William Conrad

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-09-27

Day of death

1994-02-11 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

William Conrad

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).

Known For

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • The Bullwinkle Show

    The Bullwinkle Show

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • Tombstone Territory

    Tombstone Territory

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Tension

    Tension

  • The Sonny and Cher Show

    The Sonny and Cher Show

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • The Return of the King

    The Return of the King

  • Police Squad!

    Police Squad!

  • Cry Danger

    Cry Danger

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

    O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

  • Pillow to Post

    Pillow to Post

  • Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

  • Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

    Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

  • The Racket

    The Racket

  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

  • The Return of Frank Cannon

    The Return of Frank Cannon

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Two on a Guillotine

    Two on a Guillotine

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Shock-Trauma

    Shock-Trauma

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Tony Orlando and Dawn

    Tony Orlando and Dawn

  • The Killers

    The Killers

  • Zero Hour!

    Zero Hour!

  • East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

  • Hudson Hawk

    Hudson Hawk

  • Johnny Concho

    Johnny Concho

  • The Murder That Wouldn't Die

    The Murder That Wouldn't Die

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

  • To the Victor

    To the Victor

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • The Sword of Monte Cristo

    The Sword of Monte Cristo

  • The Box

    The Box

  • 5 Against the House

    5 Against the House

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number

  • One Way Street

    One Way Street

  • The Man and the Challenge

    The Man and the Challenge

  • Chisum

    Chisum

  • Killing Cars

    Killing Cars

  • The Macahans

    The Macahans

  • Hamburgers

    Hamburgers

  • The Conqueror

    The Conqueror

  • Night Cries

    Night Cries

  • Side Show

    Side Show

  • The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

  • Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

  • Moonshine County Express

    Moonshine County Express

  • Turnover Smith

    Turnover Smith

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • Chamber of Horrors

    Chamber of Horrors

  • The Force of Evil

    The Force of Evil

  • Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

  • In Like Flynn

    In Like Flynn

  • Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

  • The Brotherhood of the Bell

    The Brotherhood of the Bell

  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

  • The City

    The City

  • The Dudley Do-Right Show

    The Dudley Do-Right Show

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • Keefer

    Keefer

  • Eggs Benedict

    Eggs Benedict

  • The Naked Jungle

    The Naked Jungle

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

  • The Ride Back

    The Ride Back

  • -30-

    -30-

  • Blitz

    Blitz

  • Cry of the Hunted

    Cry of the Hunted

  • The Mikado

    The Mikado

  • Design for Disaster

    Design for Disaster

  • Voices

    Voices

  • Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

  • This Man Dawson

    This Man Dawson

  • The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

    The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

    The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

  • Dial 1119

    Dial 1119

  • The Naked Sea

    The Naked Sea