Richard Schaal

In 1962, Schaal joined Chicago's Second City, becoming skilled in sketch and improvisational comedy.[1] He was featured in a number of episodes of the 1970s sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (where he played no fewer than four different characters: Howard Arnell, his brother Paul, Chuckles the Clown and Dino), The Bob Newhart Show (as three characters: Don Fezler, Don Livingston and Chuck Brock), Rhoda (as Charlie Burke) and Phyllis (23 episodes as Leo Heatherton).[2] His earliest appearance with Mary Tyler Moore was in the 1966 Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Dear Sally Rogers" (billed as Dick Schaal).[3] In both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, the actor played alongside his then wife Valerie Harper. In 1983, he had a recurring role in Just Our Luck.

Schaal was born May 5, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal (1896-1981), a machinist, and Margaret Schaal (née Margaret Semple Waddell; 1897-1983), a telephone operator.

Schaal was married three times, first to Lois Treacy, second to Valerie Harper, and third to Tasha Brittain.[4] With Treacy, he had one child, American voice actress Wendy Schaal and by Wendy, he had 1 grandson named Adam Victor.

Schaal died November 4, 2014, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, aged 86. No cause of death was provided. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.[5][1]

• Richard Schaal at IMDb
• Richard Schaal at the Internet Broadway Database
• Richard Schaal at Find a Grave