A semi-pro baseballer in his early years, he played in later years with a softball team "The Reruns" which included comedians Jack Riley and Fred Willard. His hobby is collecting caps from minor league teams throughout the nation.
Comedian/character actor, one of many performers who got their break at San Francisco's legendary "Hungry I" nightclub.
He did a television commercial with Don Adams where he parodied Don's TV character, "Maxwell Smart".
His father worked for a naval supply center and his mother was a waitress.
His natural affinity for comedy came early. He was a notorious class clown who was often expelled from school as a youth.
Honorary mayor of Encino, California.
In July 2006, he was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Russ Tamblyn, Marjorie Lord, Mark Goddard, Roger Davis, Ben Murphy, Coleen Gray, Steve Kanaly, Cheryl Rogers and Tom Reese.
In the 1950s he often billed himself as "America's Slowest-Rising Young Comedian."
Provided voice of the animated Peter Puck on NHL broadcasts on NBC and CBC in the 1970's.
Ronnie Schell's voice can be heard introducing The Kingston Trio on two of their live albums.
Was a contestant on the original "You Bet Your Life" (1950) with Groucho Marx, and professed to Groucho that he wanted to get into show business.