William Schallert
Acting
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.
Born: July 6, 1922
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Banacek
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Family Law
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
How I Met Your Mother
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
Singin' in the Rain
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Star Trek
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Little House on the Prairie
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Filmography
as Max Devore
as Hal Douglas
as Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
as Maire Norris
as Mayor Norris
as Dr. Rudin
as Harold Jensen
as Brady
as David
as J. Donald Kessinger
as Ken
as Professor Pomfrit (voice)
as Farmer P. / Neville Popenbacher (voice)
as Manager
as Martin Lane
as Secretary of Defense
as Judge Shelton
as Judge Gaffney
as Walter
as Self
as Mitchell Jennings
as Judge Boone
as Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
as Judge Milligan
as Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)
as Dr. Grabow (uncredited)
as Varani
as Nilz Baris
as Dr. Curtis
as Dean Kramer
as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
as Sheriff
as Wesayso Scientist (voice)
as Landrum Bolling
as Judith's Father
as Wallace
as Reverend
as Judge Eugene Haller
as Bert Wilkins
as Ken Hamilton
as Harry Hopkins
as Mr. Pomfritt
as Willem (voice)
as Larry
as Dr. Greenbush
as Cade
as Russ Lawrence
as Judge Elliot Franklin
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
as (segment "Shadow Play")
as Russ Lawrence
as Horn
as Father Bartlett (uncredited)
as Skip's Father
as Congressman Stanford Barstow
as Terry Parrish
as Father
as Father Tucker
as Olan Standley
as Bob
as Professor Mills
as Judge M.A. Loring
as Herbert Kalmbach
as Gen. Mark Clark
as Gen. Mark Clark
as Retired Man
as Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
as Host
as The Innkeeper
as Jonathan March
as Larry Hill
as Mark Worth
as Rev. Warmer
as Gen. Zwicker
as Carson Drew
as Teddy Futterman
as Francis X. Cody
as Wayne Buford
as Silver
as Prof. Quigley
as Tanner
as Snell
as Dean Russell Harmon
as Dick Hodges
as Lorin Sandusky
as Frank Kleiner
as Bill Horton
as Oscar
as Willis Roper
as Maury Stapleton
as Leo Osburn
as William Connaught
as Senator Lewis Harrison
as Red Woodloe
as CIA Director Grauber
as Professor Quigley
as Brian Cullen
as Mr. Perkins
as Dr. Arno
as Defense Counsel Herbert
as Craig Wilkie
as Abel Esterlake
as Dr. Fraker
as Judge Herman Spicer
as Lawyer
as Mayor Schubert
as Dr. Harrison Selby
as Dr. Schneidermann
as Nilz Baris
as Paul Ganz
as Ed Crawford
as Admiral Hargrade
as Earl Kibbee
as Rufus Kraus
as Silas Grigsby
as Frank Harper
as Martin Lane
as Griff M.
as Preacher Parsons
as Maj. Fisher
as Mr. Cresant
as Douglas Harper
as Harry Foley
as Neil Carlson
as The Ballad Singer
as Harry
as Jack Williams
as Mr. Kirk
as Gilbert Condon
as Kemper
as Inspector
as Tom Scola
as Lieutenant Gilmore
as Marty Kemp
as Aeneas Longbridge
as Sam Becker
as Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')
as Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
as Edward Garth
as Hotel Clerk
as Charles Ashbaugh
as Policeman
as Mr. Ferris
as Bogan
as Prof. Leander Pomfritt
as Mr. Leander Pomfritt
as Lt. Barnes
as George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)
as Father Dinelli
as Doctor Sanders
as Lenny
as Chet Mallet
as The Salesman
as Lt. Hill
as Lieutenant Carter
as Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)
as Captain of the Bluefin
as Steve Alexander
as Dr. Harold Dunsmore
as George Winston
as Joe Lovering
as Major Karl Richmond
as Hotel Clerk
as James Hendricks
as Craig the Bartender
as Link Damon
as Henderson, Bank Representative
as Jim Shaney
as Weatherman
as Ted Baker
as Mr. Bloomgarden
as Graves
as Dr. Bradbury
as Len Dykes
as Miles Van Vander
as Cole
as Cavalry Corporal
as Mr. Clay
as Charles (uncredited)
as Johnny Prescott (uncredited)
as Charlie Kane
as Reporter
as Jacob Stalin
as Court Clerk
as Doctor Arthur Bramson
as Defense Attorney
as Young Husband (uncredited)
as Yarbrough
as Tom Baird
as John Scott
as TV Announcer
as Reporter
as Marshal Scott Hood
as Missionary
as Clive - Secretary (uncredited)
as Capt. Ben Morgan
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
as Lt. Gunderson
as Eben Hakes
as Alben Peavy
as Capt. Grant
as Jess
as Ezra Thorpe
as Jake Spence
as Judge Ray Cordelius
as Ted Richards
as Harding
as Private Livingston
as Collins (uncredited)
as David
as Ben
as Johnston - a Reporter
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
as Dispatcher
as Ambulance Attendant
as Engle
as Priest (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Roy Smith
as Collins
as Valmont
as Ted Richards
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
as Red Myers
as Ens. Longfellow
as Carver, the Mutate traitor
as Union Official
as Ellis Higby
as Dave Meiser
as Aylen
as Reporter
as Inquiry Clerk
as Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
as Gold Bullion Guard
as Dr. Janeway
as Cass
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
as Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
as Dr. Mears
as Dave Clark
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)