William Schallert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 6, 1922
- Died
- May 8, 2016 (aged 93)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Credits
- 276
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
Gremlins
1984Movie
Father Bartlett (uncredited)
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Brady
Singin' in the Rain
1952Movie
Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
True Blood
2008TV
Maire Norris, Mayor Norris
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Ken
Star Trek
1966TV
Nilz Baris
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021Movie
Self
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014Movie
Self
Bag of Bones
2011TV
Max Devore
The Deep End
2010TV
Hal Douglas
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009Movie
Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
True Blood
2008TV
Maire Norris, Mayor Norris
Recount
2008Movie
Justice John Paul Stevens
Sweetzer
2007Movie
Barnaby
My Name Is Earl
2005TV
Dr. Rudin
Close to Home
2005TV
Harold Jensen
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Brady
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005TV
David
Medium
2005TV
J. Donald Kessinger
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Ken
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004Movie
Self
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002TV
Professor Pomfrit (voice), Farmer P. / Neville Popenbacher (voice)
The Zeta Project
2001TV
Son of the Beach
2000TV
Family Law
1999TV
Manager
Harvey
1999TV
Judge Gaffney
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999Movie
Martin Lane
The Second Civil War
1997Movie
Secretary of Defense
The Angry Beavers
1997TV
To Dance with Olivia
1997Movie
Judge Shelton
Harvey
1996Movie
Judge Gaffney
Pacific Blue
1996TV
Walter
A Century of Science Fiction
1996Movie
Self
ER
1994TV
Mitchell Jennings
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994Movie
Judge Boone
Rebel Highway
1994TV
Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
The Good Life
1994TV
Judge Milligan
Beethoven's 2nd
1993Movie
Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993TV
Al
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993Movie
Judge
Matinee
1993Movie
Dr. Grabow (uncredited)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993TV
Varani, Nilz Baris
Melrose Place
1992TV
Dr. Curtis
Fish Police
1992TV
Additional Voices (voice)
House Party 2
1991Movie
Dean Kramer
The Torkelsons
1991TV
Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991Movie
Sheriff
Dinosaurs
1991TV
Wesayso Scientist (voice)
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
1991Movie
Landrum Bolling
Dream On
1990TV
Judith's Father
The Incident
1990Movie
Wallace
Cross of Fire
1989TV
Reverend
Quantum Leap
1989TV
Judge Eugene Haller
Coach
1989TV
Bert Wilkins
Murphy Brown
1988TV
Ken Hamilton
War and Remembrance
1988TV
Harry Hopkins
Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
1988Movie
Mr. Pomfritt
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987Movie
Willem (voice)
A Year in the Life
1987TV
Larry
Innerspace
1987Movie
Dr. Greenbush
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986Movie
Narrator (voice)
Under the Influence
1986Movie
Cade
The New Gidget
1986TV
Russ Lawrence
Matlock
1986TV
Judge Elliot Franklin
North and South
1985TV
Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
(segment "Shadow Play")
Gidget's Summer Reunion
1985Movie
Russ Lawrence
Teachers
1984Movie
Horn
Highway to Heaven
1984TV
Gremlins
1984Movie
Father Bartlett (uncredited)
The Duck Factory
1984TV
Skip's Father
Amazons
1984Movie
Congressman Stanford Barstow
Through Naked Eyes
1983Movie
Terry Parrish
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983TV
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983Movie
Father
Grace Kelly
1983Movie
Father Tucker
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Olan Standley
Matt Houston
1982TV
Hotel
1982TV
Simon & Simon
1981TV
Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
Bob
Hangar 18
1980Movie
Professor Mills
The Jerk
1979Movie
Judge M.A. Loring
Blind Ambition
1979TV
Herbert Kalmbach
Ike
1979Movie
Gen. Mark Clark
Ike
1979TV
Gen. Mark Clark
Legends of the Super Heroes
1979Movie
Retired Man
Legends of the Superheroes
1979TV
Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
Doomsday Chronicles
1979Movie
Host
The Stableboy's Christmas
1978Movie
The Innkeeper
Little Women
1978TV
Jonathan March
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978TV
Confessions of the D.A. Man
1978Movie
Lou Grant
1977TV
Larry Hill, Mark Worth
CHiPs
1977TV
Rev. Warmer
Tail Gunner Joe
1977Movie
Gen. Zwicker
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977TV
Carson Drew
The Nancy Walker Show
1976TV
Teddy Futterman
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976Movie
Harry
All's Fair
1976TV
Tunnel Vision
1976Movie
Francis X. Cody
The Bionic Woman
1976TV
Ellery Queen
1975TV
Switch
1975TV
Wayne Buford
Promise Him Anything
1975Movie
Silver
The Strongest Man in the World
1975Movie
Prof. Quigley
Death Sentence
1974Movie
Tanner
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Snell, Dean Russell Harmon
The Manhunter
1974TV
Remember When
1974Movie
Dick Hodges
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974TV
Lorin Sandusky
Hijack!
