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| birth_name = Conrad John Schuck Jr.
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'''Conrad John Schuck Jr.''' (born February 4, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for his role as
Schuck is also known for his work on ''[[Star Trek]]'', often playing [[Klingon]] characters, as well as his recurring roles as [[Draal]] on ''[[Babylon 5]]'' and as Chief of Detectives Muldrew of the New York City Police Department in ''[[Law & Order]].''
==Life and career==
Schuck was born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], to Mary ([[married and maiden names|née]] Hamilton) and Conrad John Schuck, a professor at [[University at Buffalo|SUNY Buffalo]]. He is of English and German descent.<ref>[http://www.what-a-character.com/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982796335 Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220448/http://www.what-a-character.com/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982796335|date=September 26, 2007}}, what-a-character.com; accessed August 25, 2014.</ref>
He made his first theatrical appearances at [[Denison University]], and after graduating continued his career at the [[Cleveland Play House]], Baltimore's [[Center Stage (theater)|Center Stage]], and finally the [[American Conservatory Theater]], where he was discovered by [[Robert Altman]].
His first film appearance was as
In 1970 he appeared as insurance salesman and former [[Minnesota Vikings]] lineman Frank Carelli in Episode 5 of the first season of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]],'' "Keep Your Guard Up."
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From 1971 to 1977, Schuck appeared as San Francisco Police Detective Sergeant Charles Enright in the television series ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' and also starred as an overseer in the miniseries ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]].'' In 1976, he played Gregory "Yoyo" Yoyonovich in the short-lived series ''[[Holmes & Yoyo]];'' both it and ''McMillan & Wife'' were created and produced by [[Leonard B. Stern]] for what is now [[NBCUniversal]] Television. Schuck starred in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s 1979 TV holiday special ''[[The Halloween That Almost Wasn't]]'' as [[Frankenstein's monster|the Frankenstein Monster]].<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|id=0775870|name=John Schuck}}</ref> (He would again use the Universal International Frankenstein-monster makeup format in ''[[The Munsters Today]];'' see below.) He played Ox, a jewel thief in "The Love Boat" S1 E15 "Caper" which aired 1/20/1978. In 1979 he starred in a short-lived TV series version of ''[[Turnabout (TV series)|Turnabout]]'', where he and [[Sharon Gless]] played Sam and Penny, a couple who trade bodies.{{clarify|date=November 2017}} Some installments from that comedy series were reedited into the made-for-TV film ''Magic Statue'', named for the artifact that caused the body-swap. <ref>[https://youtube.com/8aFfmtgBcwk]</ref>
In the 1970s–80s, Schuck was also a regular "guest celebrity" on game shows such as ''[[Pyramid (game show)|Pyramid]]'', ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', ''[[Password Plus and Super Password]]'' and ''[[The Cross-Wits]]''.<ref name="imdb"/>
During this period, he made his Broadway debut playing Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks as a replacement in the role of the original Broadway musical comedy ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' at the [[Neil Simon Theatre|Alvin Theatre]], for a special three-week engagement. In 1980, he began appearing as a "regular replacement" for a year and a half, along with [[Allison Smith (actress)|Allison Smith]] as Annie and [[Alice Ghostley]] as Miss Hannigan.<ref>''[[Playbill]],'' Alvin Theatre, ''Annie,'' August 1980 Edition.</ref>
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Under his full name of "Conrad John Schuck," he opened in the role of [[Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks|Daddy Warbucks]] in the 1997 Broadway revival of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' and in 2005 and 2006 toured nationally in the role. He later appeared in the films ''[[Holy Matrimony (1994 film)|Holy Matrimony]]'' and ''String of the Kite''.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
In 2013,
===Personal life===
Schuck married actress [[Susan Bay]], with whom he had a son, [[Aaron Bay-Schuck]], a music industry executive and co-writer of the hit "[[Right Round]]". The couple divorced in 1983; Bay would marry actor [[Leonard Nimoy]], who would direct Schuck in ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} He married his current wife, painter Harrison Houlé, in 1990.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
