What is William Schallert?
{{Infobox person | name = William Schallert | image = Williamschallert.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Schallert at the 1990 [[Academy Awards]] | birth_name = William Joseph Schallert | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|07|06}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|8|1922|7|6}} | death_place = [[Pacific Palisades, California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Peripheral neuropathy]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1957&ndash;2014 | spouse = Rosemarie D. Waggner (1949&ndash;2015) |module = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes |office1 = President of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] |term_start1 = 1979 |term_end1 = 1981 |predecessor1 = [[Kathleen Nolan]] |successor1 = [[Edward Asner]] }} }} '''William Joseph Schallert''' (July 6, 1922 &ndash; May 8, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] actor. He played the father on ''The Patty Duke Show''. He is also known for his guest-star roles in ''[[The Smurfs]]'', ''[[Jefferson Drum]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke (TV series)|Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', ''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'', ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'', ''[[The Waltons]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', [[The Andy Griffith Show]] and in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Schallert was born on July 6, 1922 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/171202%7C156365/William-Schallert/ William Schallert (biography) &ndash; Turner Classic Movies.]</ref> He married Rosemarie D. Waggner in 1949. Schallert was the president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] from 1979 through 1981. He died at his home in [[Pacific Palisades, California]] from complications from [[peripheral neuropathy]] on May 8, 2016, aged 93.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/arts/television/william-schallert-father-on-the-patty-duke-show-dies-at-93.html?_r=0 William Schallert, 93, Dies; Prolific Actor Was Father on ‘The Patty Duke Show’]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Othe