Dwight Schultz Movies

[The Fan video box] The Fan
1981
This movie is about an aging broadway star (Lauren Bacall) being stalked by a psychotic fan. Dwight's role is quite small. In fact he doesn't even have a name, being listed in the credits simply as "the director". He has a total of three scenes. The middle scene where he is exasperated with the performance, rings especially true considering what an abysmal excuse it was for even a fake musical. This movie is so terrible it makes "Alone in the Dark" look positively scintillating. It isn't currrently in release on video, but you can find old copies if you really want to.

Alone in the Dark
1982
Dwight plays Dr. Dan Potter, the protagonist in this unambitious horror flick. Dr. Potter has come to work at a psychiatric hospital, run by an eccentric Doctor who thinks it's a good idea to give matches to pyromaniacs. Four violent lunatics immediately get the notion that they ought to kill their new Doctor. They get the chance when the electricity goes out and their electronic bars come down. They go to the Doctor's house and proceed to kill a bunch of people in various gory ways. Dwight's character is a good example of a role he would play often... perfect husband, perfect father, perfect brother and all around decent guy primed for Lifetime movies.
Video Graveyard Review

[John Cusak, Dwight Schultz, Paul Newman] Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
Dwight plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in this story based on the historical events surrounding the building of the first atomic bomb. Of course, there being less than two hours to tell this complex tale, it has been considerably simplified. There's also a fictional romance with Laura Dern thrown in. The core of the film though is the conflict between Paul Newman as General Groves, representing the Military, and Oppenheimer representing the scientific community. The film was almost universally hated by critics, as was Dwight's performance in it. We however thought he was great in it, understated but intense. It's well worth taking a look at.
Deseret News Review | Behind the Scenes Documentary | Article

[Sissy Spacek, Dwight Schultz] The Long Walk Home
1990
The story is set around the events of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Sissy Spacek portrays a middle class white woman and Whoopi Goldberg her maid/nanny/cook, who honors the boycott, by walking miles to and from work every day. Dwight play's Sissy's husband, Norman Thompson, who seems like a pretty good guy, except that he's bigoted and listens to his even more abnoxiously prejudiced brother. The story here though is centered around the two women and Mrs. Thompson's gradual enlightenment.
Roger Ebert Review | Deseret News Review | Washington Post Review

The Temp
1993
A paranoid executives worries that his lovely temp might be knocking off co-workers. If this movie was trying for suspense or horror, it pretty much missed. (Okay, the paper shredder was scary, but paper shredders are always scary.) Not only was what would happen being telegraphed like crazy, but the main characters were so unlikable that you didn't care if it did happen. We probably would have popped the tape out in the first ten minutes, if we weren't waiting to find out what happened to Dwight's character, cookie executive, Roger Jasser. Given the premise of the film, naturally nothing good happens to him. And the perpetrator certainly did not get a proper comeuppance for it.
Teen Movie Critic Review | Deseret News Review | Washington Post Review

Star Trek: First Contact
1996
[Reg Barclay]

Well, everybody knows that the even numbered Treks are better than the odd, and number eight here is no exception. Of course it never hurts to toss in a little time travel. Dwight's role here is almost non-existent. Originally his dialogue was going to an anonymous Lieutenant, but director Jonathan Frakes chose instead to have an appearance by Reginald Barclay, as the officer impressed with meeting Zefram Cochrane. That's all he gets to do though, and it's rarely mentioned in reviews, because the cameo was a "surprise" for fans. We usually see Star Trek films on their opening nights, with other die-hard Trekkers, and we recall that night a ripple of applause went through the crowd when Barclay made his appearance. (Which was slightly more than the murmur Robert Picardo got as the EMH.)
Official Page | Review | Sci-Fi Movies Review

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Theatre

These theatre credits are courtesy of The Dwight Schultz Shrine

The Screens - 1971
as Soldier - Off Broadway Debut
The Interrogation of Havana - 1971
as Jose Andrew Santos
Chelsea Theatre Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

The Seagull - 1973
McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ, member 1972-1974

Happy Birthday, Wanda June - 1974
Center Stage Company, Baltimore MD, member 1973-1974

Loretto-Hilton Repertory Theatre Company, St. Louis, MO, member 1975-1976

Tiny Alice - Oct 1975
Alley Theatre Company, Houston, TX, member 1975-1976

The Crazy Locomotive - Jan 26 to Feb 13, 1977
as Nicholas Slobok
Chelsea Theatre Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

The Water Engine - Jan 7 to Feb 11 and Mar 6 to Mar 19, 1978
as inventor Charles Lang - Broadway Debut
Plymouth Theatre, New York

The Crucifer of Blood - 1978
as Major Alistair Ross
Helen Hayes Theatre, New York

Funeral March for a One-Man Band - 1978
as Michael
Westbeth Theatre Center, New York

Night and Day 1979
as George Guthrie
ANTA Theatre, New York

The Crucifer of Blood - 1980
as Major Alistair Ross,
Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles

Ned and Jack - 1981
as Edward 'Ned' Sheldon
Hudson Guild Theatre, New York

The Keeper - 1982
Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA

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