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Personal Info

Birth date

1922-07-06 (102 Years)

Day of death

2016-05-08

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Also known as

ویلیام شالرت

William Schallert

Biography

William Joseph Schallert (Height 6 feet 1 inch [1.85 meters]) 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.

Filmography

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Matinee Theater

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Overview:

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
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The Andy Griffith Show

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Overview:

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

Acting

2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self

2014Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self

2011Bag of Bones (2 Episodes) as Max Devore

2010The Deep End (1 Episode) as Unknown

2009Green Lantern: First Flight as Appa Ali Apsa (voice)

2008True Blood (2, 1 Episode) as Maire Norris, Mayor Norris

2007Sweetzer as Barnaby

2005My Name Is Earl (1 Episode) as Dr. Rudin

2005How I Met Your Mother (1 Episode) as Brady

2005The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (1 Episode) as David

2005Medium (1 Episode) as J. Donald Kessinger

2004Desperate Housewives (2 Episodes) as Ken

2004Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off as Self

2002What's New, Scooby-Doo? (1, 1 Episode) as Professor Pomfrit (voice), Farmer P. / Neville Popenbacher (voice)

2001The Zeta Project (1 Episode) as Unknown

2000Son of the Beach (1 Episode) as Unknown

1999Family Law (1 Episode) as Manager

1999Harvey (1 Episode) as Judge Gaffney

1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights as Martin Lane

1997The Second Civil War as Secretary of Defense

1997The Angry Beavers (1 Episode) as Unknown

1997To Dance with Olivia as Judge Shelton

1996Harvey as Judge Gaffney

1996Pacific Blue (1 Episode) as Walter

1996A Century of Science Fiction as Self

1994ER (1 Episode) as Mitchell Jennings

1994Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Judge Boone

1994Rebel Highway (10 Episodes) as Judge Boon

1994The Good Life (1 Episode) as Judge Milligan

1993Beethoven's 2nd as Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)

1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 Episode) as Al

1993Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's as Judge

1993Matinee as Dr. Grabow, DDS

1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 Episode) as Varani

1992Melrose Place (1 Episode) as Dr. Curtis

1991House Party 2 as Dean Kramer

1991The Torkelsons (20 Episodes) as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges

1991Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love as Sheriff

1991Dinosaurs (1 Episode) as Wesayso Scientist (voice)

1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story as Landrum Bolling

1990Dream On (4 Episodes) as Judith's Father

1990The Incident as Wallace

1989Cross of Fire (2 Episodes) as Reverend

1989Quantum Leap (1 Episode) as Judge Eugene Haller

1989Coach (2 Episodes) as Bert Wilkins

1988Murphy Brown (1 Episode) as Ken Hamilton

1988War and Remembrance (12 Episodes) 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 (1 Episode) as Larry

1987Innerspace as Dr. Greenbush

1986Under the Influence as Cade

1986The New Gidget (44 Episodes) as Russ Lawrence

1986Matlock (1 Episode) as Unknown

1985North and South (2 Episodes) as Gen. Robert E. Lee

1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "Shadow Play")

1985Gidget's Summer Reunion as Russ Lawrence

1984Teachers as Horn

1984Highway to Heaven (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1984Gremlins as Father Bartlett (uncredited)

1984Amazons as Congressman Stanford Barstow

1983Through Naked Eyes as Terry Parrish

1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Unknown

1983Twilight Zone: The Movie as Father

1983Grace Kelly as Father Tucker

1982St. Elsewhere (1 Episode) as Unknown

1982Matt Houston (1 Episode) as Unknown

1982Hotel (1 Episode) as Unknown

1981Simon & Simon (1 Episode) as Unknown

1980Magnum, P.I. (1 Episode) as Bob

1980Hangar 18 as Professor Mills

1979The Jerk as Judge M.A. Loring

1979Blind Ambition (4 Episodes) as Herbert Kalmbach

1979Ike as Gen. Mark Clark

1979Legends of the Super Heroes as Retired Man

1979Legends of the Superheroes (2 Episodes) as Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone

1979Doomsday Chronicles as Host

1978The Stableboy's Christmas as The Innkeeper

1978Little Women (2 Episodes) as Jonathan March

1978Grandpa Goes to Washington (1 Episode) as Unknown

1978Confessions of the D.A. Man as Unknown

1977Lou Grant (1, 1 Episode) as Larry Hill, Mark Worth

1977CHiPs (1 Episode) as Rev. Warmer

1977Tail Gunner Joe as Gen. Zwicker

1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (11 Episodes) as Carson Drew

1976The Nancy Walker Show (1 Episode) as Teddy Futterman

1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway as Harry

1976All's Fair (1 Episode) as Unknown

1976Tunnel Vision as Francis X. Cody

1976The Bionic Woman (1 Episode) as Unknown

1975Ellery Queen (1 Episode) as Unknown

1975Switch (1 Episode) 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 (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1974The Manhunter (1 Episode) as Unknown

1974Remember When as Dick Hodges

1974The Six Million Dollar Man (1 Episode) as Lorin Sandusky

1973Hijack! as Frank Kleiner

1973Charley Varrick as Bill Horton

1973Partners in Crime as Oscar

1973Police Story (1 Episode) as Unknown

1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Willis Roper

1972The Waltons (4 Episodes) as Unknown

1972Banacek (1 Episode) as Leo Osburn

1972Man On A String as William Connaught

1971Funny Face (1 Episode) as Unknown

1971The Man and the City (1 Episode) as Unknown

1971Escape as Senator Lewis Harrison

1970Colossus: The Forbin Project as CIA Director Grauber

1969The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Professor Quigley

1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 Episode) as Brian Cullen

1969The Debbie Reynolds Show (1 Episode) as Unknown

1969Room 222 (1 Episode) as Unknown

1969Sam Whiskey as Mr. Perkins

1968Here Come the Brides (1 Episode) as Unknown

1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown

1968Land of the Giants (1 Episode) as Dr. Arno

1968Hawaii Five-O (2, 1 Episode) as Defense Counsel Herbert, Craig Wilkie

1968Speedway as Abel Esterlake

1967Will Penny as Dr. Fraker

1967Hour of the Gun as Judge Herman Spicer

1967Judd for the Defense (1 Episode) as Unknown

1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 Episode) as Lawyer

1967In the Heat of the Night as Mayor Schubert

1967Ironside (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1966CBS Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown

1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1 Episode) as Unknown

1966Mission: Impossible (1 Episode) as Dr. Harrison Selby

1966The Rat Patrol (1 Episode) as Dr. Schneidermann

1966Star Trek (1 Episode) as Nilz Baris

1966That Girl (1 Episode) as Unknown

1965The F.B.I. (1, 1 Episode) as Paul Ganz, Ed Crawford

1965Get Smart (1 Episode) as Unknown

1965The Wild Wild West (1, 1, 2 Episode) as Rufus Kraus, Silas Grigsby, Frank Harper

1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Unknown

1963The Patty Duke Show (104 Episodes) as Martin Lane

1963Philbert (Three's a Crowd) as Griff M.

1963Shotgun Wedding as Preacher Parsons

1962Combat! (1 Episode) as Maj. Fisher

1962The Lucy Show (2 Episodes) as Mr. Cresant

1962Stoney Burke (1 Episode) as Unknown

1962Ensign O'Toole (1 Episode) as Douglas Harper

1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Harry Foley

1962Sam Benedict (1 Episode) as Neil Carlson

1962The Lloyd Bridges Show (1 Episode) as The Ballad Singer

1962Lonely are the Brave as Harry

1962Paradise Alley as Jack Williams

1961The New Breed (1 Episode) as Gilbert Condon

1961The Dick Van Dyke Show (1 Episode) as Mr. Kirk

1961Hazel (1 Episode) as Kemper

1961Dr. Kildare (1, 1 Episode) as Inspector, Tom Scola

196187th Precinct (1 Episode) as Unknown

1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Marty Kemp

1960Stagecoach West (1 Episode) as Aeneas Longbridge

1960The Andy Griffith Show (1 Episode) as Sam Becker

1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')

1960Coronado 9 (1 Episode) as Unknown

1960The Gallant Hours as Unknown, Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.