1973Movie
Frank Kleiner
Charley Varrick
1973Movie
Bill Horton
Partners in Crime
1973Movie
Oscar
Police Story
1973TV
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Mr. Freels
Kung Fu
1972TV
Willis Roper
Delphi Bureau
1972TV
Maury Stapleton
The Waltons
1972TV
Banacek
1972TV
Leo Osburn
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972Movie
Judge
Man on a String
1972Movie
William Connaught
Funny Face
1971TV
The Man and the City
1971TV
Escape
1971Movie
Senator Lewis Harrison
The Partridge Family
1970TV
Red Woodloe
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970Movie
CIA Director Grauber
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969Movie
Professor Quigley
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Brian Cullen
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969TV
Room 222
1969TV
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Defense Counsel Herbert, Craig Wilkie
Sam Whiskey
1969Movie
Mr. Perkins
Here Come the Brides
1968TV
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Land of the Giants
1968TV
Dr. Arno
Speedway
1968Movie
Abel Esterlake
Will Penny
1967Movie
Dr. Fraker
Hour of the Gun
1967Movie
Judge Herman Spicer
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Lawyer
In the Heat of the Night
1967Movie
Mayor Schubert
Ironside
1967TV
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Mr. Meridian
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966TV
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Dr. Harrison Selby
The Rat Patrol
1966TV
Dr. Schneidermann
Star Trek
1966TV
Nilz Baris
That Girl
1966TV
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Paul Ganz, Ed Crawford
Get Smart
1965TV
Admiral Hargrade, Earl Kibbee
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Rufus Kraus, Silas Grigsby, Frank Harper
Bewitched
1964TV
Dr. Anton
Archie
1964Movie
Fred Andrews
The Patty Duke Show
1963TV
Martin Lane
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
1963Movie
Griff M.
Shotgun Wedding
1963Movie
Preacher Parsons
Combat!
1962TV
Maj. Fisher
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Mr. Cresant
Stoney Burke
1962TV
Ensign O'Toole
1962TV
Douglas Harper
The Virginian
1962TV
Harry Foley
Sam Benedict
1962TV
Neil Carlson
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962TV
The Ballad Singer
Lonely are the Brave
1962Movie
Harry
Paradise Alley
1962Movie
Jack Williams
The New Breed
1961TV
Gilbert Condon
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961TV
Mr. Kirk
Hazel
1961TV
Kemper
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Inspector, Tom Scola
87th Precinct
1961TV
Gunslinger
1961TV
Lieutenant Gilmore
Alcatraz Express
1961Movie
Surfside 6
1960TV
Marty Kemp
Stagecoach West
1960TV
Aeneas Longbridge
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
Sam Becker
Thriller
1960TV
Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')
Coronado 9
1960TV
Alfred Bates
The Gallant Hours
1960Movie
Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
The Untouchables
1959TV
Edward Garth
Pillow Talk
1959Movie
Hotel Clerk
Philip Marlowe
1959TV
The Rebel
1959TV
Charles Ashbaugh
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Policeman
Johnny Ringo
1959TV
Mr. Ferris, Bogan
Wichita Town
1959TV
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959TV
Prof. Leander Pomfritt, Mr. Leander Pomfritt
Lock-Up
1959TV
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Lt. Barnes
Blue Denim
1959Movie
George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)
The Beat Generation
1959Movie
Father Dinelli
Day of the Outlaw
1959Movie
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Doctor Sanders, Lenny
Black Saddle
1959TV
Chet Mallet
Rawhide
1959TV
The Salesman, Lt. Hill, Lieutenant Carter
Some Came Running
1958Movie
Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)
Torpedo Run
1958Movie
Captain of the Bluefin
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Steve Alexander
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Dr. Harold Dunsmore, George Winston
Lawman
1958TV
The Rifleman
1958TV
Joe Lovering, Fogarty
The Texan
1958TV
Peter Gunn
1958TV
Steve Canyon
1958TV
Major Karl Richmond
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Hotel Clerk, James Hendricks, Craig the Bartender, Link Damon
Cry Terror!
