| William Schallert | |||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | William Joseph Schallert | ||||||||||||
| Othername: | Bill Schallert | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 6 July 1922 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Children: | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1947–2014 | ||||||||||||
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William Joseph Schallert[1] (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.[2] 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).
William 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.[1] 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.[3] [4] In 1946, he helped found the Circle Theatre with Sydney Chaplin and several fellow students. In 1948, Schallert was directed by Sydney's father, Charlie Chaplin, in a staging of W. Somerset Maugham's Rain.[5] In 1949, Schallert served as the reciter in a concert performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon in celebration of the composer's 75th birthday.[6]
Schallert appeared in supporting roles on numerous television programs starting in the early 1950s, including four episodes (and three different characters) in Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre between 1958 and 1961. He was in three episodes of The Rifleman and five episodes of Gunsmoke : season 3, episode 16 "Twelfth Night" in 1957, season 4, episode 16 "Gypsum Hills Feud" in 1958, and as Col. Grant in season 7, episode 27 "Wagon Girls" in 1962, banker Ezra Thorpe in "The Money Store" season 14, episode 14 and Jake Spence in season 15 episode 20 "Albert". Schallert portrayed farmer Sam Becker in a 1961 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, whose newborn son is delivered by Andy. He was a Nazi doctor in a 1967 episode of The Rat Patrol. He appeared in The Partridge Family as a very humble folk-singing guitar player in "Stage Fright" in 1971. He appeared three times as Major Karl Richmond on NBC's Steve Canyon, starring Dean Fredericks in the title role.
Schallert also appeared in several films. He had roles in The Man from Planet X (1951) with Robert Clarke, The Tarnished Angels (1958) with Robert Stack, Blue Denim (1959) with Brandon deWilde, Pillow Talk (1959) with Doris Day and Rock Hudson, In The Heat Of The Night (1967) with Sidney Poitier, Speedway (1968) with Elvis Presley, The Jerk (1979) with Steve Martin, Teachers (1984) with Nick Nolte, and Innerspace (1987), in which he played Martin Short's doctor. Schallert was a founding member of the Circle Players at The Circle Theatre, started in 1946, now known as El Centro Theatre.
Among eight appearances on the syndicated western anthology series Death Valley Days, Schallert in 1955 portrayed American Civil War General Jesse Lee Reno in the episode "Reno." In the story line, two veterans of the Mexican War who served under Reno (played by Frank Griffin and Stanley Clements) honor him with the naming of the second-largest city in Nevada.[7] He appeared as Sam Clemens in a 1962 episode, "The $275,000 Sack of Flour." He appeared in an episode of the TV series In The Heat of The Night, where he portrays a husband who kills his terminally ill wife, as Carl Tibbets, owner of a book store in Sparta. Thus he appeared in both the 1967 film as the mayor and the 1992 episode of the TV show.
Schallert starred in Philbert, an innovative 1964 television pilot for ABC, which combined live-action camera work and animation. It was created by Warner Bros. animator Friz Freleng and directed by Richard Donner. ABC backed out of the series shortly before full production was to begin, although the completed pilot was released in theaters by Warner Brothers as a short subject.
Schallert was probably best known as Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show. He also appeared as a wise teacher, Mr. Leander Pomfritt, on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and as "The Admiral" on Get Smart. On the two former shows he worked opposite actress Jean Byron. Schallert made three guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason between 1957 and 1962, including the role of Donald Graves in the series' fifth episode "The Case of the Sulky Girl," as Dr. Bradbury in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile," and as Len Dykes in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Melancholy Marksman." He played the role of Nilz Baris in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"; and much later he portrayed Varani, a Bajoran musician, in the episode "Sanctuary."[8]
Schallert played the role of Carson Drew in the television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979), featuring Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew. In addition to his onscreen performances, Schallert did voice-over work for numerous television and radio commercials over the years. Among these was a recurring role as "Milton the Toaster" in animated commercials for Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. He had the distinction of appearing in both the original film version of In the Heat of the Night (1967) and the later NBC TV version in 1992. He later voiced Velma's high school teacher Professor Pomfrit and recurring character Mr. B's neighbour Farmer P., who was popcorn creator Neville Poppenbacher in 2 episodes of What's New, Scooby-Doo?. In 2004, TV Guide recognized Schallert's portrayal of Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show as No. 39 on its list of "50 Greatest TV Dads."[5]
Schallert served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 1979 to 1981, and afterwards remained active in SAG projects, including serving as a trustee of the SAG Pension and Health Plans since 1983, and of the Motion Picture and Television Fund since 1977. (His former co-star and television daughter, Patty Duke, also served as SAG president from 1985 to 1988.) During Schallert's tenure as SAG president, he founded the Committee for Performers with Disabilities, and in 1993 he was awarded the Ralph Morgan Award for service to the Guild.
