Dwight Schultz Biography

American actor (born 1947)

William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor.

He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series The A-Team and as Reginald Barclay in the Star Trek franchise.

He is also known in animation as the megalomaniacal mad scientist Dr. Animo in the Ben 10 series, Adrian Toomes/Vulture in some Marvel video games, Chef Mung Daal in the children's animated series Chowder, and Eddie the Squirrel in CatDog.

Early life

Schultz was born in Baltimore on November 24, 1947. He is of German descent and a Roman Catholic. He attended Calvert Hall College High School and Towson University.

Career

Schultz's breakthrough role was that of Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on The A-Team. He appeared in several films, including The Fan (1981), and he 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; he reprised the role in Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact. He played in the 1992 television film Child of Rage, starring opposite Mel Harris as a comp*ionate couple who adopt a troubled girl who has been sexually abused. In November 2009, Schultz confirmed that he and former A-Team co-star Dirk Benedict would make cameo appearances in the feature film The A-Team.

Schultz hosted a conservative talk-radio podcast called Howling Mad Radio which ended in March 2009. He has also guest-hosted on numerous occasions for Michael Savage on The Savage Nation, Jerry Doyle on The Jerry Doyle Show, and Rusty Humphries on The Rusty Humphries Show. He also posts political commentaries and podcasts on his official fansite.

Personal life

Schultz married actress Wendy Fulton in 1983. They have a daughter.

Schultz is Catholic and a conservative. In 2012 he began regular appearances on The Glazov Gang, an Internet political talk show hosted by Jamie Glazov, managing editor of FrontPage Magazine.

Filmography

Film

Voice

Television

Cartoons

Video games

Broadway

  • Night and Day
  • The Crucifer of Blood
  • The Water Engine

Radio

  • Dark Matters Radio with Don Ecker and Special Co-Host Dwight Schultz
  • Howling Mad Radio
  • The Jerry Doyle Show
  • The Laura Ingraham Show
  • The Rusty Humphries Show
  • The Savage Nation

References

    External links

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dwight Schultz.
    • Dwight Schultz at IMDb
    • Dwight Schultz at the Internet Broadway Database
    • Dwight Schultz at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
    • Dwight Schultz at the TCM Movie Database
    • Dwight Schultz at AllMovie
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