1958Movie
Henderson, Bank Representative
Sea Hunt
1958TV
Man in the Shadow
1957Movie
Jim Shaney
The Monolith Monsters
1957Movie
Weatherman
The Tarnished Angels
1957Movie
Ted Baker
Leave It to Beaver
1957TV
Mr. Bloomgarden
Maverick
1957TV
Perry Mason
1957TV
Graves, Dr. Bradbury, Len Dykes
Wagon Train
1957TV
Miles Van Vander
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Cole
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Cavalry Corporal
The Hired Man
1957Movie
Mr. Clay
Man on Fire
1957Movie
Charles (uncredited)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Johnny Prescott (uncredited), Charlie Kane
Circle of the Day
1957Movie
Reporter
The Girl in the Kremlin
1957Movie
Jacob Stalin
The Tattered Dress
1957Movie
Court Clerk
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957Movie
Doctor Arthur Bramson
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956Movie
Defense Attorney
Friendly Persuasion
1956Movie
Young Husband (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Yarbrough, Tom Baird, John Scott, Tom
Written on the Wind
1956Movie
Reporter
Forbidden Area
1956Movie
TV Announcer
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
Gunslinger
1956Movie
Marshal Scott Hood
Raw Edge
1956Movie
Missionary
The Lone Ranger
1956Movie
Clive - Secretary (uncredited)
Hell's Horizon
1955Movie
Capt. Ben Morgan
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955Movie
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Lt. Gunderson
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Eben Hakes, Alben Peavy, Capt. Grant, Jess, Ezra Thorpe, Jake Spence, Judge Ray Cordelius
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1955TV
Ted Richards
Top of the World
1955Movie
Harding
Smoke Signal
1955Movie
Private Livingston
Black Tuesday
1954Movie
Collins (uncredited)
Climax!
1954TV
David
Lassie
1954TV
Down Three Dark Streets
1954Movie
Ben
Tobor the Great
1954Movie
Johnston - a Reporter
Shield for Murder
1954Movie
Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
The Raid
1954Movie
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
The Whistler
1954TV
The High and the Mighty
1954Movie
Dispatcher
Them!
1954Movie
Ambulance Attendant
Gog
1954Movie
Engle
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954Movie
Priest (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954Movie
Reporter
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Roy Smith
Port Sinister
1953Movie
Collins
Sword of Venus
1953Movie
Valmont
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1953Movie
Ted Richards
The Jazz Singer
1953Movie
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Red Myers
Flat Top
1952Movie
Ens. Longfellow
Captive Women
1952Movie
Carver, the Mutate traitor
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Union Official
Death Valley Days
1952TV
Ellis Higby, Dave Meiser
Four Star Playhouse
1952TV
Airline Clerk, Johnson
Storm Over Tibet
1952Movie
Aylen
Paula
1952Movie
Reporter
Hoodlum Empire
1952Movie
Inquiry Clerk
Singin' in the Rain
1952Movie
Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
1952Movie
Gold Bullion Guard
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Dr. Janeway
Bannerline
1951Movie
Cass
The Red Badge of Courage
1951Movie
Union Soldier (uncredited)
The People Against O'Hara
1951Movie
Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
The Man from Planet X
1951Movie
Dr. Mears
M
1951Movie
Rorschach Test Subject (uncredited)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950TV
Pete
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Sam Carter, Ferguson, Thompson, Hall
Lonely Heart Bandits
1950Movie
Dave Clark
The Reckless Moment
1949Movie
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949Movie
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Doctor Jim
1947Movie
George Brant