Schallert continued to work steadily as an actor in later life, appearing in a 2007 episode of How I Met Your Mother, the HBO television film Recount (2008) as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, and the HBO series True Blood; his distinctive voice brought him work for commercial and animation voiceovers. Appearances in 2009 included a guest role on Desperate Housewives on March 15, in which he played the role of a small newspaper editor; he also appeared in an episode of According to Jim. More recently, he appeared in the January 21, 2010, pilot episode of The Deep End on ABC as a retiring CEO with Alzheimer's disease. He also made an appearance on Medium on the February 5, 2010, episode and a cameo on the June 26, 2011, season premiere of True Blood as the mayor of Bon Temps. He played Max Devore in the A&E adaptation of Bag of Bones.
In 2010, Schallert made a series of public service announcement videos with Patty Duke and other castmates from The Patty Duke Show for the Social Security Administration.[9] His last television appearance came in 2014 on an episode of the sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
In a 2014 interview, Schallert said that he was suffering from peripheral neuropathy, forcing him to wear leg braces while effectively "confining" him to a wheelchair. He said about his condition and the leg braces: "They help me stay balanced if I use a walker, but it’s just easier to get around in a wheelchair." While not ruling out working on stage in the future, he said: "Working in film or TV would be too difficult now. Besides, I did my share!"
Schallert was married to actress Leah Waggner (born Rosemarie Diann Waggner) from 1949 until her death in 2015.[10] She appeared with him in various shows, including episodes of The Patty Duke Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. They had four sons: William Joseph, Jr. (born 1949), Edwin G. (born 1952), Mark M. (born 1954), and Brendan C. Schallert (born 1961).
Schallert died on May 8, 2016, at his home in Pacific Palisades at the age of 93, six weeks after the death of his on-screen daughter Patty Duke, on March 29.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-1952 | Space Patrol | (1) Craig (2) Stuart | (1) Season 1 Episode 31: "The Hidden Reflector" (1951) (2) Season 2 Episode 3: "Lost in the Snow-Cap Region of Mars" (1952) | |
| 1954-1958 | Climax! | (1) Young Farmer (2) David | (1) Season 1 Episode 7: "An Error in Chemistry" (1954) (2) Season 3 Episode 33: "The Trial of Captain Wirtz" (1957) (3) Season 4 Episode 33: "House of Doubt" (1958) | |
| 1955-1956 | It's a Great Life | (1) Telephone Man (2) Travel Bureau Clerk | (1) Season 2 Episode 14: "The Private Line" (1955) (2) Season 2 Episode 33: "The Palm Springs Story" (1956) | |
| 1955-1956 | Matinee Theatre | (2) Henry | (1) Season 1 Episode 40: "The Red Sanders Story" (1955) (2) Season 1 Episode 96: "The Big Guy" (1956) | |
| 1955-1956 | Lux Video Theatre | (1) Sam Carter (2) Thompson (3) Ferguson (4) Ben (5) Hall | (1) Season 5 Episode 26: "The Copperhead" (1955) (2) Season 5 Episode 36: "The Great McGinty" (1955) (3) Season 5 Episode 38: "Eight Iron Men" (1955) (4) Season 6 Episode 9: "Miss Susie Slagle's" (1955) (5) Season 6 Episode 38: "A House of His Own" (1956) | |
