William Conrad
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2009 · The Box as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 1991 · Hudson Hawk as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Jason McCabe
- 1987 · The Highwayman as Narrator
- 1986 · Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo as Jim Dunn
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1986 · Killing Cars as Mr. Mahoney
- 1985 · In Like Flynn as Sgt. Dominic
- 1985 · Blitz as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Anatole Karzof
- 1983 · Manimal as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1983 · The Mikado as The Mikado
- 1982 · Shock-Trauma as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- 1982 · Police Squad! as Stabbed Man
- 1981 · Side Show as Ring Announcer (voice)
- 1981 · Nero Wolfe as Nero Wolfe
- 1980 · The Return of Frank Cannon as Frank Cannon
- 1980 · Turnover Smith as Thaddeus Smith
- 1980 · The Return of the King as Lord Denethor (voice)
- 1980 · The Murder That Wouldn't Die as William Battles
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
- 1978 · Keefer as Col. Keefer
- 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 · How the West Was Won as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1977 · Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected as Narrator
- 1977 · The City as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 · The Sonny & Cher Show as
- 1976 · The Macahans as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1974 · Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
- 1974 · The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · Hamburgers as self
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Frank Cannon
- 1971 · Cannon as Frank Cannon
- 1971 · The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as
- 1971 · The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as Self
- 1971 · O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra as Keegan
- 1971 · Cannon as Frank Cannon
- 1971 · The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill as Chief Vincent Kovac
- 1970 · The Brotherhood of the Bell as Bart Harris
- 1970 · Chisum as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
- 1969 · The Dudley Do-Right Show as
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Arnold Wexler
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as China Pierce
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Countdown as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1966 · Chamber of Horrors as Narrator
- 1965 · Battle of the Bulge as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1965 · The Dean Martin Show as
- 1965 · F Troop as
- 1965 · Brainstorm as Mental Patient (uncredited)
- 1965 · Eggs Benedict as Narrator
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Narrator
- 1962 · General Electric True as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sergent Cresse
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1960 · The Aquanauts as Corey
- 1959 · The Bullwinkle Show as Narrator (voice)
- 1959 · -30- as Jim Bathgate
- 1959 · This Man Dawson as
- 1959 · The Man and the Challenge as
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Bystander (uncredited)
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Clark Benson
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Dick MacIntyre
- 1957 · Zero Hour! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · The Ride Back as Sheriff Chris Hamish
- 1956 · Johnny Concho as Tallman
- 1956 · The Conqueror as Kasar
- 1955 · The Naked Sea as Narrator
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Narrator (voice)
- 1955 · 5 Against the House as Eric Berg
- 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 · To the Victor as Farnsworth
- 1948 · Sorry, Wrong Number as Morano
- 1948 · Four Faces West as Sheriff Egan
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Arch of Triumph as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- 1947 · Body and Soul as Quinn
- 1946 · The Killers as Max
- 1945 · Pillow to Post as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)