William Schallert, Walter Matthau, and Elvis Presley

Published: July 7, 2021, 8 a.m.

A encore presentation of our May 2016 tribute to beloved television actor William Schallert, featuring highlights from Bill’s previous appearances on TV Confidential. In this segment, Bill talks about working with Elvis Presley in Speedway; with Walter Matthau in both Lonely are the Brave and Charley Varrick; and the role that Kirk Douglas played in ending the Hollywood Blacklist by ensuring that Dalton Trumbo received screen credit for writing the screenplay for Spartacus. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices