William Joseph Schallert (July 6, 1922 - May 8, 2016) was an American character actor best known for Innerspace (1987), In the Heat of the Night (1967), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-1966).
He was married to Leah Waggner and they had four children.
Schallert died in 2016 at the age of 93.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1947: The Foxes Of Harrow as Philadelphia Banker (Uncredited Role)
- 1947: Doctor Jim as George Brant
- 1949: Mighty Joe Young as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- 1949: The Reckless Moment as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1950: Perfect Strangers as Jury Selection Committee Man (uncredited)
- 1950: Lonely Heart Bandits as Dave Clark
- 1951: Belle Le Grand as Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951: The Man From Planet X as Dr. Mears
- 1951: M as Rorschach Test Subject (uncredited)
- 1951: The People Against O Hara as Intern with Ambulance (uncredited)
- 1951: The Red Badge of Courage as Union Soldier (uncredited)
- 1951: Bannerline as Cass (uncredited)
- 1951: Anne of the Indies as Pirate (uncredited)
- 1952: Rose Of Cimarron as Gold Bullion Guard
- 1952: Just This Once as Secretary (Deleted Role)
- 1952: Hoodlum Empire as Inquiry Clerk (uncredited)
- 1952: Singin' in the Rain as Messenger on Screen (uncredited)
- 1952: Paula as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1952: Storm Over Tibet as Aylen
- 1952: Holiday For Sinners as Priest (uncredited)
- 1952: Captive Women as Carver
- 1952: Flat Top as Ens. Longfellow
- 1952: Invasion USA as Third Newscaster (uncredited)
- 1952: The Jazz Singer as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1953: Sword Of Venus as Valmont
- 1953: The Girls Of Pleasure Island as Orderly (uncredited)
- 1953: Port Sinister as Collins
- 1954: Riot In Cell Block 11 as Reporter
- 1954: Captain Kidd And The Slave Girl as Priest (uncredited)
- 1954: The High And The Mighty as Dispatcher
- 1954: Gog as Engle
- 1954: Them! as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- 1954: The Raid as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
- 1954: Shield for Murder as Assistant D.A.
- 1954: Tobor The Great as Johnston (uncredited)
- 1954: Down Three Dark Streets as Ben (uncredited)
- 1954: Black Tuesday as Collins (uncredited)
- 1955: Smoke Signal as Pvt. Livingston
- 1955: An Annapolis Story as Tony's Instructor (deleted role)
- 1955: The Man Who Tore Down The Wall as Dr. Janeway
- 1955: Top Of The World as Capt. Harding
- 1955: Bobby Ware Is Missing as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1955: Hells Horizon as Capt. Ben Morgan
- 1956: Gory as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1956: The Lone Ranger as Clive (uncredited)
- 1956: Raw Edge as Missionary
- 1956: Gunslinger as Marshal Scott Hood
- 1956: Written on the Wind as Reporter
- 1956: Friendly Persuasion as Young Husband (uncredited)
- 1957: The Incredible Shrinking Man as Dr. Arthur Bramson
- 1957: The Tattered Dress as Court Clerk
- 1957: The Girl In The Kremlin as Jacob Stalin
- 1957: Man on Fire as Charles (uncredited)
- 1957: Band Of Angels as Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1957: The Story Of Mankind as Earl of Warwick
- 1957: Man In The Shadow as Jim Shaney
- 1957: The Tarnished Angels as Ted Baker
- 1957: The Monolith Monsters as Weatherman (uncredited)
- 1958: Juvenile Jungle as Bit Role (uncredited)
- 1958: Cry Terror as Henderson
- 1958: Torpedo Run as Capt. Randy Vandercook (uncredited)
- 1958: Some Came Running as Al (uncredited)
- 1959: Day of the Outlaw as Preston (uncredited)
- 1959: The Beat Generation as Father Dinelli (uncredited)
- 1959: Blue Denim as George (uncredited)
- 1959: Pillow Talk as Hotel Clerk
- 1960: The Gambler The Nun And The Radio as Dr. Milling
- 1960: The Gallant Hours as Capt. Thomas 'Tom' G. Lamphier Jr. (uncredited)
- 1962: Lonely Are the Brave as Harry
- 1962: Paradise Alley as Jack Williams
- 1962: Life With Archie as Mr. Andrews
- 1964: Archie as Mr. Andrews
- 1963: Shotgun Wedding as Preacher Theodore Thaddeus Parsons
- 1967: In the Heat of the Night as Mayor Schubert
- 1967: Hour Of The Gun as Herman Spicer
- 1967: Will Penny as Dr. Fraker
- 1968: Speedway as Abel Esterlake
- 1969: Sam Whiskey as Mr. Perkins
- 1969: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Prof. Quigley
- 1970: Colossus: The Forbin Project as CIA Director Grauber
- 1971: Escape as Sen. Lewis Harrison
- 1972: Man On A String as William Connaught
- 1972: The Trial Of The Catonsville Nine as Judge
- 1973: Partners In Crime as Oscar
- 1973: Charley Varrick as San Miguel Sheriff Bill Horton
- 1973: Hijack as Frank Kleiner
- 1974: Remember When as Dick Hodges
- 1974: Death Sentence as Tanner
- 1975: The Strongest Man in the World as Prof. Quigley
- 1975: Promise Him Anything as Silver
- 1976: Tunnel Vision as Francis X. Cody
- 1976: Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway as Harry
- 1977: Tail Gunner Joe as Gen. Zwicker
- 1979: The Jerk as Judge M.A. Loring (uncredited)
- 1980: Hangar 18 as Prof. Mills
- 1980: Ike The War Years as Gen. Mark Clark
- 1983: Grace Kelly as Father Tucker
- 1983: Twilight Zone: The Movie as Father
- 1983: Through Naked Eyes as Terry Parrish
- 1984: Amazons as Congressman Stanford Barstow
- 1984: Gremlins as Father Bartlett (uncredited)
- 1984: Teachers as Principal Horn
- 1985: Gidgets Summer Reunion as Russ Lawrence
- 1986: Under The Influence as Cade
- 1986: Houston The Legend Of Texas as Narrator
- 1987: Innerspace as Dr. Greenbush
- 1987: Sparky's Magic Piano as Narrator
- 1988: Bring Me The Head Of Dobie Gillis as Mr. Pomfritt
- 1989: Cross Fire as Reverend
- 1990: The Incident as Wallace
- 1990: Held Hostage The Sis And Jerry Levin Story as Landrum Bolling
- 1991: Mrs Lambert Remembers Love as Sheriff
- 1991: House Party 2 as Dean Kramer
- 1993: Matinee as Dr. Leonard Grabow DDS in 'Mant!' (uncredited)
- 1993: Basic Values Sex Shock And Censorship In The90s as Judge
- 1993: Beethovens2nd as Steve (uncredited)
- 1994: Shake, Rattle & Rock! as Judge Boone
- 1996: Harvey as Judge Gaffney
- 1997: To Dance With Olivia as Judge Shelton
- 1997: The Second Civil War as Secretary of Defense
- 1999: The Patty Duke Show Still Rockin In Brooklyn Heights as Martin Lane
- 2007: Sweetzer as Barnaby
- 2008: Recount as Justice John Paul Stevens
- 2009: Green Lantern: First Flight as Appa Ali Apsa
Television Roles
- 1951: Family Theatre as Pvt. Wheeler
- 1951-1952: Space Patrol as Stuart/Craig (2 episodes)
- 1952: Rebound as Watchman
- 1953: Mr And Mrs North as Ernest
- 1953-1955: Four Star Playhouse as Johnson/Airline Clerk/Bank Teller (3 episodes)
- 1954-1958: Climax as David/The Young Farmer (3 episodes)
- 1955: The Man Behind The Badge as Mr. Lyons
- 1955: Front Row Center as Alfred Barrett
- 1955: Commando Cody Sky Marshal Of The Universe as Ted Richards
- 1955: Science Fiction Theatre as Mr. Thomas
- 1955: TV Readers Digest as Henry Thompson
- 1955: Waterfront as Wayne Mosby
- 1955-1956: Matinee Theatre as Henry (2 episodes)
- 1955-1956: Its A Great Life as Travel Bureau Clerk/3rd Telephone Man (2 episodes)
- 1955-1956: Lux Video Theatre as Hall/Ben/Ferguson/Thompson/Sam Carter (5 episodes)
- 1955-1956: Screen Directors Playhouse as Phil/Lawyer (2 episodes)
- 1955-1958: The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show as The Army Sergeant/The Waiter/Charlie Irwin Jr./Pete (4 episodes)
- 1955-1962: Death Valley Days as Various (9 episodes)
- 1956: Cavalcade Of America as Army Lieutenant
- 1956: Ford Star Jubilee as Frederick Seward
- 1956: Crossroads as Defense Attorney
- 1956: Schlitz Playhouse as Lt. Lawton
- 1956: The Ford Television Theatre as Union Official
- 1956-1959: Playhouse 90 as Various (4 episodes)
- 1957: The O Henry Playhouse as Ramsey Phillips
- 1957: Blondie as Pete
- 1957: Whirlybirds as Fred Jaffy
- 1957: Mr Adams And Eve as Briggs/Claude (2 episodes)
- 1957: Goodyear Theatre as Wilson
- 1957: Code 3 as Sgt. Burt McKinley/Mr. Clay (3 episodes)
- 1957: Zorro as San Fernando Innkeeper
- 1957: Leave It to Beaver as Mr. Bloomgarden
- 1957: The Gray Ghost as Ebans
- 1957-1958: The Adventures Of Jim Bowie as Justinian Tebbs/Teeters Hill (8 episodes)
- 1957-1959: Richard Diamond Private Detective as Charlie Kane/Johnny Prescott (3 episodes)
- 1957-1962: Perry Mason as Len Dykes/Dr. Bradbury/Graves (3 episodes)
- 1957-1963: Have Gun – Will Travel as Chee Yan/Dallas Burchfield/Cavalry Corporal/Clyde Broderick (4 episodes)
- 1957-1973: Gunsmoke as Judge Ray Cordelius/Jake Spence/Ezra Thorpe/Jess/Capt. Grant/Alben Peavy/Eben Hawkes (7 episodes)
- 1958: Sugarfoot as Cole
- 1958: The Gale Storm Show Oh Susanna as Crewman at Piano
- 1958: The Adventures Of Mc Graw as Hafey
- 1958: The Loretta Young Show as Ed Palmer/Roy Smith (2 episodes)
- 1958: Jefferson Drum as Polk Beauregard
- 1958: The Texan as Arnold Leno
- 1958: Father Knows Best as Jennings
- 1958: The Silent Service as Kennedy
- 1958: Hey Jeannie as Herbert
- 1958-1959: Steve Canyon as Major Karl Richmond (3 episodes)
- 1958-1959: Wanted: Dead or Alive as Link Damon/Craig the Bartender/James Hendricks/Hotel Clerk (4 episodes)
- 1958-1960: Philip Marlowe as Lt. Manny Harris (5 episodes)
- 1958-1961: Zane Grey Theatre as Tom/John Scott/Tom Baird/Yarbrough (4 episodes)
- 1959: Colonel Humphrey Flack as Moore
- 1959: The D As Man as J.G. Martin
- 1959: Maverick as Carl
- 1959: Peter Gunn as First Vice President
- 1959: Five Fingers as Middletown Hotel Clerk
- 1959: Wichita Town as Al Watson
- 1959: The Donna Reed Show as Bert Rose
- 1959: The Magical World Of Disney as Deputy Sheriff Denbigh
- 1959: Black Saddle as Chet Mallet
- 1959: Shotgun Slade as Gunnar Yensen
- 1959-1960: Johnny Ringo as Mr. Ferris/Bogan (2 episodes)
- 1959-1960: One Step Beyond as Dick Webb/Dr. Sanders (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: The Rifleman as Joe Lovering/Marshall Truce/Fogarty (3 episodes)
- 1959-1962: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Mr. Leander Pomfritt (24 episodes)
- 1959-1963: Rawhide as Lt. Carter/Lt. Hill/The Salesman (3 episodes)
- 1960: Men Into Space as Dr. David Orrin
- 1960: Lawman as Reed Smith
- 1960: The Du Pont Show With June Allyson as Lt. Barnes
- 1960: The Jack Benny Program as Mr. Lewis
- 1960: Wagon Train as Eliott Drake/Miles Van Vander (2 episodes)
- 1960: Johnny Midnight as Richard Bissell
- 1960: Buick Electra Playhouse as Dr. Milling
- 1960: The Twilight Zone as Policeman at Accident
- 1960: Sea Hunt as Dr. Ken Madison
- 1960: The Red Skelton Show as Edward R. Furrow/Panelist William Schallert (2 episodes)
- 1960: The Detectives as Paul Langley
- 1960: Michael Shayne as Arthur Devlin
- 1960: Stagecoach West as Aeneas Longbridge
- 1960: Dante as Earl Fenner
- 1960: Lock Up as Prof. Louis Hastings
- 1960: Bat Masterson as George Winston/Dr. Harold Dunsmore (2 episodes)
- 1960: US Marshal as Charles P. Cahill
- 1960-1962: 77 Sunset Strip as Steve Alexander/Ken Dexter (2 episodes)
- 1961: The Untouchables as Edward Garth
- 1961: Checkmate as Andy Winston
- 1961: The Law And Mr Jones as Lt. Johnson
- 1961: Coronado 9 as Alfred Bates
- 1961: The Andy Griffith Show as Sam Becker
- 1961: Gunslinger as Lt. Gilmore
- 1961: The Rebel as Charles Ashbaugh
- 1961: Eighty Seventh Precinct as Eric Blau
- 1961: Surfside 6 as Marty Kemp
- 1961: General Electric Theater as James Dolger/Red Myers (2 episodes)
- 1961: Thriller as Prof. John MacFarland
- 1961: Follow The Sun as Fred Bagby
- 1961-1962: Hennesey as Conrad Musk/Wally Shafer Jr. (2 episodes)
- 1962: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Gunderson
- 1962: The Dick Van Dyke Show as Rev. Kirk
- 1962: Bonanza as George Norton
- 1962: Dr. Kildare as Tom Scola/Inspector (2 episodes)
- 1962: Tales Of Wells Fargo as Paul Grieg
- 1962: Lassie as Ranger Barry Weldon
- 1962: The New Breed as Gilbert Condon
- 1962: Stoney Burke as Warden Harper
- 1962-1963: The Dick Powell Theatre as Sammy/Lt. Johnson (2 episodes)
- 1962-1963: Mc Keever And The Colonel as Morgan Purcell (2 episodes)
- 1962-1977: Insight as Wendell/Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff (5 episodes)
- 1963: Sam Benedict as Neil Carlson
- 1963: The Lloyd Bridges Show as The Ballad Singer
- 1963: Hazel as Kemper
- 1963: Ensign O Toole as Douglas Harper
- 1963: Empire as Sully Mason
- 1963: Alcoa Premiere as Dorsey
- 1963: The Lucy Show as Mr. Cresant
- 1963-1966: The Patty Duke Show as Martin Lane/Kenneth Lane/Uncle Jed Lane
- 1966: Combat as Maj. Fisher
- 1966: The Virginian as Harry Foley
- 1967: Pistols N Petticoats as Stanley Dill
- 1967: The Rat Patrol as Dr. Schneidermann
- 1967: Mission: Impossible as Dr. Harrison Selby
- 1967: Judd For The Defense as D.A. Henry Ellis
- 1967: Star Trek: The Original Series as Nilz Barris
- 1967-1968: The Carol Burnett Show as Mr. Stanley/Uncle Burt/Henry Jekyll/Court Bailiff (3 episodes)
- 1967-1969: The Wild Wild West as Frank Harper/Rufus Krause/Silas Grigsby (4 episodes)
- 1967-1970: Get Smart as Adm. Hargrade/Earl Kibbee (5 episodes)
- 1967-1973: Ironside as Grant Richards/Mr. Perkins/Simon Arkoff (2 episodes)
- 1968: The Guns Of Will Sonnett as Lawyer
- 1968: CBS Playhouse as Mr. Meridan
- 1968-1969: Here Come the Brides as Shagrue/Reverend (2 episodes)
- 1969: The Mod Squad as Father Bob Hughes
- 1969: The Debbie Reynolds Show as Patterson
- 1969: Bewitched as Dr. Anton
- 1969: That Girl as Harry Cook
- 1969: Room 222 as Dr. Charles Garrett
- 1969: Land of the Giants as Dr. Arno
- 1969-1970: Hawaii Five-O as Defense Counsel Herbert/Craig Wilkie (3 episodes)
- 1969-1972: T He FBI as Ed Crawford/Paul Ganz (2 episodes)
- 1970: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Brian Cullen
- 1970: Brackens World as Patterson
- 1971: The Partridge Family as Red Woodloe
- 1971: Funny Face as Dr. Meffler
- 1971: The Man And The City as Borden
- 1971: The DA as Dr. Isabella
- 1971-1972: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Walter Dale/Darryl Williamson (2 episodes)
- 1972: The Delphi Bureau as Maury Stapleton
- 1973: Banacek as Leo Osburn
- 1973: Kung Fu as Willis Roper
- 1973: The Girl With Something Extra as Mr. Everett
- 1973: Love Story as Jones
- 1973: Love, American Style as Louis/Steve (2 episodes)
- 1974: The Six Million Dollar Man as Lorin Sandusky
- 1974: Barnaby Jones as Mr. Freels
- 1974: The Manhunter as Dr. Hurley
- 1975: Police Story as Charles Shipman
- 1976: Ellery Queen as Alexander
- 1976: The Bionic Woman as Bill Elgin
- 1976: Bert D Angelo Spuerstar as Harlow
- 1976: Switch as Wayne Buford
- 1976: Alls Fair as J.L. Radburn
- 1976: Maude as Leon Harrison
- 1976-1977: The Nancy Walker Show as Teddy Futterman
- 1976-1979: Little House on the Prairie as Dean Russell Harmon/Snell (2 episodes)
- 1977-1978: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries as Carson Drew (11 episodes)
- 1978: One Day at a Time as Mr. Morton
- 1978: Little Women as Jonathan March
- 1978: Grandpa Goes To Washington as Sen. Shore
- 1978: This Is The Life as The Innkeeper
- 1978: Apple Pie as Davenport
- 1978: Dinky Dog as Various
- 1979: Legends Of Superheroes as Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
- 1979: Ike The War Years as Gen. Mark Clark
- 1979: Blind Ambition as Herbert Kalmbach
- 1979: Archie Bunker's Place as Dr. Wakeford
- 1979: CHiPs as Rev. Warmer
- 1979-1982: Lou Grant as Frank Obler/Mark Worth (2 episodes)
- 1980: The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo as Mayor Hawkins/Governor (4 episodes)
- 1980-1981: The Waltons as Stanley Perkins (4 episodes)
- 1981: Enos as Announcer
- 1983: Magnum, P.I. as Bob the Foster Father
- 1984: Matt Houston as Colin Breen
- 1984: The Duck Factory as Skip's Father
- 1984: The Smurfs as Various
- 1984: Pink Panther And Sons as Various
- 1985: The Paper Chase as Cromwell
- 1985: The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible as Joseph's Father
- 1985-1986: Galtar and the Golden Lance as Various
- 1985-1988: The New Leave It To Beaver as Mr. Bloomgarden (3 episodes)
- 1986: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Ambassador Crowley
- 1986: The Twilight Zone as Father Grant
- 1986: North And South Book II as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- 1986: Hotel as Merritt Rowner
- 1986-1987: St. Elsewhere as Dr. Olan Standley (2 episodes)
- 1986-1988: The New Gidget as Russ Lawrence
- 1987: Simon & Simon as Billings
- 1987: Highway to Heaven as Grandpa Raines
- 1987: Matlock as Judge Elliot Franklin
- 1988: A Year In The Life as Larry
- 1988-1989: War And Remembrance as Harry Hopkins
- 1989: Midnight Caller as Paul Drude
- 1989: Quantum Leap as Judge Eugene Haller
- 1990: Murphy Brown as Ken Hamilton
- 1990: In the Heat of the Night as Carl Tibbetts
- 1990: Santa Barbara as Roger Wainwright
- 1991-1992: The Torkelsons as Wesley Hodges
- 1992: Dinosaurs as Wesayso Scientist
- 1992: Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Harrison Kohler
- 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Varani
- 1994: Coach as Bert Wilkins
- 1994: The Good Life as Judge Milligan
- 1994: Rebel Highway as Judge Patrick Eugene Boone
- 1994: Melrose Place as Dr. Curtis
- 1994: Sweet Justice as Ymdale
- 1994: Lois & Clark as Al
- 1994: CBS Schoolbreak Special as Bishop Rodimer
- 1994-1996: Dream On as Judith's Father (4 episodes)
- 1995: Roseanne as Martin Lane
- 1996: ER as Mitchell Jennings
- 1998: Jumanji: The Animated Series as Dr. Cahill
- 1998: The Angry Beavers as Dr. Cowtiki
- 1999: Pacific Blue as Walter
- 1999: Family Law as Manager
- 2001: Son of the Beach as Father Chuck
- 2002: The Zeta Project as Judge Linden
- 2003-2005: What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Farmer P./Neville Popenbacher/Prof. Pomfrit (2 episodes)
- 2006: Close to Home as Harold Jensen
- 2006: My Name Is Earl as Dr. Rudin
- 2007: How I Met Your Mother as Brady
- 2008: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as David
- 2008-2011: True Blood as Mayor Norris (3 episodes)
- 2009: Desperate Housewives as Ken
- 2009: According to Jim as Ed
- 2010: The Deep End as Hal Douglas
- 2010: Medium as J. Donald Kessinger
- 2011: Bag Of Bones as Max Devore
- 2014: 2 Broke Girls as Elevator Operator
Shorts
- 1963: Philbert Threes A Crowd as Griff M.
- 1970: Two Boys as William Beckett
- 1973: Peege as Dad
- 1987: Tis The Season To Be Smurfy as Willem
- 2005: Lincolns Eyes as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 2009: The Bake Shop Ghost as Narrator
Music Videos
- 1990: Extreme: Decadence Dance as William Baxter
