William Schallert
Biography
William Schallert was an American character actor whose screen career lasted more than 60 years. Born in Los Angeles, he started acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, then served in the Army Air Corps during World War II before returning to graduate in 1946. He helped found the Circle Theatre and was part of its Circle Players, and in 1948 Charlie Chaplin directed him in a staging of Rain. On television he was known for Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Death Valley Days, and The Patty Duke Show, where he played Martin Lane. His films included The Man from Planet X (1951), Pillow Talk (1959), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Speedway (1968), Teachers (1984), and Innerspace (1987). He also voiced Milton the Toaster in commercials, was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1979 to 1981, and received the Ralph Morgan Award in 1993.
93years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Pacific Palisades
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as William Joseph Schallert
Movie Career
- Films
- 38
- Career span
- 58 years1951 to 2009
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A first
Schallert starred in Philbert, a 1964 ABC pilot mixing live action and animation that Friz Freleng created and Richard Donner directed; ABC dropped it before production, and Warner Bros. released the pilot as a theatrical short.
A change of course
Schallert also did voice-over work for many television and radio commercials over the years. One recurring part was Milton the Toaster in animated ads for Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.
Beyond film
Schallert took the reciter's part in 1949 when Arnold Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon was given in concert, marking the composer's 75th birthday.
William Schallert movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- In the Heat of the Night1967 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thrilleras Mayor Schubert
IMDb rating 7.992K votes
Most often with
Jack Arnold directed three of these films, Joe Dante two and Douglas Sirk two. Ten actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jack ArnoldDirector, 3 films, 1957
All films by Jack Arnold
All films by Joe Dante
All films by Douglas Sirk
Also three films together4 more actors
- Karl SwensonHour of the Gun (1967), Lonely Are the Brave (1962) and The Gallant Hours (1960)
- Georg Stanford BrownHouse Party 2 (1991), Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) and Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
- Michael McGreeveyThe Strongest Man in the World (1975), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) and Day of the Outlaw (1959)
- Grant WilliamsThe Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Monolith Monsters (1957) and Written on the Wind (1956)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What William Schallert's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$116 million
12 of the 38 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 38 films: 12 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 20 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 20Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$27M23.5% of the total
- 2$26M22.3% of the total
- 3$19M16.7% of the total
- 4$19M16.1% of the total
- 5$7.2M6.2% of the total
- 6$6.0M5.2% of the total
- 7$4.3M3.7% of the total
- 8$2.0M1.7% of the total
$5.3 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
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