Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz
Schultz at the 2013 Salt Lake Comic Con
Born	William Dwight Schultz (1947-11-24) November 24, 1947 (age 77) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Towson University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–present
Known for	Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock in The A-Team Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation Dr. Animo in Ben 10
Spouse	Wendy Fulton ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	1

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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 . ^[1]

Early life

Schultz was born in Baltimore on November 24, 1947. ^[3] He is of German descent and a Roman Catholic. He attended Calvert Hall College High School and Towson University. ^[4]

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 compassionate couple who adopt a troubled girl who has been sexually abused. ^[1] 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 . ^[5]

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. ^[5] He also posts political commentaries and podcasts on his official fansite. ^[6]

Personal life

Schultz married actress Wendy Fulton in 1983. ^{[7] [ unreliable source? ]} They have a daughter. ^{[8] [ failed verification ]}

Schultz is Catholic^{[ citation needed ] [9]} and a political 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 . ^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1981	The Fan	TV Director
1982	Alone in the Dark	Dan Potter
1989	Fat Man and Little Boy	J. Robert Oppenheimer
1990	The Long Walk Home	Norman Thompson
1993	The Temp	Roger Jasser
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Lieutenant Reginald Barclay
2010	The A-Team	German Doctor #1	Cameo

Voice

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Golgo 13: Queen Bee	Robert Hardy	English dub
2000	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	Benge, Old Man of Barbarois		[11]
2003	The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	Skiff A.I.	Direct to video
	The Animatrix	Nonaka
2004	Van Helsing: The London Assignment	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack the Ripper
	Kaena: The Prophecy	Ilpo
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Dubbledekabus		[11]
	Ultimate Avengers 2	Odin	Direct to video
	Tekkonkinkreet	Snake	English dub
2007	Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix	Dr. Animo	Television film	[11]
2010	Batman: Under the Red Hood	Freddie, Drug Dealer	Direct to video
2012	Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens	Dr. Animo	Television film
2016	Barbie: Star Light Adventure	Constantine	Limited theatrical release
2017	Deep	Kraken
2018	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash	Eobard Thawne	Direct to video
2019	Klaus	Additional voices
2020	Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!	Scarecrow	Direct-to-Video	[11] [12]
2024	Watchmen Chapter 1	Detective Steve Fine, Happy Harry		[13] [14]

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1981	Thin Ice	Mr. Ritchie
	Hill Street Blues	Carmichael	Episode: "Life, Death, Eternity"
	CHiPS	Lyle Pickett	Episode: "The Hawk and the Hunter"
	Dial M for Murder	TV Director
	Bitter Harvest	Schlatter
	Standing Room Only	Bassick	Episode: "Sherlock Holmes"
	Nurse	Dr. Kevin Michaels	Episode: "Going Home"
1983	When Your Lover Leaves	Richard Reese	Television film
1983–1987	The A-Team	Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock	97 episodes
1987–1989	Perry Mason	Andrew Lloyd, Tony Franken	2 episodes
1990	A Killer Among Us	Clifford Gillette	Television film
1990–1994	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Lieutenant Reginald Barclay	5 episodes
1992	Last Wish	Ed Edwards	Television film
	Child of Rage	Rob Tyler
	Woman with a Past	Mick
1993	Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story	Dave Davis
1994	Babylon 5	Amis	Episode: "The Long Dark"
	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Dr. Jerome Oziel	Television film
	Weird Science	Hank	Episode: "Circuit Courtship"
1995–2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Lieutenant Reginald Barclay	6 episodes
1995	The Outer Limits	Leviticus Mitchell	Episode: "If These Walls Could Talk"
	Flipper	Wayne Cole	Episode: "The Green Freak"
	Deadly Games	Nathan Abrams	Episode: "Motivational Speaker"
	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Henry Wexler	Episode: "Naked Babes"
	Enola Gay and the atomic bombing of Japan	Narrator	Television film
1996	Nowhere Man	Harrison Barton	Episode: "Hidden Agenda"
	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Adam Litowski	Episode: "A Joyful Noise"
	Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart	Peter Donner	Television film
1997	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Gavin Reed	Episode: "Delusions of Murder"
1998	Stargate SG-1	The Keeper	Episode: "The Gamekeeper"
1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Lloyd Allen	Episode: "Safe House"
2001	The Agency	Russell Orland	Episode: "Closure"