| 1955-1962 | Death Valley Days | (1) Mr. Loomis (2) Albert Johnson (3) Jesse Lee Reno (4) Ellis Higby (5) Gate Guard (6) Charlie Tetlow (7) Carl Sprenger (8) Dave Meiser (9) Sam Clemens | (1) Season 3 Episode 12: "Million Dollar Wedding" (1955) (2) Season 3 Episode 16: "Death Valley Scotty" (1955) (3) Season 4 Episode 1: "Reno" (1955) (4) Season 8 Episode 8: "Hang 'Em High" (1959) (5) Season 8 Episode 10: "The Little Trooper" (1959) (6) Season 8 Episode 32: "Cap'n Pegleg" (1960) (7) Season 10 Episode 17: "Justice at Jackson Creek" (1962) (8) Season 10 Episode 21: "The Breaking Point" (1962) (9) Season 11 Episode 2: "The $275,000 Sack of Flour" (1962) | |
| 1956 | Schlitz Playhouse | Lieutenant Lawton | Season 5 Episode 40: "The Mechanical Cook" | |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds | Fred Jaffy | Season 1 Episode 30: "Fury Canyon" | |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve | (1) Claude (2) Briggs | (1) Season 1 Episode 4: "The Teen-Age Daughter" (2) Season 2 Episode 3: "International Affair" | |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Mr. Bloomgarden | Season 1 Episode 11: "Beaver's Short Pants" | |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost | Ebans | Season 1 Episode 19: "Russell of 'The Times'" | |
| 1957-1958 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Justinian Tebbs (5) Teeters Hill (played both characters in 5th Episode) | (1) Season 1 Episode 25: "German George" (1957) (2) Season 1 Episode 27: "The Captain's Chimp" (1957) (3) Season 1 Episode 31: "The Pearl and the Crown" (1957) (4) Season 1 Episode 33: "The Lottery" (1957) (5) Season 1 Episode 37: "The Bounty Hunter" (1957) (6) Season 2 Episode 19: "The Close Shave" (1958) (7) Season 2 Episode 22: "Home Sweet Home" (1958) (8) Season 2 Episode 38: "The Puma" (1958) | |
| 1957-1959 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | (1) Charlie (2) Johnny Prescott (3) Charlie Kane | (1) Season 1 Episode 10: "The Pete Rocco Case" (1957) (2) Season 3 Episode 16: "Rough Cut" (1959) (3) Season 3 Episode 20: "Act of Grace" (1959) | |
| 1957-1962 | Perry Mason | (1) Donald Graves (2) Dr. Bradbury (3) Len Dykes | (1) Season 1 Episode 5: "The Case of the Sulky Girl" (1957) (2) Season 4 Episode 25: "The Case of the Misguided Missile" (1961) (3) Season 5 Episode 24: "The Case of the Melancholy Marksman" (1962) | |
| 1957-1963 | Have Gun – Will Travel | (1) Clyde Broderick (2) Cavalry Corporal (3) Dallas Burchfield (4) Chee Yan | (1) Season 1 Episode 10: "The Long Night" (1957) (2) Season 1 Episode 24: "Girl from Piccadilly" (1958) (3) Season 5 Episode 18: "Justice in Hell" (1962) (4) Season 6 Episode 29: "The Lady of the Fifth Moon" (1963) | |
| 1957-1973 | Gunsmoke | (1) Eben Hakes (2) Alben Peavy (3) Captain Grant (4) Jess (5) Ezra Thorpe (6) Jake Spence (7) Judge Ray Cordelius | (1) Season 3 Episode 16: "Twelfth Night" (1957) (2) Season 4 Episode 16: "Gypsum Fields Feud" (1958) (3) Season 7 Episode 27: "Wagon Girls" (1962) (4) Season 8 Episode 35: "Daddy Went Away" (1963) (5) Season 14 Episode 14: "The Money Store" (1968) (6) Season 15 Episode 20: "Albert" (1970) (7) Season 19 Episode 3: "Matt's Love Story" (1973) | |
| 1958 | Father Knows Best | Jennings | Season 5 Episode 9: "Betty, the Pioneer Woman" | |
| 1958 | The Texan | Arnold Leno | Season 1 Episode 3: "The Troubled Town" | |
| 1958 | Sugarfoot | Cole | Season 1 Episode 11: "Deadlock" | |
| 1958 | Hey, Jeannie! | Herbert | (1) Season 2 Episode 3: "The Orphan" (2) Season 2 Episode 4: "The Bet" (3) Season 2 Episode 5: "The Highway" (4) Season 2 Episode 6: "The Rainmaker" | |
| 1958-1959 | Wanted Dead or Alive | (1) Hotel Clerk (2) James Hendricks (3) Craig the Bartender (4) Link Damon | (1) Season 1 Episode 10: "Till Death Do Us Part" (1958) (2) Season 1 Episode 23: "Call Your Shot" (1959) (3) Season 1 Episode 34: "Littlest Client" (1959) (4) Season 2 Episode 15: "Chain Gang" (1959) | |
| 1958-1959 | Steve Canyon | Major Karl Richmond | (1) Season 1 Episode 11: "Operation Crash Landing" (1958) (2) Season 1 Episode 29: "The Trap" (1959) (3) Season 1 Episode 30: "The Korean Story" (1959) | |
| 1959 | Maverick | Carl | Season 2 Episode 26: "The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill" | |
| 1959 | Peter Gunn | Vice President | Season 1 Episode 28: "Pay Now, Kill Later" | |
| 1959 | The Donna Reed Show | Bert Rose | Season 2 Episode 10: "All Mothers Worry" | |
| 1959-1960 | Johnny Ringo | (1) Bogan (2) Tom Ferris | (1) Season 1 Episode 3: "The Accused" (1959) (2) Season 1 Episode 35: "Killer, Choose a Card" (1960) | |
| 1959-1961 | The Rifleman | (1) Fogarty (2) Marshall Truce (3) Joe Lovering | (1) Season 1 Episode 40: "The Mind Reader" (1959) (2) Season 3 Episode 5: "Strange Town" (1960) (3) Season 3 Episode 27: "Short Rope for a Tall Man" (1961) | |
| 1959-1962 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Leander Pomfritt | 24 episodes | |
| 1959-1963 | Rawhide | (1) Salesman (2) Lieutenant Hill (3) Lieutenant Carter | (1) Season 1 Episode 3: "Incident with an Executioner" (1959) (2) Season 3 Episode 18: "Incident of the Running Iron" (1961) (3) Season 5 Episode 28: "Incident of White Eyes" (1963) | |
| 1960 | Lawman | Reed Smith | Season 2 Episode 23: "Reunion in Laramie" | |
| 1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Lieutenant Barnes | Season 1 Episode 27: "Slip of the Tongue" | |
| 1960 | Johnny Midnight | Richard Bissell | Season 1 Episode 20: "Registered Mail" | |
| 1960 | The Twilight Zone | Policeman | Season 1 Episode 33: "Mr. Bevis" | |
| 1960 | Sea Hunt | Ken Madison | Season 3 Episode 34: "Underwater Narcotics" | |
| 1960 | Bat Masterson | (1) Harold Dunsmore (2) George Winston | (1) Season 2 Episode 18: "Deadly Diamonds" (2) Season 3 Episode 13: "The Lady Plays Her Hand" | |
| 1960 | Dante | Louis Hastings | Season 1 Episode 10: "The Jolly Roger Cocktail" | |
| 1961 | Coronado 9 | Alfred Bates | Season 1 Episode 34: "The Anxious Mariner" | |
| 1961 | The Andy Griffith Show | Sam Becker | Season 1 Episode 29: "Quiet Sam" | |
| 1961 | The Rebel | Charles Ashbaugh | Season 2 Episode 35: "Mission: Varina" | |
| 1961-1962 | Hennesey | (1) Wally Shafer, Jr. (2) Conrad Musk | (1) Season 2 Episode 25: "Admiral and Son" (1961) (2) Season 3 Episode 16: "Harvey and the Ring" (1962) | |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lieutenant Gunderson | Season 7 Episode 14: "Bad Actor" | |
| 1962 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Reverend Kirk | Season 1 Episode 20: "A Word a Day" | |
| 1962 | Bonanza | George Norton | Season 3 Episode 26: "Look to the Stars" | |
| 1963 | Hazel | Kemper | Season 2 Episode 22: "Hazel's Day Off" | |
| 1963 | Empire | Sully Mason | Season 1 Episode 28: "Nobody Dies on Saturday" | |
| 1963 | The Lucy Show | Mr. Cresant | (1) Season 1 Episode 28: "Lucy and the Little League" (2) Season 2 Episode 3: "Lucy and Viv Play Softball" | |
| 1963-1966 | The Patty Duke Show | Martin Lane, Kenneth Lane, Jed Lane | Main cast (104 episodes) | |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Harry Foley | Season 5 Episode 9: "Dead-Eye Dick" | |
| 1966 | Combat! | Major Fisher | Season 5 Episode 8: "Headcount" | |
| 1967 | The Rat Patrol | Dr. Schneidermann | Season 1 Episode 26: "The Bring 'Em Back Alive Raid" | |
| 1967 | Mission: Impossible | Harrison Selby | Season 1 Episode 24: "The Train" | |
| 1967 | Nilz Baris | Season 2 Episode 15: "The Trouble with Tribbles"[12] | ||
| 1967-1969 | The Wild Wild West | (1) Silas Grigsby (2) Rufus Krause (3) and (4) Frank Harper | (1) Season 3 Episode 1: "The Night of the Bubbling Death" (1967) (2) Season 4 Episode 5: "The Night of the Gruesome Games" (1968) (3) Season 4 Episode 15: "The Night of the Winged Terror: Part I" (1969) (4) Season 4 Episode 16: "The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II" (1969) | |
| 1967-1970 | Get Smart | (1) (2) (3) (4) Admiral Hargrade (5) Earl Kibee | (1) Season 2 Episode 29: "A Man Called Smart: Part 2" (1967) (2) Season 2 Episode 30: "A Man Called Smart: Part 3" (1967) (3) Season 4 Episode 8: "The Return of the Ancient Mariner" (1968) (4) Season 4 Episode 9: "With Love and Twitches" (1968) (5) Season 5 Episode 19: "Witness for the Execution" (1970) | |
| 1968-1969 | Here Come the Brides | (1) Reverend Gaddings (2) Shagrue | (1) Season 1 Episode 4: "The Man of the Family" (1968) (2) Season 2 Episode 1: "Far Cry from Yesterday" (1969) | |
| 1969 | The Mod Squad | Bob Hughes | Season 1 Episode 23: "Keep the Faith, Baby" | |
| 1969 | Bewitched | Dr. Anton | Season 6 Episode 4: "Samantha's Curious Cravings" | |
| 1969 | Room 222 | Charles Garrett | Season 1 Episode 10: "Fathers and Sons" | |
| 1969 | Land of the Giants | Dr. Arno | Season 2 Episode 11: "The Clones" | |
| 1969-1970 | Hawaii Five-O | (1) and (2) Defense Counsel Herbert (3) Craig Wilkie | (1) Season 1 Episode 19: "Once Upon a Time: Part 1" (1969) (2) Season 1 Episode 20: "Once Upon a Time: Part 2" (1969) (3) Season 3 Episode 14: "The Double Wall" (1970) | |
| 1971 | The Partridge Family | Red Woodloe | Season 1 Episode 14: "The Red Woodloe Story" | |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | Willis Roper | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Praying Mantis Kills" | |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra | Mr. Everett | Season 1 Episode 8: "No Benefit of Doubt" | |
| 1973 | Hijack | Frank Kleiner | Television film | |
| 1973 | Love, American Style | (1) Steve (2) Louis | (1) Season 4 Episode 20 (Segment: "Love and the Favorite Family") (2) Season 5 Episode 13 (Segment: "Love and Carmen Lopez") | |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Lorin Sandusky | Season 1 Episode 7: "Eyewitness to Murder" | |
| 1974 | Barnaby Jones | Mr. Freels | Season 3 Episode 2: "Dead Man's Run" | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | Bill Elgin | Season 1 Episode 5: "Claws" | |
| 1976 | Harry | Television film | ||
| 1976-1979 | Little House on the Prairie | (1) Snell (2) Dean Russell Harmon | (1) Season 2 Episode 20: "Centennial" (1976) (2) Season 6 Episode 6: "The Preacher Takes a Wife" (1979) | |
| 1977-1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Carson Drew | (1) Season 1 Episode 2: "The Mystery of Pirate's Cove" (1977) (2) Season 1 Episode 4: "The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle" (1977) (3) Season 1 Episode 6: "The Secret of the Whispering Walls" (1977) (4) Season 1 Episode 8: "A Haunting We Will Go" (1977) (5) Season 1 Episode 10: "Mystery of the Fallen Angels" (6) Season 1 Episode 12: "The Mystery of the Ghostwriter's Cruise" (1977) (7) Season 1 Episode 14: "Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker" (1977) (8) Season 2 Episode 10: "Nancy Drew's Love Match" (1977) (9) Season 2 Episode 12: "Will the Real Santa Claus...?" (1977) (10) Season 2 Episode 13: "The Lady on Thursday at Ten" (1978) (11) Season 2 Episode 21: "Arson and Old Lace" (1978) | |
| 1978 | One Day at a Time | Mr. Morton | Season 3 Episode 24: "Ann, the Father" | |
| 1978 | Little Women | Jonathan March | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "Part I" (2) Season 1 Episode 2: "Part II" | |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | Dr. Wakeford | Season 1 Episode 3: "Edith Gets Hired" | |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | Herbert Kalmbach | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "Part I" (2) Season 1 Episode 2: "Part II" (3) Season 1 Episode 3: "Part III" (4) Season 1 Episode 4: "Part IV" | |
| 1979 | Legends of the Superheroes | Scarlet Cyclone | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "The Challenge" (2) Season 1 Episode 2: "The Roast" | |
| 1979-1982 | Lou Grant | (1) Mark Worth (2) Frank Obler | (1) Season 3 Episode 2: "Exposè" (1979) (2) Season 5 Episode 17: "Blacklist" (1982) | |
| 1980-1981 | The Waltons | Stanley Perkins | (1) Season 8 Episode 21: "The Travelling Man" (1980) (2) Season 9 Episode 13: "The Gold Watch" (1981) (3) Season 9 Episode 17: "The Threshold" (1981) (4) Season 9 Episode 19: "The Heartache" (1981) | |
| 1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Bob | Season 3 Episode 14: "Basket Case" | |
| 1986 | North and South | Robert E. Lee | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "June 1861 - July 21, 1861" (2) Season 1 Episode 6: "March 1865 - April 1865" | |
| 1986-1988 | The New Gidget | Russ Lawrence | Main cast (44 episodes) | |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Grandpa Raines | (1) Season 4 Episode 1: "Man's Best Friend: Part 1" (2) Season 4 Episode 2: "Man's Best Friend: Part 2" | |
| 1987 | Matlock | Elliot Franklin | Season 2 Episode 11: "The Gift" | |
| 1988-1989 | War and Remembrance | Harry Hopkins | 9 episodes | |
| 1989 | Midnight Caller | Paul Drude | Season 1 Episode 15: "Baby Chase" | |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Judge Eugene Haller | Season 2 Episode 9: "So Help Me God - July 29, 1957" | |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | Ken Hamilton | Season 2 Episode 18: "The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting" | |
| 1990 | In the Heat of the Night | Carl Tibbetts | Season 4 Episode 10: "A Final Arrangement" | |
| 1991-1992 | The Torkelsons | Wesley Hodges | 20 episodes | |
| 1992 | Dinosaurs | WESAYSO Scientist (voice) | Season 2 Episode 15: "Power Erupts" | |
| 1993 | Varani | Season 2 Episode 10: "Sanctuary" | ||
| 1994 | Coach | Bert Wilkins | (1) Season 6 Episode 14: "Coach for a Day: Part 1" (2) Season 6 Episode 15: "Coach for a Day: Part 2" | |
| 1994 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Judge Boone | Television film | |
| 1998 | Jumanji | Dr. Cahill (voice) | Season 2 Episode 13: "The Plague" | |
| 1998 | The Angry Beavers | Dr. Cowtiki (voice) | Season 2 Episode 10: "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up"[13] | |
| 2002 | The Zeta Project | Judge Linden (voice) | Season 2 Episode 12: "The River Rising" | |
| 2006 | My Name Is Earl | Dr. Rudin | Season 2 Episode 10: "South of the Border" | |
| 2007 | How I Met Your Mother | Brady | Season 2 Episode 13: "Columns" | |
| 2008 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | David | Season 3 Episode 18: "Romancing the Phone" | |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Ken | (1) Season 5 Episode 17: "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" (2) Season 5 Episode 18: "A Spark. To Pierce the Dark" | |