==Filmography==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1970
|''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
|Frank Carelli
|Season 1 Episode 5: "Keep Your Guard Up"
|-
|1970
|''[[Room 222]]''
|Harry Collin
|Season 2 Episode 8: "The Fuzz That Grooved"
|-
|1971
|''[[Bonanza]]''
|Tom Brennan
|Season 12 Episode 15: "A Single Pilgrim"
|-
|1971-1977
|''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
|(1) Sergeant Charles Enright<br>(2) Lieutenant Charles Enright
|(1) 34 episodes<br>(2) 5 episodes
|-
|1972
|''[[Love, American Style]]''
|Marvin Fratbush
|Season 4 Episode 8 (Segment: "Love and the President")
|-
|1976–1977
|''[[Holmes & Yoyo]]''
|Gregory Yoyonovich
|Main role (13 episodes)
|-
|1979
|''[[Turnabout (TV series)|Turnabout]]''
|Sam Alston / Penny Alston
|Main role (7 episodes)
|-
|1984
|rowspan="2"|''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
|Captain Davis
|Season 1 Episode 7: "We're Off to Kill the Wizard"
|-
|1986
|Chief Merton P. Drock
|Season 3 Episode 10: "Stage Struck"
|-
|1992
|''[[Rugrats]]''
|Leo / [[Reptar]] / Western Man (voice)
|Season 2 Episode 10: "[[Reptar on Ice]]"<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=John Schuck (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/John-Schuck/ |access-date=June 8, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
|1994
|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
|[[memoryalpha:Parn|Legate Parn]]
|Season 2 Episode 21: "[[The Maquis, Part II|The Marquis: Part II]]"
|-
|1995
|''[[NYPD Blue]]''
|Carl Wuthrich
|Season 3 Episode 2: "Torah! Torah! Torah!"
|-
|1995
|''[[Freakazoid!]]''
|Arms Akimbo (voice)
|Season 1 Episode 10: "In Arm's Way"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1995–1996
|''[[Babylon 5]]''
|Draal
|Season 2 Episode 20: "The Long, Twilight Struggle" (1995)<br>Season 3 Episode 5: "Voices of Authority" (1996)
|-
|1997
|''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
|Wally, Announcer (voice)
|Season 2 Episode 6: "Ransom"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2001
|''[[Law & Order]]
|Stefan Havel
|Season 12 Episode 5: "Possession"
|-
|2004–2010
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|Chief Muldrew
|Season 6 Episode 5: "Outcry" (2004)<br>Season 6 Episode 10: "Haunted" (2004)<br>Season 7 Episode 10: "Storm" (2005)<br>Season 8 Episode 22: "Screwed" (2007)<br>Season 9 Episode 12: "Signature" (2008)<br>Season 9 Episode 14: "Inconceivable" (2008)<br>Season 11 Episode 10: "Anchor" (2009)<br>Season 11 Episode 12: "Shadow" (2010)
|}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1970
|''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
|Captain "Painless Pole" Waldowski
|
|-
|1970
|''[[The Moonshine War]]''
|E.J. Royce
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Brewster McCloud]]''
|Officer Johnson
|
|-
|1971
|''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]''
|Smalley
|
|-
|1972
|''[[Hammersmith Is Out]]''
|Henry Joe
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Blade (1973 film)|Blade]]''
|Reardon
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Thieves Like Us (film)|Thieves Like Us]]''
|Chicamaw
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Butch and Sundance: The Early Days]]''
|[[Harvey Logan]] / Kid Curry
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Just You and Me, Kid]]''
|Stan
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Earthbound (1981 film)|Earthbound]]''
|Sheriff De Rita
|
|-
|1984
|''[[Finders Keepers (1984 film)|Finders Keepers]]''
|Police Chief Norris
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]''
|Klingon Ambassador
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]''
|Agent Atkins
|
|-
|1988
|''[[The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking]]''
|Efraim Longstocking
|
|-
|1989
|''[[My Mom's a Werewolf]]''
|Howard Shaber
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Second Sight (film)|Second Sight]]''
|Lieutenant Manoogian
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]''
|Reporter
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]''
|Klingon Ambassador
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Holy Matrimony (1994 film)|Holy Matrimony]]''
|Markowski
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Pontiac Moon]]''
|Officer
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Demon Knight]]''
|Seriff Tupper
|
|-
|2001
|''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]''
|Mize
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Closer to God]]''
|Sydney
|
|-
|2018
|''[[All Light Will End]]''
|Psychiatrist
|
|}
=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1994
|''[[Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]]''
|Ralgha nar Hhallas
|<ref name="btva" />
|}
==References==
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