Bill Zuckert


Bill Zuckert was an American actor.

Career

Zuckert began his career in 1941 in radio and lent his voice to hundreds of dramas over the next two decades.
He served in World War II as a member of the naval construction unit Seabees.
On old-time radio, Zuckert portrayed Lieutenant Louis Parker in the NBC crime drama Crime and Peter Chambers. He went on to star in television, having many guest and character roles over the next half century, such as playing the sheriff in the Star Trek episode, "Spectre of the Gun". He also made four appearances on TV's Perry Mason as Judge Edward Simpson. In 1969 Zuckert appeared as Yaekima on the TV series The Virginian in the episode titled "A Woman of Stone."
Zuckert's Broadway credits include The Gang's All Here and Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove.
Zuckert served on the boards of directors of two professional organizations: the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Personal life

For 30 years Zuckert was married to actress Gladys Holland, who survived him. They had a daughter, and he had two children from a previous marriage.

Death

On January 23, 1997, Zuckert died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.

Selected filmography