What is August Schellenberg?
{{Infobox person | name = August Schellenberg | birth_name = August Werner Schellenberg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|7|25}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|15|1936|7|25}} | death_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1970–2013 | spouse = Joan Karasevich<br>(?-2013; his death) | children = 3 }} '''August Werner Schellenberg''' (July 25, 1936 &ndash; August 15, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted: Aug 16, 2013 12:33 PM ET |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/08/16/august-schellenberg-dies.html |title=Mohawk actor August Schellenberg dies at 77 - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News |publisher=Cbc.ca |access-date=2013-08-16}}</ref> was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] actor. He is known for his role in ''[[Free Willy]]'' and in his [[Emmy Award]]-nominated for in ''[[Burt My Heart in Wounded Knee (movie)|Bury My Heart in Wounded Knee]]''. Schellenberg was born on July 25, 1936 in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He was of [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] and [[Swiss-German]] [[ancestry]]. He was raised in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. Schellenberg was married to Joan Karasevich until his death in 2013. They had three children. Schellenberg died on August 15, 2013 in his home in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] from [[lung cancer]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/16/august-schellenberg-free-willy-dead-dies/|title=TMZ: 'Free Willy' Star Dead at 77|date=16 August 2013|access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official website|http://www.augustschellenberg.info}} * {{IMDb name|0770763}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schellenberg, August}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Montreal]] [[Category:Actors from Toronto]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Canadian