"My Favorite Martian" was a television series that ran from 1963-1966 that starred Ray Waltson and Bill Bixby. It produced an animated spin-off by Filmation in 1973-1975, and was also remade into a movie by Disney starring Christopher Lloyd in 1999.
The premise of the series was that an anthropologist from Mar gets stranded on earth. He is taken in by a human while he repairs his ship. The martian, Exigius 12 1/2, pretends to the humans "Uncle Martin" while he is stranded on earth. He is humanoid in appearance with the exception of antenna that can come out from his skull. Exigius could also utilize his advance martian technology to do other remarkable things such as create memory pills, transmute substance, achieve weightlessness, and even travel through time.
The TV Series
The Animated Series
The Movie
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