Name
William Schallert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-07-06
Deathday
2016-05-08 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Biography
William Joseph Schallert (July 6, 1922 – May 8, 2016) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is known for his roles on Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1959), Death Valley Days (1955–1962), and The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966).
Schallert was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Edwin Francis Schallert, a longtime drama critic for the Los Angeles Times, and Elza Emily Schallert (née Baumgarten), a magazine writer and radio host. He began acting while a student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) but left to become an Army Air Corps fighter pilot in World War II. He returned to UCLA after the war and graduated in 1946.
After graduating from UCLA, Schallert began his acting career in the theater. He appeared in several productions at the Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, including a staging of W. Somerset Maugham's Rain in 1948, which was directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Schallert made his television debut in 1951, and he quickly became a familiar face on the small screen. He appeared in numerous guest roles on shows such as The Adventures of Superman, The Twilight Zone, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. He also had recurring roles on The Patty Duke Show, The Nancy Drew Mysteries, and The Torkelsons.
In addition to his work on television, Schallert also appeared in several films, including The Bridges of Toko-Ri (1954), The Apartment (1960), and The Sting (1973).
Schallert died in Pacific Palisades, California, in 2016, at the age of 93. He was survived by his wife, Leah Waggner, and their four children.
Known For
Singin' in the Rain
(3,626 Votes)
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In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid ...
Relase Date : 10 Apr, 1952
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Innerspace
(1,464 Votes)
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Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experi...
Relase Date : 1 Jul, 1987
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
(849 Votes)
6.49
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV seriesâ...
Relase Date : 24 Jun, 1983
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Beethoven's 2nd
(1,085 Votes)
5.572
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his ca...
Relase Date : 14 Dec, 1993
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Pillow Talk
(333 Votes)
7.126
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior desig...
Relase Date : 7 Oct, 1959
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1967 Will Penny as Dr. Fraker
- 1967 In the Heat of the Night as Mayor Schubert
- 1958 Cry Terror! as Henderson, Bank Representative
- 1954 Shield for Murder as Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
- 1984 Teachers as Horn
- 1967 Hour of the Gun as Judge Herman Spicer
- 1957 The Incredible Shrinking Man as Doctor Arthur Bramson
- 1969 Sam Whiskey as Mr. Perkins
- 1993 Matinee as Dr. Grabow (uncredited)
- 1952 Hoodlum Empire as Inquiry Clerk
- 1954 Black Tuesday as Collins (uncredited)
- 1973 Charley Varrick as Bill Horton
- 1958 Torpedo Run as Captain of the Bluefin
- 1954 Riot in Cell Block 11 as Reporter
- 2007 Sweetzer as Barnaby
- 1977 Tail Gunner Joe as Gen. Zwicker
- 1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Professor Quigley
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron as Gold Bullion Guard
- 1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project as CIA Director Grauber
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion as Young Husband (uncredited)
- 1962 Lonely are the Brave as Harry
- 1978 The Stableboy's Christmas as The Innkeeper
- 1957 The Tarnished Angels as Ted Baker
- 1984 Gremlins as Father Bartlett (uncredited)
- 2009 Green Lantern: First Flight as Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
- 1997 To Dance with Olivia as Judge Shelton
- 1954 The High and the Mighty as Dispatcher
- 1956 Written on the Wind as Reporter
- 1952 Flat Top as Ens. Longfellow
- 1951 The Man from Planet X as Dr. Mears
- 1980 Hangar 18 as Professor Mills
- 1952 Captive Women as Carver, the Mutate traitor
- 1957 The Tattered Dress as Court Clerk
- 1974 Remember When as Dick Hodges
- 1956 The Lone Ranger as Clive - Secretary (uncredited)
- 1983 Grace Kelly as Father Tucker
- 1953 Port Sinister as Collins
- 1996 Harvey as Judge Gaffney
- 1950 Lonely Heart Bandits as Dave Clark
- 1986 Under the Influence as Cade
- 1957 Man on Fire as Charles (uncredited)
- 1955 Top of the World as Harding
- 1976 Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway as Harry
- 1978 Confessions of the D.A. Man
- 1983 Through Naked Eyes as Terry Parrish
- 1971 Escape as Senator Lewis Harrison
- 1951 Bannerline as Cass
- 1962 Paradise Alley as Jack Williams
- 1963 Philbert (Three's a Crowd) as Griff M.
