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William Schallert
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Actor Born: July 6, 1922 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of the "Los Angeles Times"' drama editor, "William Schallert" was, along with Sydney Chaplin, one of the co-founders of Hollywood's highly regarded Circle Theatre troupe. Sent to Great Britain on a Fulbright Fellowship to study British repertory theatre, Schallert guest-lectured at Oxford on several occasion before heading home. A character actor of almost intimidating versatility, Schallert began his long film and TV career in 1951. While he has appeared in films of every variety, Schallert is most closely associated with the many doctors (mad or otherwise), lab technicians and scientific experts that he's played in such science fiction endeavors as "The Man From Planet X" (1951), "Gog" (1954), "Them!" (1954) "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) and "The Monolith Monsters" (1959). Director "Joe Dante" paid homage to Schallert's prolific horror-flick work by casting the actor in his "Matinee,"... Full Biography
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