Richard Schaal (/ˈʃÉ'Ë l/; May 5, 1928 â€" November 4, 2014) was an
American film and television actor.In 1962, Schaal joined Chicago's
Second City, becoming skilled in sketch and improvisational comedy. 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,
the actor played alongside his then wife Valerie Harper. In 1983, he
had a recurring role in Just Our Luck.Schaal was born May 5, 1928, in
Chicago, Illinois, the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal (1896-1981), a
machinist, and Margaret Schaal (née Margaret Semple Waddell;
1897-1983), a telephone operator.
American film and television actor.In 1962, Schaal joined Chicago's
Second City, becoming skilled in sketch and improvisational comedy. 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,
the actor played alongside his then wife Valerie Harper. In 1983, he
had a recurring role in Just Our Luck.Schaal was born May 5, 1928, in
Chicago, Illinois, the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal (1896-1981), a
machinist, and Margaret Schaal (née Margaret Semple Waddell;
1897-1983), a telephone operator.
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