[3][4][5] He attended Southern Methodist University[6] and performed with the Dallas Little School of Theatre in 1936.

[7] He had a three-year contract with 20th Century Fox before joining the military.

[8] Gottschall enlisted in the United States Army during World War II and served five years.

[9] Gottschall married Mary Sue Mills on August 15, 1942, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[6] When he died, just weeks after his wife of over 62 years, he was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.