John Schuck

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John Schuck
Born	February 4, 1940 (1940-02-04) (age 69) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Susan Bay (1978–1983) Harrison Houlé (1990–present)

Conrad John Schuck^[1] (born February 4, 1940) is an American actor, primarily in stage, movies and television. He is best-known for his roles as police commissioner Rock Hudson's mildly slow-witted assistant, Sgt. Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama McMillan and Wife, and as Lee Meriwether's husband, Herman Munster in the 1980s sitcom, The Munsters Today. Schuck is also known for his work on Star Trek movies and television series, often playing a Klingon character.

Career

Schuck was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary (née Hamilton) and Conrad John Schuck, an English professor at SUNY Buffalo.^[2] He made his first theatrical appearances at Denison University, and after graduating continued his career at the Cleveland Playhouse, Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE, and finally the American Conservatory Theater, where he was discovered by Robert Altman. Schuck's first appearance in film was the role of Captain Walter Koskiusko "Painless Pole" Waldowski in Altman's film M*A*S*H. As a result of this role, Schuck has the distinction as the first actor ever to use the f word in a major motion picture. He went on to appear in several more Altman films: Brewster McCloud, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Thieves Like Us.

From 1971-1977 he appeared as Sergeant Charles Enright in McMillan and Wife and also starred as an overseer in the mini-series Roots. In 1976, he played Gregory "Yo-Yo" Yoyonovich in the short-lived series Holmes & Yo-Yo. He starred in American Broadcasting Company's 1979 TV holiday special The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (a.k.a. The Night Dracula Saved The World) as Frankenstein's Monster. It was around this time that he married Susan Bay (who later married Shuck's Star Trek IV co-star Leonard Nimoy), and in 1981 the two had a son together named Aaron Bay-Schuck. They divorced in 1983. He has since married West Coast artist Harrison Houlé.

Later career

In 1986, Schuck took the role of a Klingon ambassador in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He reprised the role in 1991 in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, becoming one of only six guest roles to appear in more than one Star Trek film (the others being the characters of David Marcus, Saavik, Sarek, Captain Klaa and Fleet Admiral Cartwright). He also guest starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Legate Parn, Star Trek: Voyager as Chorus #3, Star Trek: Enterprise as Antaak, and Babylon 5 as Draal in "The Long, Twilight Struggle" (1995). In 1994 he appeared as Ralgha nar Hhallas (callsign Hobbes) in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, and has guest-starred in several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as the NYPD Chief of Detectives.

Appearing as Conrad John Schuck, he opened in the role of Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway revival of Annie in December 2006 and toured nationally in that role. He has since appeared in the films Holy Matrimony and String of the Kite.

References

1. ^ About the Artist at wife Harrison Houlé's official website
2. ^ What A Character!

External links

• John Schuck at the Internet Movie Database
• NNDB
• John Schuck at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)