Bill Zuckert

Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Zuckert worked in the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D. C. for six years. During that time he became involved with some little theater groups in Washington and adjacent areas of Maryland and Virginia. He also began performing without pay on radio programs for the March of Dimes, Red Cross, and U. S. Navy, among other organizations.

Zuckert began his career in 1941 in radio and lent his voice to hundreds of dramas over the next two decades.

He served in New Guinea during World War II as a member of the naval construction force known as the Seabees.

On old-time radio, Zuckert portrayed Lieutenant Louis Parker in the NBC crime drama Crime and Peter Chambers. He went on to star in television, having many guest and character roles over the next half century, such as playing the sheriff in the Star Trek episode, "Spectre of the Gun".

In 1962, he appeared on Gunsmoke as Mr. Asper (Quint Asper’s father) in the episode “Quint Asper Comes Home” (S8E3), then he was back in 1963 as “Enoch” in the episode “I Call Him Wonder” (S8E28), then again in 1965 as “Mr. Jacobson” in the episode “Deputy Festus” (S10E17).

Zuckert's Broadway credits include The Gang's All Here (1959) and Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove (1956).

Zuckert served on the boards of directors of two professional organizations: the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

For 30 years Zuckert was married to actress Gladys Holland, who survived him. They had a daughter, and he had two children from a previous marriage.

On January 23, 1997, Zuckert died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.