Walter Witcover Scheinman (August 24, 1924 – November 15, 2013) was an American actor, director, and acting teacher born in New York City.
[2] Witcover studied acting under his mentor Lee Strasberg, as well as with Herbert Berghof, and Curt Conway.
He taught acting and directing at Berghof's HB Studio for twenty-five years and was Professor of Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at Purchase Theatre Arts program, and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
[4] He directed plays featuring Jane Alexander, Dominic Chianese, Jerry Stiller, Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine, among many others.
His students have included Barbara Barrie, Ernest Borgnine, Lance Henriksen, Christine Lahti, Tony Musante, Robert Clohessy, Liz Larsen, William Youmans.