Personal Info
Birth date
1919-11-07 (105 Years)
Day of death
1996-02-02
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also known as
Fern Aline Waller
Aline Towne
Biography
Fern Aline Waller, known as Aline Towne, was an American film and television actress, best remembered for her lead roles in 1950s Republic serials, such as Radar Men from the Moon.
Filmography
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.Leave It to Beaver
7
Overview:
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.Sea Hunt
6.559
Overview:
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.Marcus Welby, M.D.
6.5
Overview:
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Overview:
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.The Incredible Hulk
7.242
Overview:
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.Eight Is Enough
6
Overview:
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Airwolf
7.575
Overview:
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.Highway Patrol
5.8
Overview:
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.Navy Log
4.5
Overview:
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.Racket Squad
6
Overview:
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".M Squad
5.2
Overview:
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.Hopalong Cassidy
5.2
Overview:
Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy.Adventures of Superman
6.7
Overview:
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."Cavalcade of America
3.5
Overview:
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.Flipper
6.1
Overview:
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.Gang Busters
NYR
Overview:
Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
5
Overview:
Masked scientific government agent is pitted against a rogue army, led by a mystery man known only as "The Ruler", which is attempting to conquer the solar system by first decimating earth's climate through various futuristic devices which Cody must meet with earth's own futuristic technology. [Intended to be a limited-run television series, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal Of The Universe was first released theatrically in 1953 as a twelve-chapter movie serial; it was not shown on television until 1955. The Commando Cody character was first introduced in Republic's earlier movie serial Radar Men from the Moon; however, "Sky Marshal" is actually a prequel, with the first chapter dealing with Cody's origins and the acquisiton of his staff as seen in "Radar Men".]Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Overview:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.Mirage
6.972
Overview:
In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?Easter Parade
7
Overview:
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.White Heat
7.653
Overview:
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.A Blueprint for Murder
6.122
Overview:
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.Send Me No Flowers
6.7
Overview:
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.Acting
1984Airwolf (1 Episode) as Town Lady
1977The Incredible Hulk (1 Episode) as Nurse Phalen
1977Eight Is Enough (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Song of Norway as Mrs. Thoresen
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (1, 1 Episode) as Nurse Irwin, Nurse Cohen
1967A Guide for the Married Man as Mousey Man's Wife
1965Mirage as Unknown
1965Taggart as Kate (uncredited)
1964Send Me No Flowers as Cora
1964Flipper (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Bullet for a Badman as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1964The Brass Bottle as Miss Gidden
1958The Donna Reed Show (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Sea Hunt (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Satan's Satellites as Sue Davis
1957Leave It to Beaver (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Maverick (1 Episode) as Laura Miller
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as Gloria Stark
1957Wagon Train (1, 1 Episode) as Meg, Susan Bernard
1957Man Afraid as Mrs. Wilber Fletcher (uncredited)
1957Tales of Wells Fargo (1 Episode) as Nell Forrester
1957Guns Don't Argue as Shirley, Girl with Karpis
1956Julie as Denise Martin
1955Highway Patrol (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1, 1 Episode) as Amelia Woodruff, Jenny Durkin
1955Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (12 Episodes) as Joan Gilbert
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Doris Carroll
1954Lassie (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Mrs. Carroll
1954Gog as Dr. Kirby
1954Trader Tom of the China Seas as Vivian Wells
1953A Blueprint for Murder as Hospital File Clerk (Uncredited)
1953Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe as Joan Gilbert
1952The Steel Trap as Gail Woodley
1952Zombies of the Stratosphere as Sue Davis
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as Marion Minot
1952Four Star Playhouse (1 Episode) as Receptionist
1952Adventures of Superman (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1952Hopalong Cassidy (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Confidence Girl as Peggy Speel
1952Gang Busters (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Radar Men from the Moon as Joan Gilbert
1951Purple Heart Diary as Lt. Cathy Dietrich
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Sally
1951Racket Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Don Daredevil Rides Again as Patricia Doyle
1951Rough Riders of Durango as Janice Adams
1950Highway 301 as Madeline Welton
1950The Invisible Monster as Carol Richards
1950The Vanishing Westerner as Barbara
1950Harbor of Missing Men as Angelike Corcoris
1949White Heat as Margaret Baxter - Agent (uncredited)
1948Easter Parade as Salesgirl (uncredited)