Roy Schallert

Roy Edwin Schallert was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schallert who both worked for the Los Angeles Times' Drama Department as Editor and Journalists respectively. Although Roy Schallert is best known for his appearance in the 'I Love Lucy' show in the 1950's, he spent most of his career running the 'New Playwright's Foundation', which was first on Hyperion Blvd. and then on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood, of which he founded and put on many new plays written by both himself and new play writers over a span of forty years. He directed most of the plays and often appeared in them himself; a few of them being, 'The Twenty-First Wife' in which he played the part of Brigham Young, and 'Poop', a comedy that he wrote. Well-known actors and writers were presented through the 'New Playwright's Foundation, among them being Dalene Young. Roy Schallert was also a remarkable computer programmer, working for the Los Angeles County Health Dept. and developing a first of its kind computerized billing program for health insurance for the entire county. In his spare time Roy Schallert enjoyed writing poetry and dabbling in music, composing songs; one of them notably about Marilyn Monroe.