Cartoons

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1997	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Garret Grady	Episode: "AKA Superman"
	Reign: The Conqueror	Attalos
1998–2001	CatDog	Eddie the Squirrel, additional voices	Main role	[11]
1999	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Doctor, NSC Operative	Episode: "Seed of the Hellspawn"
	The Chimp Channel	Stan
	The Wild Thornberrys	Dr. Freed, Customer, Inspector Tabu	2 episodes	[11]
1999–2000	Family Guy	Clerk, Randall Fargus
2001–2002	Invader Zim	Mr. Slunchy, Earth Father, additional voices		[11]
2001	Johnny Bravo	Leo	Episode: "A Johnny Bravo Christmas"
2003	Ninja Scroll: The Series	Dakuan
	The Cramp Twins	Bouncy Bob	Episode: "Walk Like a Man/Bouncy Bob"
	Rugrats	Gracko	Episode: "Diapies and Dragons/Baby Power"	[11]
2004–2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Ernest, Turtle, Psychiatrist, various voices
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Trainer	Episode: "Appa's Lost Days"	[11]
	Catscratch	Carmendor Nuget	Episode: "Blikmail/Love Jackal"
2006–2007	Ben 10	Dr. Animo, various voices		[11]
2007	Afro Samurai	Assassin 1, Patron 1, Ronin
2007–2010	Chowder	Mung Daal, various voices		[11]
2008	Ben 10: Alien Force	Dr. Animo	Episode: "Voided"
2010–2012	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2011	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Older Danny Darrow	Episode: "Escape from Mystery Manor"
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Technovore	Episode: "Alone Against A.I.M."	[11]
2013	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Fu-xi	Episode: "Serpent's Tooth"
2013–2014	Avengers Assemble	Attuma
	Ben 10: Omniverse	Dr. Animo
2014	Wander Over Yonder	Wild Card	Episode: "The Big Job/The Helper"
2014–2017	All Hail King Julien	Karl, Karl-Gram, Patrick	10 episodes
2015	Harvey Beaks	Spirit of Wetbark Lake, Snake	Episode: "Pe-Choo/The Spitting Tree"
	Teen Titans Go!	TV	Episode: "Oil Drums"
	Kirby Buckets	Shredlock	Episode: "Failure to Launch"
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Mesmero, Attuma, Teacher		[11]
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Wyrm	Episode: "The Weird World of Wyrm"
2016–2021	Ben 10	Dr. Animo	9 episodes
2017	All Hail King Julien	Karl, Father Tentacle, Chimp, Fore-Vegetable, Rat, Thrax	7 episodes
2018	The Powerpuff Girls	Lester van Luster	Episode: "Small World"
2019	Young Justice	Mad Hatter	Episode: "Triptych"	[11]
2024	Jellystone!	Dick Dastardly	Episode: "LAFF Games"

