
Actor
Born July 6, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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.

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

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

Bag of Bones
Max Devore

The Deep End
Hal Douglas

Green Lantern: First Flight
Appa Ali Apsa (voice)

True Blood
Maire Norris

Recount
Justice John Paul Stevens

My Name Is Earl
Dr. Rudin

Close to Home
Harold Jensen

How I Met Your Mother
Brady

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
David

Medium
J. Donald Kessinger

Desperate Housewives
Ken

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Professor Pomfrit (voice)

The Zeta Project

Son of the Beach

Family Law
Manager

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

The Second Civil War
Secretary of Defense

The Angry Beavers

To Dance with Olivia
Judge Shelton

Harvey
Judge Gaffney

Pacific Blue
Walter

A Century of Science Fiction
Self

ER
Mitchell Jennings

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Judge Boone

Rebel Highway
Judge Patrick Eugene Boone

The Good Life
Judge Milligan

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

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Al

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
Judge

Matinee
Dr. Grabow (uncredited)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Varani

Melrose Place
Dr. Curtis

Fish Police
Additional Voices (voice)

House Party 2
Dean Kramer

The Torkelsons
Wesley "Boarder" Hodges

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Sheriff

Dinosaurs
Wesayso Scientist (voice)

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Landrum Bolling

Dream On
Judith's Father

The Incident
Wallace

Cross of Fire
Reverend

Quantum Leap
Judge Eugene Haller

Coach
Bert Wilkins

Murphy Brown
Ken Hamilton

War and Remembrance
Harry Hopkins

Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
Mr. Pomfritt

The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
Willem (voice)

A Year in the Life
Larry

Innerspace
Dr. Greenbush

Under the Influence
Cade

The New Gidget
Russ Lawrence

Matlock
Judge Elliot Franklin

North and South
Gen. Robert E. Lee

The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shadow Play")

Gidget's Summer Reunion
Russ Lawrence

Teachers
Horn

Highway to Heaven

Gremlins
Father Bartlett (uncredited)

The Duck Factory
Skip's Father

Amazons
Congressman Stanford Barstow

Through Naked Eyes
Terry Parrish

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Twilight Zone: The Movie
Father

Grace Kelly
Father Tucker

St. Elsewhere
Olan Standley

Matt Houston

Hotel

Simon & Simon

Magnum, P.I.
Bob

Hangar 18
Professor Mills

The Jerk
Judge M.A. Loring

Blind Ambition
Herbert Kalmbach

Ike
Gen. Mark Clark

Ike
Gen. Mark Clark

Legends of the Super Heroes
Retired Man

Legends of the Superheroes
Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone

Doomsday Chronicles
Host

The Stableboy's Christmas
The Innkeeper

Little Women
Jonathan March

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Lou Grant
Larry Hill

CHiPs
Rev. Warmer

Tail Gunner Joe
Gen. Zwicker

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Carson Drew

The Nancy Walker Show
Teddy Futterman

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Harry

All's Fair

Tunnel Vision
Francis X. Cody

The Bionic Woman

Ellery Queen

Switch
Wayne Buford

Promise Him Anything
Silver

The Strongest Man in the World
Prof. Quigley

Death Sentence
Tanner

Little House on the Prairie
Snell

The Manhunter

Remember When
Dick Hodges

The Six Million Dollar Man
Lorin Sandusky

Hijack!
Frank Kleiner

Charley Varrick
Bill Horton

Partners in Crime
Oscar

Police Story

Barnaby Jones
Mr. Freels

Kung Fu
Willis Roper

Delphi Bureau
Maury Stapleton

The Waltons

Banacek
Leo Osburn

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

Man on a String
William Connaught

Funny Face

Escape
Senator Lewis Harrison

The Partridge Family
Red Woodloe

Colossus: The Forbin Project
CIA Director Grauber

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Professor Quigley

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Brian Cullen

Room 222

Sam Whiskey
Mr. Perkins

Here Come the Brides

The Mod Squad

Land of the Giants
Dr. Arno

Hawaii Five-O
Defense Counsel Herbert

Speedway
Abel Esterlake

Will Penny
Dr. Fraker

Hour of the Gun
Judge Herman Spicer

Judd, for the Defense

The Guns of Will Sonnett
Lawyer

In the Heat of the Night
Mayor Schubert

Ironside

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Mission: Impossible
Dr. Harrison Selby

The Rat Patrol
Dr. Schneidermann

Star Trek
Nilz Baris

That Girl

The F.B.I.
Paul Ganz

Get Smart
Admiral Hargrade

The Wild Wild West
Rufus Kraus

Bewitched
Dr. Anton

Archie
Fred Andrews

The Patty Duke Show
Martin Lane

Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
Griff M.

