William Schallert (1922-2016)

The man was the definition of the term "character actor."  To many people he will always be remembered as Martin Lane, father to Patty Lane, uncle to Cathy Lane on "The Patty Duke Show" but that is only one of many roles he played in his lifetime.  His first appearance on television was on "Family Theatre" in 1951...his credits include "Fireside Theatre", "Space Patrol", "Mr. & Mrs. North", "Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe", "Four Star Playhouse", "Lux Video Theatre", "Playhouse 90", "Zorro", "Leave it to Beaver", "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna", "The Loretta Young Show", "Adventures of Jim Bowie", "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show", "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", "Climax!", "Father Knows Best", "Maverick", "Peter Gunn", "Steve Canyon", "Lux Playhouse", "The Donna Reed Show", "Wanted: Dead or Alive", "Philip Marlowe", "The DuPont Show with June Allyson", "The Jack Benny Program", "Wagon Train", "The Twilight Zone", "Sea Hunt", "The Red Skelton Show", "Michael Shayne", "Bat Masterson", "The Untouchables", "General Electric Theater", "Zane Grey Theater", "The Rifleman", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Hennesey", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Bonanza", "Perry Mason", "Dr. Kildare", "Tales of Wells Fargo", "Lassie", "77 Sunset Strip", "Death Valley Days", "Hazel", "Dick Powell Theatre", "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Rawhide", "The Virginian", "Pistols 'n' Petticoats", "The Rat Patrol", "Mission: Impossible", "Judd for the Defense", "The Carol Burnett Show", "CBS Playhouse", "The Wild Wild West", "Mod Squad", "The Debbie Reynolds Show", "That Girl", "Room 222", "Get Smart", "Star Trek", "The Lucy Show", "Marcus Welby, M.D., "Bracken's World", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Partridge Family", "The F.B.I.", "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law", "Banacek", "Ironside", "Gunsmoke", "Love, American Style", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Barnaby Jones", "Police Story", "Ellery Queen", "The Bionic Woman", "Switch", "Maude", "The Nancy Walker Show", "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries", "One Day at a Time", "Archie Bunker's Place", "Little House on the Prairie", "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo", "Enos", "The Waltons", "Lou Grant", "Magnum, P.I.", "Scarecrow and Mrs. King", "Hotel", "St. Elsewhere", "Matlock", "The New Gidget", "The New Leave it to Beaver", "Murphy Brown", "In The Heat of the Night", "Santa Barbara", "The Torkelsons", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Coach", "Melrose Place", "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", "Roseanne", "ER", "Family Law", "Close to Home", "My Name is Earl", "How I Met Your Mother", "Desperate Housewives" and "True Blood."  

 His film credits include Mighty Joe Young, Lonely Heart Bandits, The Man From Planet X, Riot in Cell Block 11, Man in the Shadows, The Girl in the Kremlin, Pillow Talk, Paradise Alley, In the Heat of the Night, The Jerk and Hangar 18.

 He made his final television appearance on "2 Broke Girls" in 2014.  Born on July 6, 1922 he passed away on May 8, 2016 at the age of 93.  
In Memoriam Remembers:
William Schallert

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