Acting · Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Born July 6, 1922
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.
MovieHollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
MovieMonster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014
as Self
TVBag of Bones
2011
as Max Devore
TVThe Deep End
2010
as Hal Douglas
MovieGreen Lantern: First Flight
2009
as Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
TVTrue Blood
2008
as Maire Norris
MovieRecount
2008
as Justice John Paul Stevens
Sweetzer
2007
as Barnaby
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Dr. Rudin
TVClose to Home
2005
as Harold Jensen
TVHow I Met Your Mother
2005
as Brady
TVThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
as David
TVMedium
2005
as J. Donald Kessinger
TVDesperate Housewives
2004
as Ken
MovieEdgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
as Self
TVWhat's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as Professor Pomfrit (voice)
TVThe Zeta Project
2001
TVSon of the Beach
2000
TVFamily Law
1999
as Manager
Harvey
1999
as Judge Gaffney
MovieThe Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999
as Martin Lane
MovieThe Second Civil War
1997
as Secretary of Defense
TVThe Angry Beavers
1997
MovieTo Dance with Olivia
1997
as Judge Shelton
MovieHarvey
1996
as Judge Gaffney
TVPacific Blue
1996
as Walter
MovieA Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self
TVER
1994
as Mitchell Jennings
MovieShake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
as Judge Boone
TVRebel Highway
1994
as Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
TVThe Good Life
1994
as Judge Milligan
MovieBeethoven's 2nd
1993
as Steve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Al
MovieSex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
as Judge
MovieMatinee
1993
as Dr. Grabow (uncredited)
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Varani
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Dr. Curtis
TVFish Police
1992
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieHouse Party 2
1991
as Dean Kramer
TVThe Torkelsons
1991
as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
MovieMrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
as Sheriff
TVDinosaurs
1991
as Wesayso Scientist (voice)
MovieHeld Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
1991
as Landrum Bolling
TVDream On
1990
as Judith's Father
MovieThe Incident
1990
as Wallace
TVCross of Fire
1989
as Reverend
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Judge Eugene Haller
TVCoach
1989
as Bert Wilkins
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Ken Hamilton
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Harry Hopkins
MovieBring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
1988
as Mr. Pomfritt
MovieThe Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987
as Willem (voice)
TVA Year in the Life
1987
as Larry
MovieInnerspace
1987
as Dr. Greenbush
MovieUnder the Influence
1986
as Cade
TVThe New Gidget
1986
as Russ Lawrence
TVMatlock
1986
as Judge Elliot Franklin
TVNorth and South
1985
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Shadow Play")
MovieGidget's Summer Reunion
1985
as Russ Lawrence
MovieTeachers
1984
as Horn
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
MovieGremlins
1984
as Father Bartlett (uncredited)
TVThe Duck Factory
1984
as Skip's Father
MovieAmazons
1984
as Congressman Stanford Barstow
MovieThrough Naked Eyes
1983
as Terry Parrish
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Father
MovieGrace Kelly
1983
as Father Tucker
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Olan Standley
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVHotel
1982
TVSimon & Simon
1981
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Bob
MovieHangar 18
1980
as Professor Mills
MovieThe Jerk
1979
as Judge M.A. Loring
TVBlind Ambition
1979
as Herbert Kalmbach
MovieIke
1979
as Gen. Mark Clark
TVIke
1979
as Gen. Mark Clark
MovieLegends of the Super Heroes
1979
as Retired Man
TVLegends of the Superheroes
1979
as Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
MovieDoomsday Chronicles
1979
as Host
MovieThe Stableboy's Christmas
1978
as The Innkeeper
TVLittle Women
1978
as Jonathan March
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
MovieConfessions of the D.A. Man
1978
TVLou Grant
1977
as Larry Hill
TVCHiPs
1977
as Rev. Warmer
MovieTail Gunner Joe
1977
as Gen. Zwicker
TVThe Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
as Carson Drew
TVThe Nancy Walker Show
1976
as Teddy Futterman
MovieDawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
as Harry
TVAll's Fair
1976
MovieTunnel Vision
1976
as Francis X. Cody
TVThe Bionic Woman
1976
TVEllery Queen
1975
TVSwitch
1975
as Wayne Buford
MoviePromise Him Anything
1975
as Silver
MovieThe Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Prof. Quigley
MovieDeath Sentence
1974
as Tanner
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Snell
TVThe Manhunter
1974
MovieRemember When
1974
as Dick Hodges
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Lorin Sandusky
MovieHijack!
1973
as Frank Kleiner
MovieCharley Varrick
1973
as Bill Horton
MoviePartners in Crime
1973
as Oscar
TVPolice Story
1973
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Mr. Freels
TVKung Fu
1972
as Willis Roper
TVDelphi Bureau
1972
as Maury Stapleton
TVThe Waltons
1972
TVBanacek
1972
as Leo Osburn
MovieThe Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
MovieMan on a String
1972
as William Connaught
TVFunny Face
1971
The Man and the City
1971
MovieEscape
1971
as Senator Lewis Harrison
TVThe Partridge Family
1970
as Red Woodloe
MovieColossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as CIA Director Grauber
MovieThe Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Professor Quigley
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Brian Cullen
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
TVRoom 222
1969
MovieSam Whiskey
1969
as Mr. Perkins
TVHere Come the Brides
1968
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVLand of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Arno
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Defense Counsel Herbert
MovieSpeedway
1968
as Abel Esterlake
MovieWill Penny
1967
as Dr. Fraker
MovieHour of the Gun
1967
as Judge Herman Spicer
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Lawyer
MovieIn the Heat of the Night
1967
as Mayor Schubert
TVIronside
1967
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Mr. Meridian
TVPistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Dr. Harrison Selby
TVThe Rat Patrol
1966
as Dr. Schneidermann
TVStar Trek
1966
as Nilz Baris
TVThat Girl
1966
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Paul Ganz
TVGet Smart
1965
as Admiral Hargrade
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
as Rufus Kraus
TVBewitched
1964
as Dr. Anton
MovieArchie
1964
as Fred Andrews
TVThe Patty Duke Show
1963
as Martin Lane
MoviePhilbert (Three's a Crowd)
1963
as Griff M.
