Cast: William Schallert

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Schallert. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Grant Williams · Randy Stuart · April Kent · Paul Langton

Synopsis After an exposure to a strange mist, Scott Carey begins to shrink. After facing such trials as confounded doctors and his angry cat, he accidently gets locked in the basement. His very life then becomes a battle for survival, with...

7.6

14K votes

7.6

14K votes

Lonely are the Brave

1962 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction David Miller

Cast Kirk Douglas · Gena Rowlands · Walter Matthau · Michael Kane

Synopsis In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

The Tarnished Angels

1957 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Rock Hudson · Robert Stack · Dorothy Malone · Jack Carson

Synopsis Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

It's a Good Life (S)

1983 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Burgess Meredith · Kathleen Quinlan · Jeremy Licht · Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis After seeing how he's bothered by a group of men, a teacher gives a lift to a little boy. Once they arrive to his house, she discovers that his family behaves quite oddly. After a while, she realizes that the...

7.0

28 votes

7.0

28 votes

Charley Varrick

1973 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Walter Matthau · Joe Don Baker · Felicia Farr · Andrew Robinson

Synopsis In this compact, fast-paced action thriller, a bank robber really messes up when he and his gang accidentally knock over a Mafia-controlled New Mexico bank. As a result, they must figure out a way to not only evade the police...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

War and Remembrance (TV Miniseries)

1988 · Series · 1620 min. · United States

Direction Herman Wouk · Dan Curtis

Cast Robert Mitchum · John Gielgud · Jane Seymour · Hart Bochner

Synopsis The saga of the Henry family, begun in "The Winds of War" continues as America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II. For Victor Henry, an upwardly mobile naval career sets him in command of a cruiser with...

6.9

85 votes

6.9

85 votes

One Step Beyond (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction John Newland · Axel Gruenberg · Jack B. Hively

Cast John Newland · Robert Douglas · Will J. White · Olan Soule

Synopsis Produced at the same time as the more well-known Twilight Zone, this series fed the nation's growing interest in paranormal suspense in a different way. Rather than creating fictional stories with supernatural twists and turns, this program sought out 'real'...

6.8

60 votes

6.8

60 votes

Will Penny

1967 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast Charlton Heston · Joan Hackett · Donald Pleasence · Lee Majors

Synopsis Rambling along at its own measured pace, Will Penny is a vivid western character study, completely dominated by the rapport between stars (Charlton Heston) and (Joan Hackett). Heston plays Will Penny, an aging and impoverished cowboy. With his cohorts Blue...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Shield for Murder

1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch · Edmond O'Brien

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Marla English · John Agar · Emile Meyer

Synopsis A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in sight in order to keep to the money to buy a model home for his would-be lounge singer girlfriend.

6.5

73 votes

6.5

73 votes

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Landis · Steven Spielberg · Joe Dante · George Miller

Cast Dan Aykroyd · Albert Brooks · Scatman Crothers · John Lithgow

Synopsis In Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), four eerie tales unfold under the guidance of a mysterious narrator. A bigot finds himself living the persecution he inflicts on others. A lonely senior discovers newfound youth but at a haunting cost. A...

6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Thomas Carr · Don McDougall · George Blair · Murray Golden

Cast Steve McQueen · James Coburn · Jack Tornek · Michael Landon

Synopsis TV Series (1958-1961). Wanted: Dead or Alive was an American Western television show which ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961, starred unconventional-looking leading man Steve McQueen, and was a spin-off of Trackdown (1957), a western TV series featuring...

6.4

70 votes

6.4

70 votes

The Wild Wild West (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Garrison · Irving J. Moore · Robert Sparr · Alan Crosland Jr.

Cast Robert Conrad · Ross Martin · Dick Cangey · Red West

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1969). 4 Seasons. 104 Episodes. James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western, the Artemus designs...

6.4

463 votes

6.4

463 votes

The Tattered Dress

1957 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Jeff Chandler · Jeanne Crain · Jack Carson · Gail Russell

Synopsis After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen (Elaine Stewart) comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; she claims being sexually assaulted and Reston kills the man. Top defense lawyer James...

6.4

45 votes

6.4

45 votes

Innerspace

1987 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Dennis Quaid · Martin Short · Meg Ryan · Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis Test pilot Tuck Pendleton is placed in a one-man submersible and reduced to microscopic size as part of an experiment where he is to be injected into the bloodstream of a rabbit. But industrial criminals break into the laboratory and...

6.3

20K votes

6.3

20K votes

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Sargent

Cast Eric Braeden · William Schallert · Susan Clark · Gordon Pinsent

Synopsis Dr Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) activates his creation, the super-computer Colossus, which has been designed to take control of all US military installations. Once activated it is sealed into an impenetrable bunker. Moments later the Russians announce the existence of...

6.2

625 votes

6.2

625 votes

The Jerk

1979 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast Steve Martin · Bernadette Peters · Catlin Adams · Mabel King

Synopsis Navin Johnson, a none-too-bright white boy raised by a family of black sharecroppers, somehow manages to reach adulthood without ever discovering he was adopted. His parents finally tell him the truth on his birthday and, shocked by the news, he...

6.0

728 votes

6.0

728 votes

The Man from Planet X

1951 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Robert Clarke · Margaret Field · Raymond Bond · William Schallert

Synopsis American journalist John Lawrence is invited to join astronomer John Elliott at his observatory on a remote island off the Scottish coast where Elliott is monitoring a passing planet that he has named X. There Lawrence becomes interested in Elliott’s...

5.6

575 votes

5.6

575 votes

The Twilight Zone: Mr. Bevis (TV)

1960 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction William Asher

Cast Orson Bean · Henry Jones · Charles Lane · Horace McMahon

Synopsis James B.W. Bevis is, by almost any definition, eccentric. He drives a car that once was Henry Ford's dream, he likes zither music and makes model ships. He's a bookkeeper by profession and his desk at work is always cluttered....

5.4

119 votes

5.4

119 votes

Teachers

1984 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Hiller

Cast Nick Nolte · JoBeth Williams · Judd Hirsch · Ralph Macchio

Synopsis A teacher overcomes his frustration in a high-school full of flunkies. As he attempts to educate his students, his attempts to help them gets him into trouble with the school board, which only adds to his problems. With the support...

5.3

136 votes

5.3

136 votes

Hangar 18

1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction James L. Conway

Cast Darren McGavin · Robert Vaughn · Gary Collins · Philip Abbott

Synopsis During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite is rammed by an unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies it's existence because of the near presidential elections. The...

5.1

265 votes

5.1

265 votes