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