Dwight Schultz

William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American stage, television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the hit 1980s action show The A-Team, and Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact.

Personal life

Schultz is a graduate of Calvert Hall College near Baltimore, Maryland. He married former actress Wendy Fulton (Bare Essence) in 1983 and has a daughter named Ava.

Career

Schultz' breakthrough role was the mentally-unstable Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on The A-Team. At the series outset, the producers felt that his character would be too over-the-top for viewers and planned to drop him after his debut, but early test screenings showed that he was popular with the audience. As a result, he was effectively "written back in" to the series.

Schultz has also appeared in films including The Fan (1981), as Broadway actress Lauren Bacall's director, and Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), as J. Robert Oppenheimer. During the filming of Fat Man and Little Boy he was frequently at odds with co-star Paul Newman. Newman is well known to be a liberal Democrat who favors unilateral nuclear disarmament, while Schultz is a conservative Republican, who opposed disarming.

In the early 1990s, he had a recurring role as Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Schultz reprised the role for Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact.

Schultz is also known for his voice talent. His voice credits include numerous popular video games and cartoons.

He was also the host of a conservative talk radio podcast called Howling Mad Radio, which is no longer being produced.

Credits

Broadway

• The Water Engine (1978)
• The Crucifer of Blood (1978)
• Night and Day (1979)

Film

• The First Men on the Moon (1999)
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
• Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan (1995)
• The Temp (1993)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• The Long Walk Home (1989)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• The Fan (1981)

Television

• Chowder - Mung Daal
• Ben 10 - Doctor Animo
  • "Tourist Trap" (Mayor of Sparksville)
• Star Trek: Voyager
  • "Endgame" (2001)
  • "Author, Author" (2001)
  • "Life Line" (2000)
  • "Inside Man" (2000)
  • "Pathfinder" (1999)
  • "Projections" (1995)
• Family Guy (1999)
  • "Running Mates" (Randall Fargus)
  • "Holy Crap" (Pope)
• The Chimp Channel (1999)
• Stargate SG-1
  • "The Gamekeeper" (1998)
• "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"(1997)
  • AKA Superman
• Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996)
• Diagnosis: Murder (1995)
• Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • "Genesis" (1994)
  • "Ship in a Bottle" (1993)
  • "Realm of Fear" (1992)
  • "Nth Degree" (1991)
  • "Hollow Pursuits" (1990)
• Babylon 5
  • "The Long Dark (1994)
• Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993)
• Woman with a Past (1992)
• Child of Rage (1992)
• Last Wish (1992)
• A Killer Among Us (1990)
• Perry Mason
  • "The Case of the Musical Murder" (1989)
  • "The Case of the Sinister Spirit" (1987)
• When Your Lover Leaves (1983)
• The A-Team (1983-86)
• Bitter Harvest (1981)
• Dial 'M' for Murder (1981)
• Thin Ice (1981)

Radio

• Dark Matters with Don Ecker and Special Co-Host Dwight Schultz
• Howling Mad Radio hosted by Dwight Schultz

Video games

• Armored Core 4 Emil Gustav (2007)
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001)
• Baten Kaitos Origins (2006) - Geldoblame
• Battlestar Galactica (2003)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004)
• Crash Nitro Kart (2003)
• Crash Twinsanity (2004)
• The Darkness (2007) - "Uncle" Paulie Franchetti
• Destroy All Humans! (2005)
• Fallout 2 (1998)
• Final Fantasy X (2001)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)
• Final Fantasy XII (2006)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (2008) - Charon/Helios/Male Greek/Fire Guard
• Killer7 (2005) - Harman Smith
• Mass Effect" (2007)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (2006) - Python
• Psychonauts (2005)
• Spider-man (2002) - The Vulture
• Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003)
• Titan Quest (2006)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (2006) - Carson Moss
• World In Conflict (2007)
• X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
• Yakuza (2005) - Kage

Animation

• Ben 10
• Invader Zim
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
• Ninja Scroll: The Series
• The Wild Thornberrys
• Family Guy
• Johnny Bravo
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Spawn: The TV Series
• Princess Mononoke
• Reign: The Conqueror
• Golgo 13: Queen Bee
• The Animatrix
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
• Ultimate Avengers 2
• The Spectacular Spider-Man
• Chowder

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

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• Dwight Schultz Radio Show and Blog
• Dwight Schultz at the Internet Movie Database
• Dwight Schultz at TV.com
• Dwight Schultz article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wikide:Dwight Schultz

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