Shotgun Wedding
Preacher Parsons

Combat!
Maj. Fisher

The Lucy Show
Mr. Cresant

Stoney Burke

Ensign O'Toole
Douglas Harper

The Virginian
Harry Foley

Sam Benedict
Neil Carlson

The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Ballad Singer

Lonely are the Brave
Harry

Paradise Alley
Jack Williams

The New Breed
Gilbert Condon

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mr. Kirk

Hazel
Kemper

Dr. Kildare
Inspector

87th Precinct

Gunslinger
Lieutenant Gilmore

Surfside 6
Marty Kemp

Stagecoach West
Aeneas Longbridge

The Andy Griffith Show
Sam Becker

Thriller
Prof. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')

Coronado 9
Alfred Bates

The Gallant Hours

The Untouchables
Edward Garth

Pillow Talk
Hotel Clerk

Philip Marlowe

The Rebel
Charles Ashbaugh

The Twilight Zone
Policeman

Johnny Ringo
Mr. Ferris

Wichita Town

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Lock-Up

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lt. Barnes

Blue Denim
George - Bank Vice President (uncredited)

The Beat Generation
Father Dinelli

Day of the Outlaw

One Step Beyond
Doctor Sanders

Black Saddle
Chet Mallet

Rawhide
The Salesman

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

Torpedo Run
Captain of the Bluefin

77 Sunset Strip

Bat Masterson
Dr. Harold Dunsmore

Lawman

The Rifleman

The Texan

Peter Gunn

Steve Canyon
Major Karl Richmond

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Hotel Clerk

Cry Terror!
Henderson, Bank Representative

Sea Hunt

Man in the Shadow
Jim Shaney

The Monolith Monsters
Weatherman

The Tarnished Angels
Ted Baker

Leave It to Beaver
Mr. Bloomgarden

Maverick

Perry Mason
Graves

Wagon Train
Miles Van Vander

Sugarfoot
Cole

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Hired Man
Mr. Clay

Man on Fire
Charles (uncredited)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Johnny Prescott (uncredited)

Circle of the Day
Reporter

The Girl in the Kremlin
Jacob Stalin

The Tattered Dress
Court Clerk

The Incredible Shrinking Man
Doctor Arthur Bramson

Massacre at Sand Creek
Defense Attorney

Friendly Persuasion
Young Husband (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Yarbrough

Written on the Wind
Reporter

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Gunslinger
Marshal Scott Hood

Raw Edge
Missionary

The Lone Ranger
Clive - Secretary (uncredited)

Hell's Horizon
Capt. Ben Morgan

Matinee Theater

Bobby Ware Is Missing
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lt. Gunderson

Gunsmoke
Eben Hakes

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Ted Richards

Top of the World
Harding

Smoke Signal
Private Livingston

Black Tuesday
Collins (uncredited)

Climax!
David

Lassie

Down Three Dark Streets
Ben

Tobor the Great
Johnston - a Reporter

Shield for Murder
Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker

The Raid
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

The Whistler

The High and the Mighty
Dispatcher

Them!
Ambulance Attendant

Gog
Engle

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Priest (uncredited)

Riot in Cell Block 11
Reporter

Letter to Loretta
Roy Smith

Port Sinister
Collins

Sword of Venus
Valmont

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Ted Richards

The Jazz Singer
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

General Electric Theater
Red Myers

Flat Top
Ens. Longfellow

Captive Women
Carver, the Mutate traitor

Mr. & Mrs. North

The Ford Television Theatre
Union Official

Death Valley Days
Ellis Higby

Four Star Playhouse
Airline Clerk

Storm Over Tibet
Aylen

Paula
Reporter

Hoodlum Empire
Inquiry Clerk

Singin' in the Rain
Messenger on Screen (uncredited)

Rose of Cimarron
Gold Bullion Guard

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Janeway

Bannerline
Cass

The Red Badge of Courage
Union Soldier (uncredited)

The People Against O'Hara
Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)

The Man from Planet X
Dr. Mears

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Pete

Lonely Heart Bandits
Dave Clark

The Reckless Moment
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)