- 1952 Paula as Reporter
- 1952 Singin' in the Rain as Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
- 1957 The Monolith Monsters as Weatherman
- 1976 Tunnel Vision as Francis X. Cody
- 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie as Father
- 1954 Gog as Engle
- 1997 The Second Civil War as Secretary of Defense
- 1979 Doomsday Chronicles as Host
- 1973 Hijack! as Frank Kleiner
- 1959 Day of the Outlaw
- 2004 Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen as Self
- 1952 Storm Over Tibet as Aylen
- 1955 Smoke Signal as Private Livingston
- 1991 Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love as Sheriff
- 1999 The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights as Martin Lane
- 1957 Man in the Shadow as Jim Shaney
- 1987 Innerspace as Dr. Greenbush
- 1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Judge Boone
- 1968 Speedway as Abel Esterlake
- 2014 Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self
- 1960 The Gallant Hours
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- 1954 Them! as Ambulance Attendant
- 1954 The Raid as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
- 1960 The Gallant Hours as Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
- 1951 The People Against O'Hara as Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
- 1959 The Beat Generation as Father Dinelli
- 1954 Tobor the Great as Johnston - a Reporter
- 1979 Ike as Gen. Mark Clark
- 1958 Some Came Running as Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)
- 1957 The Hired Man as Mr. Clay
- 2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self
- 1959 Pillow Talk as Hotel Clerk
- 1953 Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe as Ted Richards
- 1954 Down Three Dark Streets as Ben
- 1956 Gunslinger as Marshal Scott Hood
- 1953 The Jazz Singer as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1949 The Reckless Moment as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1987 The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy as Willem (voice)
- 1959 Blue Denim as George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)
- 1984 Amazons as Congressman Stanford Barstow
- 1979 The Jerk as Judge M.A. Loring
- 1975 Promise Him Anything as Silver
- 1956 Massacre at Sand Creek as Defense Attorney
- 1956 Raw Edge as Missionary
- 1988 Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis as Mr. Pomfritt
- 1975 The Strongest Man in the World as Prof. Quigley
- 1972 Man on a String as William Connaught
- 1990 The Incident as Wallace
- 1951 The Red Badge of Courage as Union Soldier (uncredited)
- 1979 Legends of the Super Heroes as Retired Man
- 1953 Sword of Venus as Valmont
- 1996 A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- 1947 Doctor Jim as George Brant
- 1991 House Party 2 as Dean Kramer
- 1991 Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story as Landrum Bolling
- 1993 Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's as Judge
- 1955 Hell's Horizon as Capt. Ben Morgan
- 1993 Beethoven's 2nd as Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)
- 1957 The Girl in the Kremlin as Jacob Stalin
- 1963 Shotgun Wedding as Preacher Parsons
- 1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl as Priest (uncredited)
- 1973 Partners in Crime as Oscar
- 1974 Death Sentence as Tanner
- 1955 Bobby Ware Is Missing as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1985 Gidget's Summer Reunion as Russ Lawrence
- 1956 Forbidden Area as TV Announcer
- 1957 Circle of the Day as Reporter
- 1972 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as Judge
- 1961 Alcatraz Express
- 1964 Archie as Fred Andrews
- 2008 Recount as Justice John Paul Stevens
- 1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas as Narrator (voice)
- 1951 M as Rorschach Test Subject (uncredited)
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 2 episodes ) as Olan Standley
- 2005 Medium ( 1 episode ) as J. Donald Kessinger
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as Sam Becker
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Bob
- 2000 Son of the Beach ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 16 episodes )
- 2005 How I Met Your Mother ( 1 episode ) as Brady
- 1966 Star Trek ( 1 episode ) as Nilz Baris
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as Snell
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Paul Ganz
- 2004 Desperate Housewives ( 2 episodes ) as Ken
- 1976 The Bionic Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Judge Elliot Franklin
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Shadow Play")
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 2 episodes ) as Defense Counsel Herbert
- 2005 My Name Is Earl ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Rudin
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Cresant
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Brian Cullen
- 1968 Land of the Giants ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Arno
- 1969 Room 222 ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 11 episodes ) as Carson Drew
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Judge Eugene Haller
- 1997 The Angry Beavers ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Eben Hakes
- 1976 All's Fair ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Graves
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Maj. Fisher
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Anton
- 2005 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ( 1 episode ) as David
- 2001 The Zeta Project ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Melrose Place ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Curtis
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Red Myers
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Janeway
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
- 1967 Ironside ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 The Waltons ( 4 episodes )
- 1958 Sea Hunt ( 1 episode )
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Mitchell Jennings
- 1957 Leave It to Beaver ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bloomgarden
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Gunderson
- 1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats ( 1 episode )
- 1961 87th Precinct ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Philip Marlowe ( 4 episodes )
- 1976 The Nancy Walker Show ( 1 episode ) as Teddy Futterman
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Rufus Kraus
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as The Salesman
- 1971 Funny Face ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 3 episodes )
- 1986 The New Gidget ( 44 episodes ) as Russ Lawrence
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Wayne Buford
- 1999 Family Law ( 1 episode ) as Manager
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Harry Foley
- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')
- 1958 Peter Gunn ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sam Carter
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Patty Duke Show ( 104 episodes ) as Martin Lane
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Doctor Sanders
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as David
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Prescott (uncredited)
- 1959 Black Saddle ( 1 episode ) as Chet Mallet
