RIP: William Schallert

[erik]

Hollywood has lost another familiar face among its acting ranks. Veteran character actor William Schallert, who many will remember from The Patty Duke Show, but also made many great appearances on film, passed away on Sunday at the age of 93:

www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-william-schallert-20160510-story.html

Among his film roles are as Judge Spicer in the 1967 John Sturges western HOUR OF THE GUN; the CIA director in the underrated 1970 science fiction drama COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT; and a small-town doctor in the 1968 western WILL PENNY.

[egoodstein]

He was a very good character actor, one of those 'reliable' guys/faces in a number of contexts. Good run anyway. I actually thought he had died years ago to be
honest. . .

[erik]

Schallert had slowed down in recent years because of age, but he was always one of those reliable "faces" whom you recognize, even if not by name right off the top. There just aren't many like that anymore these days (IMHO).