By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television
Writer
William Schallert, a veteran TV
performer and Hollywood union leader who played Patty Duke's father — and uncle
— on television and led a long, contentious strike for actors, has died.
Schallert died Sunday at his home
in Pacific Palisades, California, said his son, Edwin. He was 93.
Though usually seen in secondary
roles, Schallert's lean, friendly face was familiar to baby boomers for roles
in two classic sitcoms — as a teacher to Dwayne Hickman and his pals in
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and as the dad in "The Patty
Duke Show."