Video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Fallout 2	Hakunin		[11]
1999	CatDog: Quest for the Golden Hydrant	Eddie the Squirrel
2000	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	Mae'Var, Vithal, Prince Villynaty
	Vampire Hunter D	Benge		[11]
	Sacrifice	Additional voices
	Call to Power II
2001	Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel	Gammorin, Paladin Latham
	Final Fantasy X	Maechen		[11]
	Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura	Simeon Tor
	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	Additional voices
2002	Spider-Man	Vulture		[11]
2003	Crash Nitro Kart	Dingodile, Fake Crash
	Final Fantasy X-2	Maechen, O'aka XXIII
	Star Trek: Elite Force II	Lieutenant Reginald Barclay
	Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader	Additional voices
	Lords of EverQuest	Lord Dungannon
	Battlestar Galactica	Lord Erebus, Deimos
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	Hoxie
	Crash Twinsanity	Papu Papu, Dingodile, Rusty Walrus, Tribesmen		[11]
	The Bard's Tale	Additional voices		[15]
	EverQuest II
	Spider-Man 2	The Vulture	PSP and DS versions only	[11]
2005	Fantastic Four	Additional voices
	Destroy All Humans!	Air Force General, Fair Worker		[11]
	Advent Rising	Kelehm Farwaters
	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Living Monolith, Garrokk		[11]
	Psychonauts	Crispin Whytehead
	Gun	Hecht the Rancher
	Killer7	Harman Smith		[11]
	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	King Hagan
	Yakuza	Kage
2006	X-Men: The Official Game	Magneto
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Python
	Baten Kaitos Origins	Geldoblame
	Final Fantasy XII	Gran Kiltias Anastasis, Old Dalan
	Gothic 3	Additional voices
	Superman Returns	Mr. Mxyzptlk, The Citizens of Metropolis
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent	Carson Moss		[11]
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Red Ghost
	Mass Effect	Navigator Pressly, Dr. Zev Cohen, Bartender
	Ben 10: Protector of Earth	Dr. Animo		[11]
	Conan	Graven, Kalden
	Armored Core 4	Emill, Enemy AI		[16]
	The Darkness	Uncle Paulie Franchetti		[11]
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Montanari
2008	Dark Sector	Robert Mezner, AD		[11]
	Valkyria Chronicles	Prime Minister Maurits von Borg, Capt. Giorgios Geld
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Kraven the Hunter	PS2 and PSP versions only	[11]
	God of War: Chains of Olympus	Charon, Helios, Male Greek, Fire Guard
	The Rise of the Argonauts	Additional voices
	Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon	Sammy, Travis Skeever
2009	Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks	Dr. Animo		[11]
	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Thromnambular
	Dragon Age: Origins	Bodahn Feddic, Additional voices
	Terminator Salvation	Murphy		[11]
	MadWorld	Noa, Martin
2010	DC Universe Online	The Flash, Martian Manhunter
	Final Fantasy XIII	Cocoon Inhabitants	English dub	[17]
	Mafia II	Additional voices
	Resonance of Fate	Gelsey		[11]
	Mass Effect 2	Additional voices
2011	Dragon Age II	Bodahn Feddic, additional voices
	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	Additional voices
	Gears of War 3	Richard Prescott		[11]
2012	Skylanders: Giants	Ignitor
	Ben 10: Omniverse	Dr. Animo		[11]
2013	Skylanders: Swap Force	Ignitor
	République	Headmaster		[11]
	Infinity Blade III	Eves
	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn	Neloth
2014	Ancient Space	H.E.C.T.O.R, Admiral Thorensen, Captain Yuri Rudenko
	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Nemesis Orcs, Hallas
	Skylanders: Trap Team	Ignitor
	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse
2015	Killing Floor 2	Reverend David Alberts		[11]
	Batman: Arkham Knight	Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg
	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Ignitor		[18]
	Fallout 4	Knight Captain Cade		[11]
2016	Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars	GNN Male Anchor		[19]
	World of Warcraft: Legion	Additional voices
	Lego Dimensions	Howling Mad Murdock		[20]
	Killing Floor 2	Reverend David Alberts		[11]
2017	Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy	Papu Papu, Lab Assistants		[11] [21]
	Middle-earth: Shadow of War	Nemesis Orcs		[11]
2018	Marvel's Spider-Man	The Vulture
2019	Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled	Papu Papu, Nash, Geary
	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Odin
2020	Iron Man VR	Willie Lumpkin / S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent E
2024	Batman: Arkham Shadow	Arnold Wesker

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

1. Dwight Schultz at IMDb
2. Margulies, Lee (July 20, 1985). "Dwight Schultz: Typecast As Versatile". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved December 31, 2010.
3. "Schultz, Dwight 1947-". Encyclopedia.com . Cengage . Retrieved June 1, 2022.
4. "Sound file". Dwightschultzfansite.nl. Archived from the original (MP3) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
5. "Dwight Updates Archive". Dwightschultzfansite.nl. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
6. Archived August 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
7. "The Official Dwight Schultz fansite". Dwightschultzfansite.nl. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
8. <<unknown video title>>. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019 – via YouTube.
9. "HeartsofOak Podcast: Being a Conservative in Hollywood". April 13, 2023.
10. "The Glazov Gang" . Retrieved February 14, 2016– via YouTube.
11. "Dwight Schultz (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 27, 2015. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
12. Weiss, Josh (July 3, 2020). "Exclusive Happy Halloween, Scooby Doo! Trailer Unmasks Bill Nye, Elvira, and Batman Baddies". SyFy Wire . Retrieved July 4, 2020.
13. Vejvoda, Jim (July 10, 2024). "Watchmen Chapter I: Exclusive Trailer, Voice Cast, Boxart and Release Date".
14. "Watchmen: Chapter I". August 13, 2024.
15. InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:25 in, More Great Talent.
16. FromSoftware. Armored Core 4. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 2:28:05 in, Voice Cast.
17. "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 video game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
18. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers . Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
19. Chalk, Andy (February 17, 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer . Retrieved February 19, 2016.
20. "Lego Dimensions Full Cast & Crew". IMDb .
21. "Activision Blog: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Release Date Revealed". February 16, 2017.

External links

• Dwight Schultz at IMDb
• Dwight Schultz at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dwight Schultz at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• Dwight Schultz at the TCM Movie Database
• Dwight Schultz discography at Discogs