William Conrad

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

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

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Bullwinkle Show

    The Bullwinkle Show

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

  • Tombstone Territory

    Tombstone Territory

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • The Brotherhood of the Bell

    The Brotherhood of the Bell

  • The Sonny and Cher Show

    The Sonny and Cher Show

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Cry Danger

    Cry Danger

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • The City

    The City

  • Hudson Hawk

    Hudson Hawk

  • The Conqueror

    The Conqueror

  • Chisum

    Chisum

  • Killing Cars

    Killing Cars

  • The Box

    The Box

  • Shock-Trauma

    Shock-Trauma

  • Johnny Concho

    Johnny Concho

  • Tension

    Tension

  • Police Squad!

    Police Squad!

  • Turnover Smith

    Turnover Smith

  • Eggs Benedict

    Eggs Benedict

  • The Racket

    The Racket

  • Hamburgers

    Hamburgers

  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Tony Orlando and Dawn

    Tony Orlando and Dawn

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Side Show

    Side Show

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • The Return of the King

    The Return of the King

  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

  • Blitz

    Blitz

  • The Mikado

    The Mikado

  • Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

  • O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

    O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

  • Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

  • Voices

    Voices

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number

  • The Murder That Wouldn't Die

    The Murder That Wouldn't Die

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • Keefer

    Keefer

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • The Naked Jungle

    The Naked Jungle

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • One Way Street

    One Way Street

  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

  • The Force of Evil

    The Force of Evil

  • East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

  • The Ride Back

    The Ride Back

  • The Sword of Monte Cristo

    The Sword of Monte Cristo

  • Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

  • Moonshine County Express

    Moonshine County Express

  • Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

  • Two on a Guillotine

    Two on a Guillotine

  • The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

  • Pillow to Post

    Pillow to Post

  • Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

    Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

  • Zero Hour!

    Zero Hour!

  • The Man and the Challenge

    The Man and the Challenge

  • Chamber of Horrors

    Chamber of Horrors

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • Cry of the Hunted

    Cry of the Hunted

  • To the Victor

    To the Victor

  • The Return of Frank Cannon

    The Return of Frank Cannon

  • The Killers

    The Killers

  • -30-

    -30-

  • In Like Flynn

    In Like Flynn

  • The Dudley Do-Right Show

    The Dudley Do-Right Show

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • Design for Disaster

    Design for Disaster

  • This Man Dawson

    This Man Dawson

  • The Naked Sea

    The Naked Sea

  • Dial 1119

    Dial 1119

  • 5 Against the House

    5 Against the House

  • Cannon

    Cannon

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

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

  • Night Cries

    Night Cries

  • 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

  • The Macahans

    The Macahans

  • The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

    The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill