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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, Mechanical Engineering, Fantasy Island, and The Donna Reed Show.
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Yale Summers
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Summers was heavily involved with the Screen Actors Guild. While most of his professional career centered in television, Summers made his acting debut in the 1961 film, Mad Dog College He appeared in a recurring role on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, General Hospital, as Doctor 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 co-starred in the National Broadcasting Company daytime series, Return to Peyton Place, as the character Rodney Harrington. Summers also served as the former national treasurer and the recording secretary for Screen Actors Guild. In 2008, Screen Actors Guild awarded Summers the Ralph Morgan Award for his service and involvement with the union.
Summers was active with another actors" union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He served a combined twenty-four years on the national American Federation TV and Radio Artists board and the union"s local Los Angeles chapter.
Screen Actors Guild and American Federation TV and Radio Artists merged in March 2012, shortly before Summers" death.
Summers died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2012, at the age of 78. He was completely unbiased and never took sides. He had a purist vision of how the guild should be run and wasn"t swayed by the influence of special interest groups.
He put the best interest of the guild and union first.
I"m deeply sorry for his passing.".
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He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild national board of directors for twenty-seven years and the national executive committee for eighteen years. Summers was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee and for a time the chairman of that committee. Summers was a trustee of the Screen Actors Guild Pension and Health Funds and a member of the board for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
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