Background and career
William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock in the 1980s action series The A-Team and as Reginald Barclay in the Star Trek franchise. In animation, he voiced the megalomaniacal mad scientist Dr. Animo in the Ben 10 franchise, Adrian Toomes/Vulture in some Marvel video games, Chef Mung Daal in Chowder, and Eddie the Squirrel in CatDog.
Schultz was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 24, 1947. He is of German descent and a Roman Catholic. He attended Calvert Hall College High School and Towson State College where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts.
Schultz's breakthrough role was that of Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on The A-Team. He appeared in several films, including The Fan (1981), and he starred in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) as J. Robert Oppenheimer. In the early 1990s, he had a recurring role as Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation; he reprised the role in Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact. He played in the 1992 television film Child of Rage, starring opposite Mel Harris as a compassionate couple who adopt a troubled girl who has been sexually abused. In 2010, Schultz and former A-Team co-star Dirk Benedict made cameo appearances in the feature film The A-Team. Schultz hosted a conservative talk-radio podcast called Howling Mad Radio which ended in March 2009. He has also guest-hosted on numerous occasions for Michael Savage on The Savage Nation, Jerry Doyle on The Jerry Doyle Show, and Rusty Humphries on The Rusty Humphries Show. He also posts political commentaries and podcasts on his official fansite.
Schultz married actress Wendy Fulton in 1983. They have a daughter. Schultz is Catholic and a political conservative. In 2012, he began regular appearances on The Glazov Gang, an Internet political talk show hosted by Jamie Glazov, managing editor of FrontPage Magazine.
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Dark Matters Radio with Don Ecker and Special Co-Host Dwight Schultz Howling Mad Radio The Jerry Doyle Show The Laura Ingraham Show The Rusty Humphries Show The Savage Nation
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
