Celebrity Death: William Schallert, 93, (Patty Duke Show)

[GarbageGoal]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769974/

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/wil...ies-patty-duke-show-sag-president-1201769236/

Former SAG president William Schallert, best known as TV dad Martin Lane on “The Patty Duke Show,†died Sunday in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 93. His son Edwin confirmed his death.

His most memorable role was as beloved TV dad Martin Lane on “The Patty Duke Show†(1963-66). The performance still resonates: TV Guide slotted him at No. 39 on its list of Greatest TV Dads of All Time in 2004.

Schallert would be familiar to many for his memorable appearance on the famous “The Trouble With Tribbles†episode of the original “Star Trek†series: He played Nilz Baris, the agriculture undersecretary who is outraged to discover that the furry, endlessly reproducing aliens have devoured all the grain.

Schallert served as SAG president from 1979-81 and oversaw a three-month strike in 1980 that centered around rates and residuals for pay TV, videocassettes and videodiscs and included a successful boycott of the year’s primetime Emmy Awards. The strike’s failures were ascribed, fairly or not, to Schallert and other guild leaders, and Schallert responded by leading an effort to merge the union with AFTRA.

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[Acadmus]

Couldn't picture him (having only seen the Patty Duke show once I think) until the part about him being the agricultural secretary in Trouble with Tribbles...I'm absolutely astounded he was still alive.

Who'da thunk anyone besides Patty Duke was still alive from that show until she died this year, let alone the person who played her father outliving her.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Had just checked to see if he was alive when Patty Duke passed a month or so ago. This is sad. Loved him on Patty Duke and later he was on pretty much everything.

 

[Archangel]

Trouble with Tribbles