MovieShotgun Wedding
1963
as Preacher Parsons
TVCombat!
1962
as Maj. Fisher
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Mr. Cresant
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVEnsign O'Toole
1962
as Douglas Harper
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Harry Foley
TVSam Benedict
1962
as Neil Carlson
TVThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as The Ballad Singer
MovieLonely are the Brave
1962
as Harry
MovieParadise Alley
1962
as Jack Williams
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Gilbert Condon
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Mr. Kirk
TVHazel
1961
as Kemper
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Inspector
TV87th Precinct
1961
TVGunslinger
1961
as Lieutenant Gilmore
Alcatraz Express
1961
TVSurfside 6
1960
as Marty Kemp
TVStagecoach West
1960
as Aeneas Longbridge
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Sam Becker
TVThriller
1960
as Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')
TVCoronado 9
1960
as Alfred Bates
MovieThe Gallant Hours
1960
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Edward Garth
MoviePillow Talk
1959
as Hotel Clerk
TVPhilip Marlowe
1959
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Charles Ashbaugh
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Policeman
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Mr. Ferris
TVWichita Town
1959
TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
TVLock-Up
1959
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Lt. Barnes
MovieBlue Denim
1959
as George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)
MovieThe Beat Generation
1959
as Father Dinelli
MovieDay of the Outlaw
1959
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Doctor Sanders
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Chet Mallet
TVRawhide
1959
as The Salesman
MovieSome Came Running
1958
as Al (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)
MovieTorpedo Run
1958
as Captain of the Bluefin
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Dr. Harold Dunsmore
TVLawman
1958
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVThe Texan
1958
TVPeter Gunn
1958
TVSteve Canyon
1958
as Major Karl Richmond
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Hotel Clerk
MovieCry Terror!
1958
as Henderson, Bank Representative
TVSea Hunt
1958
MovieMan in the Shadow
1957
as Jim Shaney
MovieThe Monolith Monsters
1957
as Weatherman
MovieThe Tarnished Angels
1957
as Ted Baker
TVLeave It to Beaver
1957
as Mr. Bloomgarden
TVMaverick
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Graves
TVWagon Train
1957
as Miles Van Vander
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Cole
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThe Hired Man
1957
as Mr. Clay
MovieMan on Fire
1957
as Charles (uncredited)
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Johnny Prescott (uncredited)
MovieCircle of the Day
1957
as Reporter
MovieThe Girl in the Kremlin
1957
as Jacob Stalin
MovieThe Tattered Dress
1957
as Court Clerk
MovieThe Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
as Doctor Arthur Bramson
MovieMassacre at Sand Creek
1956
as Defense Attorney
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1956
as Young Husband (uncredited)
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Yarbrough
MovieWritten on the Wind
1956
as Reporter
Forbidden Area
1956
as TV Announcer
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
MovieGunslinger
1956
as Marshal Scott Hood
MovieRaw Edge
1956
as Missionary
MovieThe Lone Ranger
1956
as Clive - Secretary (uncredited)
MovieHell's Horizon
1955
as Capt. Ben Morgan
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieBobby Ware Is Missing
1955
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lt. Gunderson
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Eben Hakes
TVCommando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1955
as Ted Richards
MovieTop of the World
1955
as Harding
MovieSmoke Signal
1955
as Private Livingston
MovieBlack Tuesday
1954
as Collins (uncredited)
TVClimax!
1954
as David
TVLassie
1954
MovieDown Three Dark Streets
1954
as Ben
MovieTobor the Great
1954
as Johnston - a Reporter
MovieShield for Murder
1954
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker
MovieThe Raid
1954
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
TVThe Whistler
1954
MovieThe High and the Mighty
1954
as Dispatcher
MovieThem!
1954
as Ambulance Attendant
MovieGog
1954
as Engle
MovieCaptain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieRiot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Reporter
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Roy Smith
MoviePort Sinister
1953
as Collins
MovieSword of Venus
1953
as Valmont
MovieCommando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1953
as Ted Richards
MovieThe Jazz Singer
1953
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Red Myers
MovieFlat Top
1952
as Ens. Longfellow
MovieCaptive Women
1952
as Carver, the Mutate traitor
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Union Official
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Ellis Higby
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Airline Clerk
MovieStorm Over Tibet
1952
as Aylen
MoviePaula
1952
as Reporter
MovieHoodlum Empire
1952
as Inquiry Clerk
MovieSingin' in the Rain
1952
as Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
MovieRose of Cimarron
1952
as Gold Bullion Guard
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Janeway
MovieBannerline
1951
as Cass
MovieThe Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
MovieThe People Against O'Hara
1951
as Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
MovieThe Man from Planet X
1951
as Dr. Mears
TVThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Pete
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sam Carter
MovieLonely Heart Bandits
1950
as Dave Clark
MovieThe Reckless Moment
1949
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
MovieMighty Joe Young
1949
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Doctor Jim
1947
as George Brant
