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William Conrad
Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 27, 1920Died February 11, 1994 (73 years)
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).
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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| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir · as Max (clip From The Killers (1946)) |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Announcer - Fpr Psa For 'keep America Beautfiul' Campaign |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Jason Mccabe |
| 1987 | The Highwayman (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo · as Jim Dunn |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Killing Cars · as Mr. Mahoney |
| 1985 | In Like Flynn · as Sgt. Dominic |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Anatole Karzof |
| 1983 | Manimal (TV Series) · as Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Trauma Center (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The Mikado · as The Mikado |
| 1982 | Shocktrauma · as Dr. R. Adams Cowley |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "the Killers") (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Police Squad! (TV Series) · as Stabbed Man |
| 1981 | Side Show · as Ring Announcer (voice) |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as Nero Wolfe |
| 1980 | The Return of Frank Cannon · as Frank Cannon |
| 1980 | The New Adventures of the Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as The Lone Ranger |
| 1980 | The Return of the King · as Lord Denethor (voice) |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · as Opening Narrator / Draconian Officer (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1978 | Night Cries · as Dr. Whelan |
| 1977 | The Making of 'Star Wars' · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | Moonshine County Express · as Jack Starkey |
| 1977 | Catastrophe · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | The Force of Evil · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1977 | The City · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | The Sonny & Cher Show (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Macahans · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Am laufenden Band (TV Series) · as Cannon |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Frank Cannon |
| 1972 | The Brady Kids (TV Series) · as Lone Ranger |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Frank Cannon |
| 1971 | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) · as Keegan |
| 1971 | Cannon · as Frank Cannon |
| 1970 | The Brotherhood of the Bell · as Bart Harris |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Kornedi |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Dudley Do-Right Show (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Arnold Wexler |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Strategy Room Announcer |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as China Pierce |
| 1967 | Countdown · as Tv Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1967 | First to Fight · as Narrator |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors · as Narrator |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge · as Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Brainstorm · as Mental Patient (uncredited) |
| 1965 | My Blood Runs Cold · as Deputy On Radio |
| 1965 | Two on a Guillotine · as Fat Man In Hall Of Mirrors (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Hoppity Hooper (TV Series) · as Dirty Poole |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Narrator |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Sergent Cresse |
| 1962 | Geronimo · as Narrator |
| 1962 | Gorath · as Narrator |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts (TV Series) · as Corey |
| 1959 | The Bullwinkle Show (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1959 | -30- · as Jim Bathgate |
| 1959 | The Man and the Challenge (TV Series) |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Bystander (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Clark Benson |
| 1958 | The Rough Riders (TV Series) · as Wade Hacker |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Frank Banter |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Ride Back · as Sheriff Chris Hamish |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho · as Tallman |
| 1956 | The Conqueror · as Kasar |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Eric Berg |
| 1954 | The Bob Mathias Story · as Narrator |
| 1954 | The Cowboy · as Narrator |
| 1954 | The Naked Jungle · as Commissioner |
| 1953 | The Desert Song · as Lachmed |
| 1953 | Cry of the Hunted · as Goodwin |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Mizette |
| 1951 | The Racket · as Det. Sgt. Turk |
| 1951 | The Sword of Monte Cristo · as Major Nicolet |
| 1951 | Cry Danger · as Louie Castro |
| 1950 | Dial 1119 · as Chuckles |
| 1950 | The Milkman · as Mike Morrel |
| 1950 | One Way Street · as Ollie |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side · as Lt. Jacobi |
| 1949 | Tension · as Lt. Edgar Gonsales |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Frank Sistina |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as Guillaume Erard, A Prosecutor |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Morano |
| 1948 | Four Faces West · as Sheriff Egan |
| 1948 | To the Victor · as Farnsworth |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph · as Policeman At Accident (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Body and Soul · as Quinn |
| 1946 | The Killers · as Max |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post · as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |