William Schallert

William Schallert

Acting

Born July 6, 1922 · 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 hi…

Known for

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

2005

Lassie

Lassie

1954

Star Trek

1966

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

Acting(275)

2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!Self

2014Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-InsSelf

2011Bag of BonesMax Devore

2010The Deep EndHal Douglas

2009Green Lantern: First FlightAppa Ali Apsa (voice)

2008True BloodMaire Norris

2008RecountJustice John Paul Stevens

2007SweetzerBarnaby

2005My Name Is EarlDr. Rudin

2005Close to HomeHarold Jensen

2005How I Met Your MotherBrady

2005The Suite Life of Zack & CodyDavid

2005MediumJ. Donald Kessinger

2004Desperate HousewivesKen

2004Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-ScreenSelf

2002What's New, Scooby-Doo?Professor Pomfrit (voice)

2001The Zeta Project

2000Son of the Beach

1999Family LawManager

1999HarveyJudge Gaffney

1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn HeightsMartin Lane

1997The Second Civil WarSecretary of Defense

1997The Angry Beavers

1997To Dance with OliviaJudge Shelton

1996HarveyJudge Gaffney

1996Pacific BlueWalter

1996A Century of Science FictionSelf

1994ERMitchell Jennings

1994Shake, Rattle and Rock!Judge Boone

1994Rebel HighwayJudge Patrick Eugene Boone

1994The Good LifeJudge Milligan

1993Beethoven's 2ndSteve - M.C. at Pet & Owner Burger Binge (uncredited)

1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanAl

1993Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90'sJudge

1993MatineeDr. Grabow (uncredited)

1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineVarani

1992Melrose PlaceDr. Curtis

1992Fish PoliceAdditional Voices (voice)

1991House Party 2Dean Kramer

1991The TorkelsonsWesley "Boarder" Hodges

1991Mrs. Lambert Remembers LoveSheriff

1991DinosaursWesayso Scientist (voice)

1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin StoryLandrum Bolling

1990Dream OnJudith's Father

1990The IncidentWallace

1989Cross of FireReverend

1989Quantum LeapJudge Eugene Haller

1989CoachBert Wilkins

1988Murphy BrownKen Hamilton

1988War and RemembranceHarry Hopkins

1988Bring Me the Head of Dobie GillisMr. Pomfritt

1987The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be SmurfyWillem (voice)

1987A Year in the LifeLarry

1987InnerspaceDr. Greenbush

1986Houston: The Legend of TexasNarrator (voice)

1986Under the InfluenceCade

1986The New GidgetRuss Lawrence

1986MatlockJudge Elliot Franklin

1985North and SouthGen. Robert E. Lee

1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Shadow Play")

1985Gidget's Summer ReunionRuss Lawrence

1984TeachersHorn

1984Highway to Heaven

1984GremlinsFather Bartlett (uncredited)

1984The Duck FactorySkip's Father

1984AmazonsCongressman Stanford Barstow

1983Through Naked EyesTerry Parrish

1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983Twilight Zone: The MovieFather

1983Grace KellyFather Tucker

1982St. ElsewhereOlan Standley

1982Matt Houston

1981Simon & Simon

1980Magnum, P.I.Bob

1980Hangar 18Professor Mills

1979The JerkJudge M.A. Loring

1979Blind AmbitionHerbert Kalmbach

1979IkeGen. Mark Clark

1979IkeGen. Mark Clark

1979Legends of the Super HeroesRetired Man

1979Legends of the SuperheroesRetired Man/Scarlet Cyclone

1979Doomsday ChroniclesHost

1978The Stableboy's ChristmasThe Innkeeper

1978Little WomenJonathan March

1978Grandpa Goes to Washington

1978Confessions of the D.A. Man

1977Lou GrantLarry Hill

1977CHiPsRev. Warmer

1977Tail Gunner JoeGen. Zwicker

1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesCarson Drew

1976The Nancy Walker ShowTeddy Futterman

1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayHarry

1976Tunnel VisionFrancis X. Cody

1976The Bionic Woman

1975Ellery Queen

1975SwitchWayne Buford

1975Promise Him AnythingSilver

1975The Strongest Man in the WorldProf. Quigley

1974Death SentenceTanner

1974Little House on the PrairieSnell

1974The Manhunter

1974Remember WhenDick Hodges

1974The Six Million Dollar ManLorin Sandusky

1973Hijack!Frank Kleiner

1973Charley VarrickBill Horton

1973Partners in CrimeOscar

1973Police Story

1973Barnaby JonesMr. Freels

1972Kung FuWillis Roper

1972Delphi BureauMaury Stapleton

1972The Waltons

1972BanacekLeo Osburn

1972The Trial of the Catonsville NineJudge

1972Man on a StringWilliam Connaught

1971The Man and the City

1971EscapeSenator Lewis Harrison

1970The Partridge FamilyRed Woodloe

1970Colossus: The Forbin ProjectCIA Director Grauber

1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesProfessor Quigley

1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Brian Cullen

1969The Debbie Reynolds Show

1969Sam WhiskeyMr. Perkins

1968Here Come the Brides

1968The Mod Squad

1968Land of the GiantsDr. Arno

1968Hawaii Five-ODefense Counsel Herbert

1968SpeedwayAbel Esterlake

1967Will PennyDr. Fraker

1967Hour of the GunJudge Herman Spicer

1967Judd, for the Defense

1967The Guns of Will SonnettLawyer

1967In the Heat of the NightMayor Schubert

1966CBS PlayhouseMr. Meridian

1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966Mission: ImpossibleDr. Harrison Selby

1966The Rat PatrolDr. Schneidermann

1966Star TrekNilz Baris

1965The F.B.I.Paul Ganz

1965Get SmartAdmiral Hargrade

1965The Wild Wild WestRufus Kraus

1964BewitchedDr. Anton

1964ArchieFred Andrews

1963The Patty Duke ShowMartin Lane

1963Philbert (Three's a Crowd)Griff M.

1963Shotgun WeddingPreacher Parsons

1962Combat!Maj. Fisher

1962The Lucy ShowMr. Cresant

1962Stoney Burke

1962Ensign O'TooleDouglas Harper

1962The VirginianHarry Foley

1962Sam BenedictNeil Carlson

1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowThe Ballad Singer

1962Lonely are the BraveHarry

1962Paradise AlleyJack Williams

1961The New BreedGilbert Condon

1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowMr. Kirk

1961HazelKemper

1961Dr. KildareInspector

196187th Precinct

1961GunslingerLieutenant Gilmore

1961Alcatraz Express

1960Surfside 6Marty Kemp

1960Stagecoach WestAeneas Longbridge

1960The Andy Griffith ShowSam Becker

1960ThrillerProf. John MacFarland ('Friend of the Dead')

1960Coronado 9Alfred Bates

1960The Gallant Hours

1959The UntouchablesEdward Garth

1959Pillow TalkHotel Clerk

1959Philip Marlowe

1959The RebelCharles Ashbaugh

1959The Twilight ZonePoliceman

1959Johnny RingoMr. Ferris

1959Wichita Town

1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonLt. Barnes

1959Blue DenimGeorge - Bank Vice President (uncredited)

1959The Beat GenerationFather Dinelli

1959Day of the Outlaw

1959One Step BeyondDoctor Sanders

1959Black SaddleChet Mallet

1959RawhideThe Salesman

1958Some Came RunningAl (Jewelry Store Clerk) (uncredited)

1958Torpedo RunCaptain of the Bluefin

195877 Sunset Strip

1958Bat MastersonDr. Harold Dunsmore

1958The Rifleman

1958Steve CanyonMajor Karl Richmond

1958Wanted: Dead or AliveHotel Clerk

1958Cry Terror!Henderson, Bank Representative

1957Man in the ShadowJim Shaney

1957The Monolith MonstersWeatherman

1957The Tarnished AngelsTed Baker

1957Leave It to BeaverMr. Bloomgarden

1957Perry MasonGraves

1957Wagon TrainMiles Van Vander

1957SugarfootCole

1957Have Gun, Will Travel

1957The Hired ManMr. Clay

1957Man on FireCharles (uncredited)

1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveJohnny Prescott (uncredited)

1957Circle of the DayReporter

1957The Girl in the KremlinJacob Stalin

1957The Tattered DressCourt Clerk

1957The Incredible Shrinking ManDoctor Arthur Bramson

1956Massacre at Sand CreekDefense Attorney

1956Friendly PersuasionYoung Husband (uncredited)

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreYarbrough

1956Written on the WindReporter

1956Forbidden AreaTV Announcer

1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956GunslingerMarshal Scott Hood

1956Raw EdgeMissionary

1956The Lone RangerClive - Secretary (uncredited)

1955Hell's HorizonCapt. Ben Morgan

1955Matinee Theater

1955Bobby Ware Is MissingPolice Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLt. Gunderson

1955GunsmokeEben Hakes

1955Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the UniverseTed Richards

1955Top of the WorldHarding

1955Smoke SignalPrivate Livingston

1954Black TuesdayCollins (uncredited)

1954Climax!David

1954Down Three Dark StreetsBen

1954Tobor the GreatJohnston - a Reporter

1954Shield for MurderAsst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker

1954The RaidRebel Soldier (uncredited)

1954The Whistler

1954The High and the MightyDispatcher

1954Them!Ambulance Attendant

1954Captain Kidd and the Slave GirlPriest (uncredited)

1954Riot in Cell Block 11Reporter

1953Letter to LorettaRoy Smith

1953Port SinisterCollins

1953Sword of VenusValmont

1953Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the UniverseTed Richards

1953The Jazz SingerAssistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

1953General Electric TheaterRed Myers

1952Flat TopEns. Longfellow

1952Captive WomenCarver, the Mutate traitor

1952Mr. & Mrs. North

1952The Ford Television TheatreUnion Official

1952Death Valley DaysEllis Higby

1952Four Star PlayhouseAirline Clerk

1952Storm Over TibetAylen

1952PaulaReporter

1952Hoodlum EmpireInquiry Clerk

1952Singin' in the RainMessenger on Screen (uncredited)

1952Rose of CimarronGold Bullion Guard

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Janeway

1951BannerlineCass

1951The Red Badge of CourageUnion Soldier (uncredited)

1951The People Against O'HaraIntern with Ambulance (uncredited)

1951The Man from Planet XDr. Mears

1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowPete

1950Lux Video TheatreSam Carter

1950Lonely Heart BanditsDave Clark

1949The Reckless MomentPolice Lieutenant (uncredited)

1949Mighty Joe YoungGas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1947Doctor JimGeorge Brant