- Father of Wendy Schaal.
- While married to Valerie Harper in the 1970s, he was the only actor to have recurring roles on The Mary Tyler Moore show and the spin-offs, Rhoda and Phyllis.
- Ran a construction company before joining Chicago's Second City comedy troupe. Recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago Improv Festival in 2010.
- Retired from acting in the late 1990s.
- He is the son of Victor Cornelius Schaal (1896-1981) and Margaret Semple Waddell Schaal (1897-1983).
- He is interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
- Lived in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for several years.
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