Cast: William Schallert
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Schallert. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 66
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