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William Conrad
Actor, Director, Producer
Died 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).
Filmography
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Announcer - fpr PSA for 'Keep America Beautfiul' Campaign |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | The Highwayman (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Jason McCabe |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo · as Jim Dunn |
| 1986 | Killing Cars · as Mr. Mahoney |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Anatole Karzof |
| 1983 | The Mikado · as The Mikado |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Manimal (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Police Squad! (TV Series) · as Stabbed Man |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Shocktrauma · as Dr. R Adams Cowley |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as Nero Wolfe |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as William Conrad |
| 1980 | The New Adventures of the Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as The Lone Ranger |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · as Opening Narrator |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1977 | The Making of 'Star Wars' · as Narrador (voz) |
| 1977 | Moonshine County Express · as Jack Starkey |
| 1977 | The City · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | Catastrophe · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as The voice |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Frank Cannon |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Brady Kids (TV Series) · as Lone Ranger |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Frank Cannon |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Narrator - Opening Credits |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Arnold Wexler |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Strategy Room Announcer |
| 1967 | First to Fight · as Narrator |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as China Pierce |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors · as Narrator |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge · as Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Brainstorm · as Mental Patient |
| 1965 | Two on a Guillotine · as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors |
| 1965 | My Blood Runs Cold · as Deputy on Radio |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1962 | Geronimo · as Narrator |
| 1962 | Gorath · as Narrator |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Sergent Cresse |
| 1959 | -30- · as Jim Bathgate |
| 1959 | The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Al Maestrian |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Clark Benson |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Frank Banter |
| 1956 | The Conqueror · as Kasar |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Eric Berg |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | The Naked Jungle · as Commissioner |
| 1954 | The Cowboy · as Narrator |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Mizette |
| 1951 | The Racket · as Det. Sgt. Turk |
| 1951 | The Sword of Monte Cristo · as Major Nicolet |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side · as Lt. Jacobi |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Frank Sistina |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Morano |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph · as Policeman at Accident |
| 1948 | Four Faces West · as Sheriff Egan |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor |
| 1947 | Body and Soul · as Quinn |
| 1946 | The Killers · as Max |