Richard Schaal
Richard Schaal (May 5, 1928 – November 4, 2014) was an American film and television actor born in Chicago, Illinois.
Richard Schaal

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- Name
- Richard Schaal
- Born
- 5 May 1928
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, US
- Died
- 4 November 2014
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, US
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- *Lois Treacy (m. married 19??; div. divorced 19??) * *
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Richard Schaal (May 5, 1928 – November 4, 2014) was an American film and television actor born in Chicago, Illinois.
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Key facts
• Name — Richard Schaal • Born — 5 May 1928 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, US • Died — 4 November 2014 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, US • Burial Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1962–1990 • Spouse — *Lois Treacy (m. married 19??; div. divorced 19??) * * • Children — Wendy Schaal
Career
Career
In 1962, Schaal joined Chicago's famed Second City, becoming skilled in sketch and improvisational comedy. Schaal and Valerie Harper wrote "Love and the Visitor" (1970) for Love, American Style, a TV series. He was featured in a number of episodes of the 1970s sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (where he played no fewer than four different characters: Howard Arnell, his brother Paul, Chuckles the Clown and Dino), The Bob Newhart Show (as three characters: Don Fezler, Don Livingston and Chuck Brock), Rhoda (as Charlie Burke) and Phyllis (23 episodes as Leo Heatherton). His earliest appearance with Mary Tyler Moore was in the 1966 Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Dear Sally Rogers" (billed as Dick Schaal). In both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, he played alongside his then-wife, Valerie Harper. In 1983, he had a recurring role in Just Our Luck.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Schaal was born on May 5, 1928, in Chicago, the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal, a machinist, and Margaret Semple Waddell, a telephone operator. Schaal was married three times, first to Lois Treacy, second to actress Valerie Harper, and third to Tasha Brittain. With Treacy, he had one child, American actress Wendy Schaal. Schaal died November 4, 2014, in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at age 86. No cause of death was provided. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1966 — The Dick Van Dyke Show — Stevie Parsons — Episode: "Dear Sally Rogers" (as Dick Schall) • 1967 — That Girl — Lost & Found Man — Episode: "Gone with the Breeze" (as Dick Schall) • 1969 — I Dream of Jeannie — Marvin Oglethorpe — Episode: "Jeannie and the Secret Weapon" (as Dick Schaal) • 1970 — The Mary Tyler Moore Show — various, including Chuckles the Clown — 4 episodes • 1973 — The Partridge Family — Michaelangelo Rezo — Episode: "Me and My Shadow" • 1974 — The Rockford Files — Leonard Blair — Ep: "Caledonia, It's Worth a Fortune!" • 1975–1976 — Phyllis — Leo Heatherton — Main cast (season 1) • 1976 — Rhoda — Charlie Burke — Ep: "Man of the House" • 1978 — Please Stand By — Frank Lampert — Main Cast, Elinore Donahue was cast as wife (replaced midseason) • 1983 — Just Our Luck — Chuck — Main cast • 1988–1989 — Almost Grown — Dick Long — Main cast
Publicity photo from the television program Phyllis. Pictured are Richard Schaal, Cloris Leachman and Liz Torres. In this episode, Phyllis' interest in music doesn't turn out the way she planned.
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• Year — Title — Role • 1966 — The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming — Oscar Maxwell • 1969 — The Virgin President — Hugh Mugababy • 1969 — The Cube — The Man in the Cube • 1972 — Slaughterhouse-Five — Howard W. Campbell Jr. • 1973 — Steelyard Blues — Zoo Official Mel • 1974 — A Knife for the Ladies — Ainslie • 1979 — Americathon — Jerry • 1980 — The Hollywood Knights — Nevans • 1982 — O'Hara's Wife — Jerry Brad • 1985 — Once Bitten — Mr. Kendall
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