Dwight Schultz, at an imposing 6ft ½ in (184.2 cm), leveraged his tall frame to embody memorable characters in television and film. His height perfectly suited the wild, agile Captain 'Howling Mad' Murdock on the 1980s hit The A-Team, amplifying the pilot's chaotic charisma. In the Star Trek franchise, Schultz's 6ft ½ stature enhanced Lt. Reginald Barclay's lanky, awkward genius across The Next Generation, Voyager, and First Contact, making the holographic engineer iconically relatable.