Albert Aley (April 25, 1919 – January 1, 1986) was an American producer,

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and

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Career

Aley began his career, as an actor on the radio series ''

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''. Later in his career, Aley worked on radio and wrote for two episodes for the television series '' Treasury Men in Action''. He later was a producer, screenwriter and script editor for ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet''. His other credits includes, '' Ironside'', '' The Paper Chase'', ''

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'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', ''

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''. In 1966 he wrote the script for, ''

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,'' a film that was produced by

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''.'' In 1971, Aley was nominated for an

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for Outstanding Series - Drama. He retired in 1981.

Death

Aley died in January 1986 at the Seattle Hospital in

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, at the age of 66. He was married to Elaine Firestone and had two daughters, Christopher Cox and Suzanne Wagner.

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