He worked extensively with fellow producer/screenwriter Bob Weiskopf on numerous television shows in the United States, including I Love Lucy (1955–1957) and All in the Family (1977–1979) on the CBS network.
He starred on the 1955 CBS sitcom Professional Father That same year, he wrote for two competing series, NBC's The Jimmy Durante Show and CBS's It's Always Jan.[4] During 1954–1955, Schiller was one of the writers for That's My Boy, starring Eddie Mayehoff and Gil Stratton.
Schiller also penned radio scripts for such classic shows as Duffy's Tavern, Abbott and Costello, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Mel Blanc Show, Sweeney and March, The Jimmy Durante Show, and December Bride, and then for TV stars such as Danny Thomas, Ed Wynn, Garry Moore, and Red Buttons.
The two writers first collaborated on a radio script for the Our Miss Brooks show before delving into the new medium of network television.
He was married to actress Sabrina Scharf (née Trentman) from May 25, 1968, until his death on October 10, 2017, in Pacific Palisades, California.