William Schallert
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.
272 acting credits
Acting · 272
Desperate Housewives
2004
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Medium
2005
ER
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Star Trek
1966
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Melrose Place
1992
Bewitched
1964
True Blood
2008
Ironside
1967
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Lassie
1954
The Rifleman
1958
Mission: Impossible
1966
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Wagon Train
1957
Maverick
1957
Quantum Leap
1989
St. Elsewhere
1982
Get Smart
1965
The Waltons
1972
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Dr. Kildare
1961
Hotel
1982
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
My Name Is Earl
2005
Climax!
1954
Coach
1989
Combat!
1962
The F.B.I.
1965
Simon & Simon
1981
Dinosaurs
1991
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Close to Home
2005
The Untouchables
1959
Pacific Blue
1996
The Wild Wild West
1965
Highway to Heaven
1984
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Lawman
1958
Rawhide
1959
The Lucy Show
1962
Barnaby Jones
1973
Matinee Theater
1955
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Thriller
1960
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
CHiPs
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Murphy Brown
1988
That Girl
1966
Family Law
1999
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Bat Masterson
1958
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
North and South
1985
Sea Hunt
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Matt Houston
1982
Hazel
1961
Peter Gunn
1958
One Step Beyond
1959
Surfside 6
1960
Switch
1975
Sugarfoot
1957
The Angry Beavers
1997
The Texan
1958
Land of the Giants
1968
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Room 222
1969
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Rebel
1959
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Mod Squad
1968
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Black Saddle
1959
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Police Story
1973
The Partridge Family
1970
Dream On
1990
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Ellery Queen
1975
Banacek
1972
Lock-Up
1959
Son of the Beach
2000
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Johnny Ringo
1959
The Patty Duke Show
1963
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
87th Precinct
1961
The Torkelsons
1991
Stagecoach West
1960
The Zeta Project
2001
Sam Benedict
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
CBS Playhouse
1966
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The New Breed
1961
Rebel Highway
1994
The Rat Patrol
1966
Ensign O'Toole
1962
Gremlins
1984
Singin' in the Rain
1952
War and Remembrance
1988
The Whistler
1954
The Manhunter
1974
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Steve Canyon
1958
Here Come the Brides
1968
Letter to Loretta
1953
Coronado 9
1960
The New Gidget
1986
The Duck Factory
1984
The Deep End
2010
A Year in the Life
1987
Philip Marlowe
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Wichita Town
1959
Innerspace
1987
Gunslinger
1961
The Good Life
1994
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Death Valley Days
1952
Bag of Bones
2011
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Fish Police
1992
General Electric Theater
1953
The Jerk
1979
Them!
1954
Blind Ambition
1979
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
All's Fair
1976
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Pillow Talk
1959
Delphi Bureau
1972
Ike
1979
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Cross of Fire
1989
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
Little Women
1978
The High and the Mighty
1954
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
The Man and the City
1971
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Charley Varrick
1973
Funny Face
1971
Legends of the Superheroes
1979
Will Penny
1967
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Matinee
1993
Written on the Wind
1956
Teachers
1984
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1955
House Party 2
1991
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Death Sentence
1974
Hour of the Gun
1967
The Second Civil War
1997
Harvey
1999
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Kung Fu
1972
Ike
1979
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Black Tuesday
1954
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
Sam Whiskey
1969
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Some Came Running
1958
The Lone Ranger
1956
Speedway
1968
Cry Terror!
1958
Under the Influence
1986
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
Day of the Outlaw
1959
The Tattered Dress
1957
The Reckless Moment
1949
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Raw Edge
1956
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Gog
1954
Hangar 18
1980
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
Man in the Shadow
1957
The Monolith Monsters
1957
Smoke Signal
1955
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
Tunnel Vision
1976
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
Tobor the Great
1954
Grace Kelly
1983
To Dance with Olivia
1997
Torpedo Run
1958
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
Shotgun Wedding
1963
The People Against O'Hara
1951
The Gallant Hours
1960
Paula
1952
Gidget's Summer Reunion
1985
The Raid
1954
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987
Man on Fire
1957
Gunslinger
1956
The Beat Generation
1959
Sweetzer
2007
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
1991
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
Forbidden Area
1956
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
1953
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Escape
1971
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
Legends of the Super Heroes
1979
Bannerline
1951
Harvey
1996
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
The Man from Planet X
1951
Amazons
1984
Hijack!
1973
Shield for Murder
1954
Top of the World
1955
Rose of Cimarron
1952
The Incident
1990
Partners in Crime
1973
Through Naked Eyes
1983
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014
Confessions of the D.A. Man
1978
Paradise Alley
1962
The Girl in the Kremlin
1957
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
Blue Denim
1959
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999
Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
1988
Promise Him Anything
1975
Lonely Heart Bandits
1950
Sword of Venus
1953
Flat Top
1952
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956
Captive Women
1952
Doctor Jim
1947
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954
Man on a String
1972
Remember When
1974
Port Sinister
1953
The Jazz Singer
1953
The Stableboy's Christmas
1978
The Hired Man
1957
Storm Over Tibet
1952
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
1963
Alcatraz Express
1961
Hell's Horizon
1955
Circle of the Day
1957
Doomsday Chronicles
1979