Sep 27, 2009 | SFGate
Schallert recalls playing father to Patty Duke
William Schallert is not a name, but he is a face. Often cast as an underpowered authority figure, he has been seen in film and especially on TV for more than 50 years, from broadly appealing Golden Age shows such as "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Have Gun, Will Travel" and "Get Smart" to more recent niche programming such as "Desperate ...
Dave on Demand: It gets old: Actors near 30 who play teenagers
The racy teen import Skins returned to BBC America this month with last season's young cast replaced almost entirely by a new batch of schoolboys and girls.
The art of Derek Yaniger: Go wild
By nature, I am a rockabilly gal, but I go hog-wild for anything monster surf or Tiki-related. I knew I would never be the same when I heard Los Straitjackets play the "Titanic" theme in an Atlanta warehouse in a triple-billed show a few years back.
Go to any acting class and chances are at least some of the hopefuls there will tell you, "I don't want to be a star, I just want to work." That simple dream doesn't come true for many, but it surely has for William.... Go to any acting class and chances are at least some of the hopefuls there will tell you, "I don't want to be a star, I just want ...
David Hershkovits Is All About a Four-Day Workweek.
You may recall Bob Denver as Gilligan from Gilligan's Island -- older folks and TV sitcom students will also remember him from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , on which Denver played a beatnik character named Maynard G. Krebs, the fifth wheel in a storyline that featured Dwayne Hickman as Dobie and Tuesday Weld as the unattainable Thalia.
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