| 2009 | According to Jim | Ed | Season 8 Episode 17: "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" | |
| 2010 | The Deep End | Hal Douglas | Season 1 Episode 1: "Pilot" | |
| 2011 | Bag of Bones | Max Devore | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "Part 1" (2) Season 1 Episode 2: "Part 2" | |
| 2014 | 2 Broke Girls | Elevator Operator | Season 3 Episode 20: "And the Not Broke Parents" (uncredited) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Doctor Jim | George Brant | ||
| 1950 | Lonely Heart Bandits | Dave Clark | ||
| 1951 | The Man from Planet X | Dr. Mears | ||
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Union Soldier | Uncredited | |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Gold Bullion Guard | ||
| 1952 | Just This Once | Secretary | Scenes deleted | |
| 1952 | Storm Over Tibet | Aylen | ||
| 1952 | Captive Women | Carver | ||
| 1952 | Flat Top | Ensign Longfellow | ||
| 1953 | Sword of Venus | Valmont | ||
| 1953 | Port Sinister | Collins | ||
| 1954 | Down Three Dark Streets | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited | |
| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Reporter | ||
| 1954 | Them! | Ambulance Attendant | Uncredited | |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Dispatcher | ||
| 1954 | Gog | Eagle | ||
| 1954 | Shield for Murder | Assistant District Attorney | ||
| 1955 | Smoke Signal | Private Livingston | ||
| 1955 | An Annapolis Story | Tony's Instructor | Scenes deleted | |
| 1955 | Top of the World | Captain Harding | ||
| 1955 | Hell's Horizon | Ben Morgan | ||
| 1956 | Raw Edge | Missionary | ||
| 1956 | Gunslinger | Marshal Scott Hood | ||
| 1956 | Written on the Wind | Reporter | ||
| 1957 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | Arthur Bramson | ||
| 1957 | The Tattered Dress | Court Clerk | ||
| 1957 | The Girl in the Kremlin | Jacob Stalin | ||
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Earl of Warwick | ||
| 1957 | The Tarnished Angels | Ted Baker | ||
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Jim Shaney | ||
| 1958 | Cry Terror! | Henderson | ||
| 1959 | Pillow Talk | Hotel Clerk | ||
| 1960 | The Gallant Hours | Thomas George Lanphier Jr. | ||
| 1962 | Lonely Are the Brave | Harry | ||
| 1962 | Paradise Alley | Jack Williams | ||
| 1963 | Shotgun Wedding | Theodore Parsons | ||
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Mayor Schubert | ||
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun | Herman Spicer | ||
| 1967 | Will Penny | Dr. Fraker | ||
| 1968 | Speedway | Abel Esterlake | ||
| 1969 | Sam Whiskey | Mr. Perkins | ||
| 1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Professor Quigley | ||
| 1970 | CIA Director Grauber | |||
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Harry Hopkins | Scenes deleted | |
| 1972 | The Trial of the Catonsville Nine | Judge | ||
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Bill Horton | ||
| 1973 | Peege | Dad | Short film | |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Professor Quigley | ||
| 1976 | Tunnel Vision | Francis Cody | ||
| 1980 | Hangar 18 | Professor Mills | ||
| 1981 | Peter-No-Tail | Father (voice) | English version | |
| 1983 | Father | Segment: "It's a Good Life" | ||
| 1984 | Teachers | Horn | ||
| 1987 | Innerspace | Dr. Greenbush | ||
| 1991 | House Party 2 | Dean Kramer | ||
| 2007 | Sweetzer | Barnaby | ||
| 2009 | Appa Ali Apsa (voice) | Direct-to-video |