Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1922-07-06
- Day of Death2016-05-08 (93 years)
- Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, U.S.
- Also Known Asویلیام شالرت
William Schallert
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2011
Bag of Bones
As: Max Devore
- 2010
The Deep End
As: Hal Douglas
- 2009
Green Lantern: First Flight
As: Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
- 2008
True Blood
As: Maire Norris
- 2008
True Blood
As: Mayor Norris
- 2005
My Name Is Earl
As: Dr. Rudin
- 2005
Close to Home
As: Harold Jensen
- 2005
How I Met Your Mother
As: Brady
2005The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
As: David
2005Medium
As: J. Donald Kessinger
2004Desperate Housewives
As: Ken
2002What's New, Scooby-Doo?
As: Professor Pomfrit (voice)
- 2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
As: Farmer P. / Neville Popenbacher (voice)
1999Family Law
As: Manager
1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
As: Martin Lane
1997The Second Civil War
As: Secretary of Defense
1997To Dance with Olivia
As: Judge Shelton
1996Harvey
As: Judge Gaffney
1996Pacific Blue
As: Walter
1994ER
As: Mitchell Jennings
1994Shake, Rattle and Rock!
As: Judge Boone
1994Rebel Highway
As: Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
1994The Good Life
As: Judge Milligan
- 1993
Beethoven's 2nd
As: Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
As: Al
1993Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
As: Judge
1993Matinee
As: Dr. Grabow (uncredited)
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
As: Varani
- 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
As: Nilz Baris
1992Melrose Place
As: Dr. Curtis
1991House Party 2
As: Dean Kramer
1991The Torkelsons
As: Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
1991Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
As: Sheriff
1991Dinosaurs
As: Wesayso Scientist (voice)
1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
As: Landrum Bolling
1990Dream On
As: Judith's Father
1990The Incident
As: Wallace
1989Cross of Fire
As: Reverend
1989Quantum Leap
As: Judge Eugene Haller
1989Coach
As: Bert Wilkins
1988Murphy Brown
As: Ken Hamilton
1988War and Remembrance
As: Harry Hopkins
1988Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
As: Mr. Pomfritt
1987The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
As: Willem (voice)
1987A Year in the Life
As: Larry
- 1987
Innerspace
As: Dr. Greenbush
1986Under the Influence
As: Cade
1986The New Gidget
As: Russ Lawrence
1986Matlock
As: Judge Elliot Franklin
1985North and South
As: Gen. Robert E. Lee
1985The Twilight Zone
As: (segment "Shadow Play")
1985Gidget's Summer Reunion
As: Russ Lawrence
1984Teachers
As: Horn
- 1984
Gremlins
As: Father Bartlett (uncredited)
1984The Duck Factory
As: Skip's Father
1984Amazons
As: Congressman Stanford Barstow
1983Through Naked Eyes
As: Terry Parrish
1983Twilight Zone: The Movie
As: Father
1983Grace Kelly
As: Father Tucker
1982St. Elsewhere
As: Olan Standley
1980Magnum, P.I.
As: Bob
1980Hangar 18
As: Professor Mills
1979The Jerk
As: Judge M.A. Loring
1979Blind Ambition
As: Herbert Kalmbach
1979Ike
As: Gen. Mark Clark
- 1979
Ike
As: Gen. Mark Clark
1979Legends of the Super Heroes
As: Retired Man
1979Legends of the Superheroes
As: Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
1979Doomsday Chronicles
As: Host
1978The Stableboy's Christmas
As: The Innkeeper
1978Little Women
As: Jonathan March
1977Lou Grant
As: Larry Hill
- 1977
Lou Grant
As: Mark Worth
1977CHiPs
As: Rev. Warmer
1977Tail Gunner Joe
As: Gen. Zwicker
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
As: Carson Drew
1976The Nancy Walker Show
As: Teddy Futterman
1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
As: Harry
1976Tunnel Vision
As: Francis X. Cody
1975Switch
As: Wayne Buford
1975Promise Him Anything
As: Silver
1975The Strongest Man in the World
As: Prof. Quigley
1974Death Sentence
As: Tanner
1974Little House on the Prairie
As: Snell
- 1974
Little House on the Prairie
As: Dean Russell Harmon
1974Remember When
As: Dick Hodges
1974The Six Million Dollar Man
As: Lorin Sandusky
1973Hijack!
As: Frank Kleiner
1973Charley Varrick
As: Bill Horton
1973Partners in Crime
As: Oscar
1972Kung Fu
As: Willis Roper
1972Delphi Bureau
As: Maury Stapleton
1972Banacek
As: Leo Osburn
1972Man on a String
As: William Connaught
1971Escape
As: Senator Lewis Harrison
1970The Partridge Family
As: Red Woodloe
1970Colossus: The Forbin Project
As: CIA Director Grauber
1969The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
As: Professor Quigley
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
As: Brian Cullen
1969Sam Whiskey
As: Mr. Perkins
1968Land of the Giants
As: Dr. Arno
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Defense Counsel Herbert
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Craig Wilkie
1968Speedway
As: Abel Esterlake
1967Will Penny
As: Dr. Fraker
1967Hour of the Gun
As: Judge Herman Spicer
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
As: Lawyer
- 1967
In the Heat of the Night
As: Mayor Schubert
1966Mission: Impossible
As: Dr. Harrison Selby
1966The Rat Patrol
As: Dr. Schneidermann
1966Star Trek
As: Nilz Baris
1965The F.B.I.
As: Paul Ganz
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Ed Crawford
1965Get Smart
As: Admiral Hargrade
- 1965
Get Smart
As: Earl Kibbee
1965The Wild Wild West
As: Rufus Kraus
- 1965
The Wild Wild West
As: Silas Grigsby
- 1965
The Wild Wild West
As: Frank Harper
1963The Patty Duke Show
As: Martin Lane
1963Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
As: Griff M.
