William Conrad
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1920
- Died
- February 11, 1994 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
The Return of the King
Movie · as Lord Denethor (voice)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Box
Movie · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
Movie · as Self—Host
Jake and the Fatman
TV · as Jason McCabe · 106 eps
The Highwayman
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Killing Cars
Movie · as Mr. Mahoney
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Movie · as Jim Dunn
Matlock
TV · as James McShane · 2 eps
In Like Flynn
Movie · as Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
Movie · as Mr. Mahoney
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Anatole Karzof · 1 ep
The Mikado
Movie · as The Mikado
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Shock-Trauma
Movie · as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service
Movie · as Narrator
Hotel
TV · 2 eps
Police Squad!
TV · as Stabbed Man · 1 ep
Side Show
Movie · as Ring Announcer (voice)
Nero Wolfe
TV · as Nero Wolfe · 14 eps
The Return of the King
Movie · as Lord Denethor (voice)
The Return of Frank Cannon
Movie · as Frank Cannon
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Movie · as William Battles
Turnover Smith
Movie · as Thaddeus Smith
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Movie · as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Keefer
Movie · as Col. Keefer
Night Cries
Movie · as Dr. Whelan
Moonshine County Express
Movie · as Jack Starkey
The Force of Evil
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The City
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Catastrophe
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Star Wars
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Won
TV · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 3 eps
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Narrator · 8 eps
The Macahans
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hamburgers
Movie · as Self
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Voices
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Frank Cannon · 2 eps
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Movie · as Chief Vincent Kovac
Cannon
Movie · as Frank Cannon
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Movie · as Keegan
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · as Frank Cannon · 123 eps
Chisum
Movie · as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Movie · as Bart Harris
The Dudley Do-Right Show
TV · 39 eps
The Name of the Game
TV · as Arnold Wexler · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Countdown
Movie · as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The High Chaparral
TV · as China Pierce · 1 ep
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
Chamber of Horrors
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Brainstorm
Movie · as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Eggs Benedict
Movie · as Narrator
Battle of the Bulge
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited), Narrator (voice)
Two on a Guillotine
Movie · as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
F Troop
TV · 1 ep
The Dean Martin Show
TV · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Narrator · 120 eps
Design for Disaster
Movie · as Narrator
General Electric True
TV · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Sergent Cresse · 1 ep
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Corey · 1 ep
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Movie · as Jim Bathgate
The Man and the Challenge
TV · 1 ep
This Man Dawson
TV · as Narrator (voice only) · 11 eps
The Bullwinkle Show
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 815 eps
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 163 eps
Bat Masterson
TV · as Clark Benson, Dick MacIntyre · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Bystander (uncredited), Clapper (uncredited), Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Ride Back
Movie · as Sheriff Chris Hamish
Zero Hour!
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Moses Kadish · 1 ep
Tombstone Territory
TV · as Frank Banter · 1 ep
Johnny Concho
Movie · as Tallman
The Conqueror
Movie · as Kasar
5 Against the House
Movie · as Eric Berg
The Naked Sea
Movie · as Narrator
Gunsmoke
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Naked Jungle
Movie · as Commissioner
Cry of the Hunted
Movie · as Goodwin
The Desert Song
Movie · as Lachmed
Lone Star
Movie · as Mizette
Cry Danger
Movie · as Louie Castro
The Racket
Movie · as Turk
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Major Nicolet
One Way Street
Movie · as Ollie
Dial 1119
Movie · as Chuckles
The Milkman
Movie · as Mike Morrel
Tension
Movie · as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Any Number Can Play
Movie · as Frank Sistina
East Side, West Side
Movie · as Lt. Jacobi
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie · as Morano
Four Faces West
Movie · as Sheriff Egan
Arch of Triumph
Movie · as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
To the Victor
Movie · as Farnsworth
Joan of Arc
Movie · as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Body and Soul
Movie · as Quinn
The Killers
Movie · as Max
Pillow to Post
Movie · as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)