- 1969 The Debbie Reynolds Show ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Here Come the Brides ( 1 episode )
- 1971 The Man and the City ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 2 episodes )
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 7 episodes )
- 1955 Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe ( 12 episodes ) as Ted Richards
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Hotel Clerk
- 1959 Lock-Up ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Charles Ashbaugh
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Cole
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Harold Dunsmore
- 1966 The Rat Patrol ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Schneidermann
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The New Breed ( 1 episode ) as Gilbert Condon
- 1959 Wichita Town ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Whistler ( 1 episode )
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Yarbrough
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Johnny Ringo ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Ferris
- 1952 Death Valley Days ( 1 episode ) as Ellis Higby
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Inspector
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Barnes
- 1978 Grandpa Goes to Washington ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Roy Smith
- 1952 Mr. & Mrs. North ( 1 episode )
- 2010 The Deep End ( 1 episode ) as Hal Douglas
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 12 episodes ) as Harry Hopkins
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as Rev. Warmer
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode )
- 1985 North and South ( 2 episodes ) as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- 2008 True Blood ( 2 episodes ) as Maire Norris
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Lenny
- 1979 Legends of the Superheroes ( 2 episodes ) as Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Union Official
- 1960 Surfside 6 ( 1 episode ) as Marty Kemp
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Tom Scola
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Hill
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Carter
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Ed Crawford
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Kane
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Alben Peavy
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Grant
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jess
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Ezra Thorpe
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jake Spence
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Judge Ray Cordelius
- 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man ( 1 episode ) as Lorin Sandusky
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Ferguson
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Thompson
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tom Baird
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as John Scott
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tom
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Hall
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Airline Clerk
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Johnson
- 1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Pete
- 1962 Ensign O'Toole ( 1 episode ) as Douglas Harper
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Steve Alexander
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as James Hendricks
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Craig the Bartender
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Link Damon
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Craig Wilkie
- 2011 Bag of Bones ( 2 episodes ) as Max Devore
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Bradbury
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Len Dykes
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as George Winston
- 1959 Johnny Ringo ( 1 episode ) as Bogan
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 1 episode ) as Willis Roper
- 1987 A Year in the Life ( 1 episode ) as Larry
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Silas Grigsby
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Larry Hill
- 1958 Steve Canyon ( 1 episode ) as Major Karl Richmond
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 2 episodes ) as Frank Harper
- 1991 Dinosaurs ( 1 episode ) as Wesayso Scientist (voice)
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Leander Pomfritt
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 3 episodes ) as Mr. Leander Pomfritt
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Varani
- 2002 What's New, Scooby-Doo? ( 1 episode ) as Professor Pomfrit (voice)
- 2002 What's New, Scooby-Doo? ( 1 episode ) as Farmer P. / Neville Popenbacher (voice)
- 1991 The Torkelsons ( 20 episodes ) as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
- 1972 Banacek ( 1 episode ) as Leo Osburn
- 1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as The Ballad Singer
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Harrison Selby
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Ken Hamilton
- 1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ( 1 episode ) as Al
- 2008 True Blood ( 1 episode ) as Mayor Norris
- 1979 Blind Ambition ( 4 episodes ) as Herbert Kalmbach
- 1990 Dream On ( 4 episodes ) as Judith's Father
- 1960 Stagecoach West ( 1 episode ) as Aeneas Longbridge
- 1978 Little Women ( 2 episodes ) as Jonathan March
- 1989 Cross of Fire ( 2 episodes ) as Reverend
- 1994 The Good Life ( 1 episode ) as Judge Milligan
- 1989 Coach ( 2 episodes ) as Bert Wilkins
- 1952 Death Valley Days ( 1 episode ) as Dave Meiser
- 1999 Harvey ( 1 episode ) as Judge Gaffney
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Kirk
- 1961 Hazel ( 1 episode ) as Kemper
- 1996 Pacific Blue ( 1 episode ) as Walter
- 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett ( 1 episode ) as Lawyer
- 1962 Sam Benedict ( 1 episode ) as Neil Carlson
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Edward Garth
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Mark Worth
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Joe Lovering
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Miles Van Vander
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as Cavalry Corporal
- 2005 Close to Home ( 1 episode ) as Harold Jensen
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as Dean Russell Harmon
- 1972 Delphi Bureau ( 1 episode ) as Maury Stapleton
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Nilz Baris
- 1970 The Partridge Family ( 1 episode ) as Red Woodloe
- 1979 Ike ( 3 episodes ) as Gen. Mark Clark
- 1961 Gunslinger ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Gilmore
- 1984 The Duck Factory ( 1 episode ) as Skip's Father
- 1994 Rebel Highway ( 1 episode ) as Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
- 1965 Get Smart ( 4 episodes ) as Admiral Hargrade
- 1965 Get Smart ( 1 episode ) as Earl Kibbee
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Freels
- 1992 Fish Police ( 1 episode ) as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1960 Coronado 9 ( 1 episode ) as Alfred Bates
- 1966 CBS Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Meridian
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Fogarty
