David Schickele (March 20, 1937 – October 31, 1999) was an American musician, film director and actor. He was born in

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to Alsatian immigrant parents. His father, Rainer, was the son of writer

René Schickele René Schickele (4 August 1883 – 31 January 1940) was a German-French writer, essayist and translator. Biography Schickele was born in Obernai, Alsace, the son of a German vineyard owner and police officer and a French mother. He studied literat ...

. His brother

Peter Schickele "Professor" Peter Schickele (; born July 17, 1935) is an American composer, musical educator, and parody, parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, but which he presents as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also ...

is a musician and parodist. He grew up in

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and then studied English literature at

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. In 1961, he joined the

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order of President John F. ...

and started teaching English language in

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. When he returned to the U.S., he made a film about the Peace Corps titled ''Give Me a Riddle'' (1966). In 1971, he directed his second film ''Bushman'' and in 1992, his last film ''Tuscarora'' was released. In 1978, he contributed some music to '' Northern Lights'', a film by

Rob Nilsson Rob Nilsson is a filmmaker, poet, and painter, best known for his feature film '' Northern Lights'', co-directed with John Hanson and winner of the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (1979). He also is known for directing and playing the l ...

whom he met during his time in Nigeria. He later starred in two of his films, ''Signal Seven'' and ''

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''. He also starred in seven movies directed by

Bobby Roth Robert Jay Roth (born 1950) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born and raised in Los Angeles, Roth began his tertiary education at the University of California, Berkeley studying philoso ...

– ''

Dead Solid Perfect ''Dead Solid Perfect'' is a 1988 American film following the life of a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. It was produced by HBO films and based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Dan Jenkins and written and directed by Bobby Roth. Cast ...

'' (1988), ''

Keeper of the City ''Keeper of the City'' is a 1992 American made-for-television crime-action film directed by Bobby Roth and starring Louis Gossett Jr., Anthony LaPaglia and Peter Coyote. It originally premiered on Showtime on January 25, 1992. Plot Cast *Lo ...

'' (1991), ''The Switch'' (1992), '' Judgment Day: The John List Story'' (1993), ''Ride with the Wind'' (1993), '' Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty'' (1995), and '' Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge'' (1995). In 1979, he received the

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

. He died in San Francisco at the age of 62.

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