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Shull (left) with John Schuck
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Born |
Richard Bruce Shull February 24, 1929 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | October 14, 1999 New York City, New York, U.S. |
(aged 70)
Years active | 1965–1999 |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Ann Haddy (1951-1956) (divorced) Peggy Joan Barringer (1957-1967) (divorced) Marilyn Sandra Swartz (1969-1984) (divorced) Deborah Thomas (1998-1999) (his death) |
Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.
Shull was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Zana Marie (née Brown), a court stenographer, and Ulysses Homer Shull, a manufacturing executive. Shull attended York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois; the University of Iowa; and served in the U.S. Army before starting his Broadway career as a stage manager.
He got his first big break as an actor when he was cast in Minnie's Boys in 1970. Additional theatre credits include Goodtime Charley (in which he sang a duet "Merci, Bon Dieu"; and for which he received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), Fools, The Front Page, A Flea in Her Ear, and Victor/Victoria.
Shull's screen credits include thirty movies, The Anderson Tapes (1971), Klute (1971), Slither (1973), The Fortune (1975), Splash (1984), Garbo Talks (1984), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Housesitter (1992) and Private Parts (1997).