Fred J. Scollay (born March 19, 1923, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is an American character actor with dozens of credits in daytime and primetime television.On daytime, Scollay was an original cast member of The Doctors, playing hospital chaplain Rev. Sam Shafer (1963-1964). On Another World (1977-1980), he played Charley Hobson, the last husband of Ada Hobson (Constance Ford). He also had smaller roles on several other soap operas.In primetime, Scollay had roles dating back to the earliest days of television. He made numerous appearances in such programs as Studio One, Kraft Television Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Naked City, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare, and Gunsmoke, among many others. His last part was a recurring role as a judge on several episodes of Law & Order (1991-1996).
In 2014 he established the Ann M. Scollay Education Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit students enrolled in the Nursing Program at Indian River State College.
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He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Law & Order
1991-1996
TV Series
Judge Andrew Barsky
Judge Andrew Barskey
Judge Pursley
Stanley & Iris
1990
Mr. Delancey
True Blue
1990
TV Series
Al
Spenser: For Hire
1988
TV Series
Fred Mullens
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
TV Movie
Judge Skinner
Q
1982
Capt. Fletcher
Another World
1980
TV Series
Charlie Hobson
I, Paul
1980
Video short
Paul (as Fred Scollay)
Breaking Up
1978
TV Movie
Tony
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Putnam
The Man Who Would Not Die
1975
Lt. Willetts
Death Wish
1974
District Attorney (as Fred Scollay)
Lady Liberty
1971
Doctor (uncredited)
Somerset
1970
TV Series
Harry Wilson aka Ike Harding (1970-1971) (original cast)
The Tree
1969
Alex
This Town Will Never Be the Same
1969
TV Movie
Hughes
N.Y.P.D.
1967-1969
TV Series
Rev. Brander
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
TV Series
Sheriff Bean
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
1967
TV Series
Police Chief Rame
Coronet Blue
1967
TV Series
Gunther
Gunsmoke
1965-1967
TV Series
Morgan Haley / Clint Fisher
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Mitchell Hobart
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Hank Harrison
The Doctors
1963-1965
TV Series
Rev. Samuel Shafer / Sam Shafer
The Doctors and the Nurses
1964
TV Series
Samuel Mitchell
Brenner
1959-1964
TV Series
Wally Pollock / Hague
Suspense
1964
TV Series
Sergeant Murphy
The Defenders
1962-1963
TV Series
Frank Havelock / Henry Franks / Lt. Julius Caldwell