1959The Untouchables (1 Episode) as Edward Garth

1959Pillow Talk as Hotel Clerk

1959Philip Marlowe (4 Episodes) as Unknown

1959The Rebel (1 Episode) as Charles Ashbaugh

1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Policeman

1959Johnny Ringo (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Ferris, Bogan

1959Wichita Town (1 Episode) as Unknown

1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (18, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Prof. Leander Pomfritt, Mr. Leander Pomfritt

1959Lock-Up (1 Episode) as Unknown

1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 Episode) as Lt. Barnes

1959Blue Denim as George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)

1959The Beat Generation as Father Dinelli

1959Day of the Outlaw as Unknown

1959One Step Beyond (1, 1 Episode) as Doctor Sanders, Lenny

1959Black Saddle (1 Episode) as Chet Mallet

1959Rawhide (1, 1, 1 Episode) as The Salesman, Lt. Hill, Lieutenant Carter

1958Some Came Running as Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)

1958Torpedo Run as Captain of the Bluefin

195877 Sunset Strip (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Steve Alexander

1958Bat Masterson (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Harold Dunsmore, George Winston

1958Lawman (1 Episode) as Unknown

1958The Rifleman (2, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Joe Lovering

1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Unknown

1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown

1958Steve Canyon (1 Episode) as Major Karl Richmond

1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Hotel Clerk, James Hendricks, Craig the Bartender, Link Damon

1958Cry Terror! as Henderson, Bank Representative

1958Sea Hunt (1 Episode) as Unknown

1957Man in the Shadow as Jim Shaney

1957The Monolith Monsters as Weatherman

1957The Tarnished Angels as Ted Baker

1957Leave It to Beaver (1 Episode) as Mr. Bloomgarden

1957Maverick (1 Episode) as Unknown

1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Graves, Dr. Bradbury, Len Dykes

1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Miles Van Vander

1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Cole

1957Have Gun, Will Travel (3, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Cavalry Corporal

1957The Hired Man as Mr. Clay

1957Man on Fire as Charles (uncredited)

1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1, 1 Episode) as Johnny Prescott (uncredited), Charlie Kane

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 (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Yarbrough, Tom Baird, John Scott, Tom

1956Written on the Wind as Reporter

1956Forbidden Area as TV Announcer

1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (7 Episodes) as Unknown

1956Gunslinger as Marshal Scott Hood

1956Raw Edge as Missionary

1956The Lone Ranger as Clive - Secretary (uncredited)

1955Hell's Horizon as Capt. Ben Morgan

1955Matinee Theater (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1955Bobby Ware Is Missing as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Lt. Gunderson

1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Eben Hakes, Alben Peavy, Capt. Grant, Jess, Ezra Thorpe, Jake Spence, Judge Ray Cordelius

1955Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (12 Episodes) as Ted Richards

1955Top of the World as Harding

1955Smoke Signal as Private Livingston

1954Black Tuesday as Collins (uncredited)

1954Climax! (1 Episode) as David

1954Lassie (1 Episode) as Unknown

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 Whistler (1 Episode) as Unknown

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 (1 Episode) 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 (1 Episode) as Red Myers

1952Flat Top as Ens. Longfellow

1952Captive Women as Carver, the Mutate traitor

1952Mr. & Mrs. North (1 Episode) as Unknown

1952The Ford Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Union Official

1952Death Valley Days (1, 1 Episode) as Ellis Higby, Dave Meiser

1952Four Star Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Airline Clerk, Johnson

1952Storm Over Tibet as Aylen

1952Paula as Reporter

1952Hoodlum Empire as Inquiry Clerk

1952Singin' in the Rain as Messenger on Screen (uncredited)

1952Rose of Cimarron as Gold Bullion Guard

1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) 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 (1 Episode) as Pete

1950Lux Video Theatre (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sam Carter, Ferguson, Thompson, Hall

1950Lonely Heart Bandits as Dave Clark

1949The Reckless Moment as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1949Mighty Joe Young as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1947Doctor Jim as George Brant