William Schallert Age: 87 Height: Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Born: Jul. 6th, 1922 + Add to My Celebs

William Schallert's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Get Smart (1965)	Admiral Hargr&hellip
Highway to Heaven	Grandpa Raines
The Zeta Project	Judge Linden
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Carson Drew
The Patty Duke Show	Martin Lane
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Mr. Leander P&hellip
Enos	Announcer
Funny Face	Dr. Meffler
Ike	Gen. Mark Clark
Philip Marlowe	Lt. Manny Har&hellip
Empire (1962)	Sully Mason
The Wild Wild West	Frank Harper
A Year in the Life	Larry
Gunslinger	Lieutenant Gi&hellip
Jefferson Drum	Polk Beauregard
Pistols 'n' Petticoats	Stanley Dill
Stoney Burke	Warden Harper
The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Justinian Tebbs
Johnny Ringo	Prosceutor Bo&hellip
Climax!	The Young Far&hellip
Follow the Sun	Charley Wang
Little Women	Rev. John March
Love Story	Jones
Sam Benedict	Neil Carlson
Steve Canyon	Major Karl Ri&hellip
The Debbie Reynolds Show	Patterson
The Delphi Bureau	Maury Stapleton
The Ford Television Theatre	Union Official
The Good Life	Judge Milligan
The Manhunter	Dr. Hurley
The Man and the City	Borden
The Nancy Walker Show	Teddy Futterman
The Torkelsons	Wesley Hodges
War and Remembrance	Harry Hopkins

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

The son of Edwin Schallert, drama editor of the "Los Angeles Times" and the dean of West Coast critics, William Schallert became interested in an acting career while at UCLA in 1942. After graduation, he became involved with the Circle Theater (eventually becoming one of its owners) and made his film debut in The Foxes of Harrow (1947). He has been ubiquitous in movies and TV ever since; from 1979 to 1981, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. He still stays active with SAG projects and says he never gives retirement a thought.


TRIVIA:

• Had a supporting role in _In the Heat of the Night (1967)_ (qv), and later made a guest appearance in an episode of the TV series, _"In the Heat of the Night" (1988)_ (qv).
• Martin Lane, Schallert's character on _"The Patty Duke Show" (1963)_ (qv), was ranked #39 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
• (1979-1981) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
• During the 1940s, Schallert was a member of Los Angeles' 'The Group Theatre'--a West Coast version of New York's 'The Actor's Studio'--where he appeared in a production of 'W. Somerset Maugham' (qv)'s "Rain" directed by 'Charles Chaplin' (qv).
• Is also a composer, pianist and singer.
• Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995).
• He has performed hundreds of voice-over jobs over the years.
• Of Schallert's myriad movie and TV roles, he has said the one individual role for which he still receives the most recognition is as Nilz Barris, Federation Undersecretary Of Agricultural Affairs, in the _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) episode "The Trouble With Tribbles".

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