Dwight Schultz | |
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Schultz at the Dallas Comic Con in 2006
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Born |
William Dwight Schultz November 24, 1947 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Education | Calvert Hall College High School |
Alma mater | Towson University |
Occupation | Actor, voice artist |
Years active | 1970–present |
Spouse(s) | Wendy Fulton (1983–present) |
Children | Ava Schultz (b. 1987) |
Website | Official website |
William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series The A-Team, and as Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact. He is also well known in animation as the mad scientist Dr. Animo in the Ben 10 series, Chef Mung Daal in the children's cartoon Chowder, and Eddie the Squirrel in CatDog.
Schultz was born in Baltimore, Maryland of German descent, and is a Roman Catholic. He attended Calvert Hall College High School and Towson University.
Schultz's breakthrough role was the character of Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on The A-Team. Schultz has also appeared in films including The Fan (1981), and starred in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), as J. Robert Oppenheimer. In the early 1990s, he had a recurring role as Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Schultz reprised the role in Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact. Schultz played a dramatic change of pace role in the 1992 television film Child Of Rage, starring opposite Mel Harris as a compassionate couple who adopt a troubled girl who has been sexually abused. In November 2009, he confirmed that he (and former A-Team co-star, Dirk Benedict) would have a cameo in the feature film The A-Team; however, both Schultz's and Benedict's parts were ultimately cut from the film proper, but placed after the credits of the theatrical showing as an easter egg.