Dwight Schultz
William Dwight Schultz (November 24, 1947) is an American actor and voice artist. Schultz became famous for his role of "Howling Mad" Murdock, the A-Team's pilot, on the 1980s television show the A-Team. He appeared in the film Fat Man and Little Boy in 1989 and was said to have argued for historical accuracy for the movie. He also made notable appearances on Star Trek the Next Generation/Star trek:Voyager as Lieutenant Reginald Barclay.
| William Dwight Schultz
(American film, stage, television actor | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 24, 1947 Baltimore Baltimore County, Maryland |
| Spouse | Wendy Fulton (m. 1983) |
Schultz is known for also voicing mainstream cartoon voices in animations such as 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 also tried his hand at being a conservative talk-radio host on his own podcast program called Howling mad Radio and guest hosted for Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle, and Rusty Humphries serveral times each. Schultz is a Christian of German descent.
Theater roles
Dwight's, theatre credits include Broadway debut as the inventor, Charles Lang in The Water Engine/Mr. Happiness (Plymouth Theatre), George Guthrie in Night And Day (ANTA Playhouse), and his Drama-Logue Award-winning performance as Major Alistair Rossin The Crucifer Of Blood (Helen Hayes Theatre) with Charlton Heston as Sherlock Holmes and Jeremy Brett as Dr. Watson. Off-Broadway, as Charles Lang in The Water Engine (Martinson Hall) and Nicholas Siobok in The Crazy Locomotive (Theatre Four); and regionally, as Edward ‘Ned’ Sheldon in Ned and Jack (Hudson Guild Theatre) and Gyubal Wahazar in Gyubal Wahazar (Towson State Theatre).
In 1998, Star Trek alumni Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie produced an adaptation of The Lost World, in which all the characters were played by Star Trek actors. Dwight played Edward Malone in the play.
The A-Team
From 1983-87 Schultz played Murdock on The A-Team which aired on the [NBC] network. Designed all the T-shirts his character "Howling Mad" Murdock wore on the TV series and called it his consistent contribution to the series. Murdock can be seen in the final scene wearing a T-shirt that says, "Fini" the French word for 'End', whilst in Without Reservations he is seen to wear a shirt that reads 'Almost Fini'. Murdock the craziest member of the A-Team and resides in a military mental hospital for most of his time. In the mental hospital Murdock has a Pac-Man arcade game in his room that appears in the pilot episode.
Murdock was one of the four protagonists of the 1980s action-adventure television series The A-Team. The character of Murdock was almost written out of the series before it aired, as the producers found the character too "over the top". The popularity of the character among the test audience however convinced the producers to keep the part of Murdock.
Star Trek spin-off series as Barclay
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation series and upon his transfer to Captain Picard's Enterprise-D and in the fictional Star Trek universe year of 2366, Schultz played the Role of Reginald Barclay and held the rank of lieutenant junior grade.
Due to his nervous nature, many members of the Enterprise crew initially referred to him as "Lieutenant Broccoli", a play on the name Barclay, was coined by Wesley Crusher upon learning this Captain Picard asked the crew not to refer to him as this nickname.
Commander Riker and chief engineer La Forge attempted to get Schultz character Braclay transferred off the ship, not believing he was competent enough to serve on the Federation flagship.
As time passed, with the help of Counselor Troi, Barclay slowly grew in confidence and became one of La Forge's best engineers.
In Star Trek:Voyager prior to 2371, Barclay transferred to Jupiter Station and worked as part of the original holo-engineering team in Dr. Lewis Zimmerman's holographic laboratory, assigned to test the Emergency Medical Hologram's interpersonal skills.
Also in Star Trek: Voyager, Barclay was transferred to the Pathfinder Project at Starfleet's Communications Research Center, endeavoring to return the star ship USS Voyager to the Alpha Quadrant from the distant Delta Quadrant.
Filmography
| Movie/TV Show Name | Date of Release | Role | Episodes/Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1990-1994 | Lieutenant Reginald Barclay | "Hollow Pursuits", "The Nth Degree", "Realm of Fear", "Ship in a Bottle", "Genesis" |
| Star Trek: Voyager | 1995–2001 | Lieutenant Reginald Barclay | "Projections", "Pathfinder", "Inside Man", "Life Line", "Author, Author", and "Endgame" |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Lieutenant Reginald Barclay | Feature film |