Place, as the character Rodney Harrington.
His additional television roles included guest spots on Land of the Giants, My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons, Window on Main Street, The Outer Limits, Quincy, M.E., Fantasy Island, and The Donna Reed Show.
Summers was a founding member of the SAG Awards Committee and for a time the chairman of that committee. Summers was a co-founder and producer of the Screen Actors Guild Awards from 1995 until 2009.
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