Dwight Schultz
William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor.
Dwight Schultz
Actor
1970–present
- Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock in The A-Team
- Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Dr. Animo in Ben 10
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Schultz married actress Wendy Fulton in 1983.[7] They have a daughter.[8]
Schultz is Catholic[9] and a 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]