William Conrad

William Conrad

Acting
Born 1920-09-27 Died 1994-02-11 Louisville, Kentucky, USA 128 credits
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William Conrad (September 27, 1920 - February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer, and director. He was born William Cann in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a theatre-owner who moved to southern California, where he excelled at drama and literature while at school. Starting work in radio in the late 1930s in California, Conrad went on to serve as a fighter pilot in World War II. He entered the army in 1942, and was commissioned at Luke Field, Arizona in 1943 (now Luke Air Force Base). On the day of his commission he married June Nelson. He returned to the airwaves after the war, going on to accumulate over 7,000 roles in radio by his own estimate. Among Conrad's various film roles, where he was usually cast as threatening figures, perhaps his most notable role was his first credited one, as one of the gunmen sent to eliminate Burt Lancaster in the 1946 film The Killers. He also appeared in Body and Soul (1947), Sorry, Wrong Number, Joan of Arc (both 1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954). As a producer for Warner Brothers, he made a string of feature films, including An American Dream (1966, retitled See You in Hell, Darling for British release), A Covenant With Death (1966), First to Fight (1967) and The Cool Ones (1967), and also directed My Blood Runs Cold, Brainstorm and Two on a Guillotine (all 1965).
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Acting 43 credits
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1963 · ★ 7.3 · Narrator
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · ★ 7.5 · Anatole Karzof
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · ★ 7.9 · Sergent Cresse
The Bullwinkle Show
The Bullwinkle Show
1959 · ★ 7.1 · Narrator (voice)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Director, Moses Kadish
Matlock
Matlock
1986 · ★ 7.1 · James McShane
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · ★ 7.7 · Self - Guest / Various Characters, Self
Cannon
Cannon
1971 · Frank Cannon
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · ★ 6.2 · Jason McCabe
Bambi
Bambi
1948 · Self
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955 · ★ 6.7 · Director, Narrator (voice)
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Frank Cannon
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
1967 · China Pierce
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
1958 · Director, Clark Benson, Dick MacIntyre
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
1968 · Director, Arnold Wexler
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Director, Bystander (uncredited), Clapper (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Tombstone Territory
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Director, Frank Banter
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959 · Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk
1991 · ★ 5.7 · Narrator (voice)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971 · Self
Police Squad!
Police Squad!
1982 · ★ 7.9 · Stabbed Man
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
The Box
The Box
2009 · ★ 5.6 · Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Aquanauts
The Aquanauts
1960 · Corey
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
1981 · Nero Wolfe
Chisum
Chisum
1970 · ★ 6.7 · Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Sonny and Cher Show
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · ★ 6.9 · Narrator (uncredited), Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · ★ 6.7 · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Killers
The Killers
1946 · ★ 7.4 · Max
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
1948 · ★ 6.2 · Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
1987 · Narrator
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · ★ 6.1 · Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
The Naked Jungle
The Naked Jungle
1954 · ★ 6.5 · Commissioner
Body and Soul
Body and Soul
1947 · ★ 6.7 · Quinn
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977 · Narrator
The Conqueror
The Conqueror
1956 · ★ 3.6 · Kasar
Lone Star
Lone Star
1952 · Mizette
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · ★ 6.8 · Morano
Directing 18 credits
The Rifleman
The Rifleman
1958 · ★ 7.1 · Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Director, Moses Kadish
Naked City
Naked City
1958 · Director
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955 · ★ 6.7 · Director, Narrator (voice)
Route 66
Route 66
1960 · Director
Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
1955 · Director
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
1958 · Director, Clark Benson, Dick MacIntyre
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
1968 · Director, Arnold Wexler
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Director, Bystander (uncredited), Clapper (uncredited)
Tombstone Territory
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Director, Frank Banter
Lock-Up
Lock-Up
1959 · Director
Target: The Corruptors!
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Director
Men Into Space
Men Into Space
1959 · Director
Temple Houston
Temple Houston
1963 · Director
General Electric True
General Electric True
1962 · Director
Saints and Sinners
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Director
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960 · Director
Bold Venture
Bold Venture
1959 · Director
Other credits 5 credits
Hotel
Hotel
1982
The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show
1965
F Troop
F Troop
1965
The Man and the Challenge
The Man and the Challenge
1959
The Dudley Do-Right Show
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
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