Margaret Ann Haddy (14 July 1951-1956) (divorced) Peggy Joan Barringer (9 June 1957-1967) (divorced) Marilyn Sandra Swartz (6 July 1969- 1985) (divorced) Marilyn Sandra Swartz (remarried) (July 7, 1989 - May 15, 1997) (her death) Deborah Thomas (12 December 1998 - 14 October 1999) (his death)
Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.
His television appearances included Love, American Style in episode "Love and the Locksmith", Ironside "Once More for Joey" aired 1974, Good Times "The Visitor", The Rockford Files "The Great Blue Lake", Alice "Flo's Chili Reception", where he played Mel's rival restaurant owner Barney of Barney's Burger Barn; Diana co star, Lou Grant episode "Samaratan", Hart to Hart, and Holmes & Yoyo starred as a police detective, as well as numerous television movies. He also appeared as the judge in a music video for the song "Keeping the Faith" (1984), by Billy Joel. He appeared as the delivery man in Tales from the Darkside Do Not Open This Box (1988) series 4, episode 15. In 1963 Richard became a member of the historical theater club, The Lambs, served on its council and remained a member until his death.
Writing career
As a writer, Shull wrote the 1960 play Fenton's Folly, which was adapted as Fentons völlig verrückte Erfindung (1967), an independent German movie filmed in Austria. Shull also wrote the story for the 1966 thriller movie Aroused, and co-authored, with William L. Rose, the dramatic film Pamela, Pamela You are... (1968).
In a 2012 interview, Shull's Holmes & Yoyo co-star John Schuck remembered him as "a very funny actor and a unique man," adding that Shull "lived in the ’40s. He bought ’40s clothing, he only used pen and ink, he had his own railroad car which he would attach to trains and travel around the country. He had a 1949 Chevrolet car. I mean, he truly lived in the past. Quite remarkable."[3]
First meeting of North American Araucanian Royalist Society at the University Club, New York City, 1995. From l. to r.: Richard Shull, Daniel Paul Morrison, William Bryk.
In 1995, Shull co-founded the North American Araucanian Royalist Society (NAARS)[4] with Daniel Paul Morrison. The NAARS studies the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia which was founded in 1860 by the Mapuche people of South America. The NAARS devoted a large portion of issue number 10 of their official journal, The Steel Crown, to the life of Shull.[5]
Shull was an invested member of The Baker Street Irregulars, the literary society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. He received his investiture "An Actor, and a Rare One," in 1986.[6]
Shull was a member of the Players Club, the New York and the Sons of the Revolution in the State of NY.
