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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. John Schuck (1940 - ) Biography from Baseline Occupation: Actor Born: February 4, 1940, Boston, MA Education: Denison University, Granville, OH Stocky, curly-haired character player with large and amiable, if slightly simian, features who gained notice as part of director Robert Altman's 1970s stock company. Variety deemed him quietly convincing in M*A*S*H (1970), his film debut, as Painless Pole, a well-endowed dentist who considers suicide after a bout of impotence. Schuck went on to play supporting roles in some of Altman's most important 70s films including BREWSTER MCCLOUD (1970), MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971), and THIEVES LIKE US (1974). Fans of 70s TV drama may remember him best from the long-running mystery series McMillan and Wife (NBC, 1971-76)—and the subsequent short-lived follow-up McMillan (NBC, 1976-77)—as the plodding but enthusiastic Sergeant Charles Enright. Schuck provided a pleasingly clunky foil to Rock Hudson's smoothly competent (if thoroughly improbable) rendition of San Francisco's police commissioner. He would play cops of various kinds for much of his film and TV careers. Schuck spent ten years acting and directing in regional theater before joining the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where he was discovered by Altman. Once established in film and TV, Schuck alternated between the two mediums. Outside of McMillan, most of his TV projects were telefilms, specials, and failed sitcoms, including two memorable turkeys, The New Odd Couple (ABC, 1982-83), featuring a Black Oscar and Felix with Schuck as Murray the cop, and The Munsters Today (Syndicated, 1988), a charmless revival in which he played Herman Munster. Similarly, Schuck's post-Altman film credits, mostly comedies, were less distinguished. They include OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (1987), VIAJE A LAS ESTRELLAS 4 (1986) and VIAJE A LAS ESTRELLAS 6 (1991) as the Klingon ambassador, PONTIAC LUNAR (1994), and TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS DEMON KNIGHT (1995). Schuck played cops in the last two. 1970 BREWSTER MCCLOUD performer 1970 M*A*S*H performer 1971 MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER performer 1972 UNIDOS POR EL MAL (1972) performer 1973 BLADE performer 1974 THIEVES LIKE US performer 1979 JUST YOU AND ME, KID performer 1981 EARTHBOUND performer 1984 FINDERS KEEPERS performer 1986 VIAJE A LAS ESTRELLAS 4 (1986) performer 1987 OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE performer 1988 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING performer 1989 SECOND SIGHT performer 1994 HOLY MATRIMONY performer 1995 TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS DEMON KNIGHT performer
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