1963Shotgun Wedding
As: Preacher Parsons
1962Combat!
As: Maj. Fisher
1962The Lucy Show
As: Mr. Cresant
1962Ensign O'Toole
As: Douglas Harper
1962The Virginian
As: Harry Foley
1962Sam Benedict
As: Neil Carlson
1962The Lloyd Bridges Show
As: The Ballad Singer
1962Lonely are the Brave
As: Harry
1962Paradise Alley
As: Jack Williams
1961The New Breed
As: Gilbert Condon
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show
As: Mr. Kirk
1961Hazel
As: Kemper
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Inspector
- 1961
Dr. Kildare
As: Tom Scola
1961Gunslinger
As: Lieutenant Gilmore
1960Surfside 6
As: Marty Kemp
1960Stagecoach West
As: Aeneas Longbridge
1960The Andy Griffith Show
As: Sam Becker
1960Thriller
As: Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')
1960The Gallant Hours
As: Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
1959The Untouchables
As: Edward Garth
1959Pillow Talk
As: Hotel Clerk
1959The Rebel
As: Charles Ashbaugh
1959The Twilight Zone
As: Policeman
1959Johnny Ringo
As: Mr. Ferris
- 1959
Johnny Ringo
As: Bogan
1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
As: Prof. Leander Pomfritt
- 1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
As: Mr. Leander Pomfritt
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Lt. Barnes
1959Blue Denim
As: George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)
1959The Beat Generation
As: Father Dinelli
1959One Step Beyond
As: Doctor Sanders
- 1959
One Step Beyond
As: Lenny
1959Black Saddle
As: Chet Mallet
1959Rawhide
As: The Salesman
- 1959
Rawhide
As: Lt. Hill
- 1959
Rawhide
As: Lieutenant Carter
1958Some Came Running
As: Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)
1958Torpedo Run
As: Captain of the Bluefin
195877 Sunset Strip
As: Steve Alexander
1958Bat Masterson
As: Dr. Harold Dunsmore
- 1958
Bat Masterson
As: George Winston
1958The Rifleman
As: Joe Lovering
1958Steve Canyon
As: Major Karl Richmond
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Hotel Clerk
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: James Hendricks
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Craig the Bartender
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Link Damon
1958Cry Terror!
As: Henderson, Bank Representative
1957Man in the Shadow
As: Jim Shaney
1957The Monolith Monsters
As: Weatherman
1957The Tarnished Angels
As: Ted Baker
1957Leave It to Beaver
As: Mr. Bloomgarden
1957Perry Mason
As: Graves
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Dr. Bradbury
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Len Dykes
1957Wagon Train
As: Miles Van Vander
1957Sugarfoot
As: Cole
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Cavalry Corporal
1957The Hired Man
As: Mr. Clay
1957Man on Fire
As: Charles (uncredited)
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective
As: Johnny Prescott (uncredited)
- 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
As: Charlie Kane
1957Circle of the Day
As: Reporter
1957The Girl in the Kremlin
As: Jacob Stalin
1957The Tattered Dress
As: Court Clerk
1957The Incredible Shrinking Man
As: Doctor Arthur Bramson
1956Massacre at Sand Creek
As: Defense Attorney
1956Friendly Persuasion
As: Young Husband (uncredited)
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Yarbrough
- 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Tom Baird
- 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: John Scott
- 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Tom
1956Written on the Wind
As: Reporter
1956Gunslinger
As: Marshal Scott Hood
1956Raw Edge
As: Missionary
1956The Lone Ranger
As: Clive - Secretary (uncredited)
1955Hell's Horizon
As: Capt. Ben Morgan
1955Bobby Ware Is Missing
As: Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Lt. Gunderson
1955Gunsmoke
As: Eben Hakes
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Alben Peavy
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Capt. Grant
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Jess
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Ezra Thorpe
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Jake Spence
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Judge Ray Cordelius
1955Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
As: Ted Richards
1955Top of the World
As: Harding
1955Smoke Signal
As: Private Livingston
1954Black Tuesday
As: Collins (uncredited)
1954Climax!
As: David
1954Down Three Dark Streets
As: Ben
1954Tobor the Great
As: Johnston - a Reporter
1954Shield for Murder
As: Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
1954The Raid
As: Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
1954The High and the Mighty
As: Dispatcher
1954Them!
As: Ambulance Attendant
1954Gog
As: Engle
1954Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
As: Priest (uncredited)
1954Riot in Cell Block 11
As: Reporter
1953Letter to Loretta
As: Roy Smith
1953Port Sinister
As: Collins
1953Sword of Venus
As: Valmont
1953Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
As: Ted Richards
1953The Jazz Singer
As: Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1953General Electric Theater
As: Red Myers
1952Flat Top
As: Ens. Longfellow
1952Captive Women
As: Carver, the Mutate traitor
1952The Ford Television Theatre
As: Union Official
1952Death Valley Days
As: Ellis Higby
- 1952
Death Valley Days
As: Dave Meiser
1952Storm Over Tibet
As: Aylen
1952Paula
As: Reporter
1952Hoodlum Empire
As: Inquiry Clerk
- 1952
Singin' in the Rain
As: Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
1952Rose of Cimarron
As: Gold Bullion Guard
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dr. Janeway
1951Bannerline
As: Cass
1951The Red Badge of Courage
As: Union Soldier (uncredited)
1951The People Against O'Hara
As: Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
1951The Man from Planet X
As: Dr. Mears
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
As: Pete
1950Lonely Heart Bandits
As: Dave Clark
1949The Reckless Moment
As: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1949Mighty Joe Young
As: Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)