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

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Bullwinkle Show

    The Bullwinkle Show

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • The Box

    The Box

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Turnover Smith

    Turnover Smith

  • Hamburgers

    Hamburgers

  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Chisum

    Chisum

  • The City

    The City

  • Tombstone Territory

    Tombstone Territory

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • Cry Danger

    Cry Danger

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Tension

    Tension

  • In Like Flynn

    In Like Flynn

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

  • Shock-Trauma

    Shock-Trauma

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number

  • The Return of the King

    The Return of the King

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • Chamber of Horrors

    Chamber of Horrors

  • Tony Orlando and Dawn

    Tony Orlando and Dawn

  • Cry of the Hunted

    Cry of the Hunted

  • Keefer

    Keefer

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

  • Police Squad!

    Police Squad!

  • The Naked Jungle

    The Naked Jungle

  • The Mikado

    The Mikado

  • Blitz

    Blitz

  • Pillow to Post

    Pillow to Post

  • Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

  • Side Show

    Side Show

  • -30-

    -30-

  • Hudson Hawk

    Hudson Hawk

  • Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

  • The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

    The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

  • The Sonny and Cher Show

    The Sonny and Cher Show

  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • The Conqueror

    The Conqueror

  • The Killers

    The Killers

  • Voices

    Voices

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • The Dudley Do-Right Show

    The Dudley Do-Right Show

  • Moonshine County Express

    Moonshine County Express

  • To the Victor

    To the Victor

  • 5 Against the House

    5 Against the House

  • The Man and the Challenge

    The Man and the Challenge

  • The Racket

    The Racket

  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • The Naked Sea

    The Naked Sea

  • One Way Street

    One Way Street

  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

  • Zero Hour!

    Zero Hour!

  • 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 Sword of Monte Cristo

    The Sword of Monte Cristo

  • The Macahans

    The Macahans

  • Two on a Guillotine

    Two on a Guillotine

  • The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

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

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

  • Dial 1119

    Dial 1119

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • Killing Cars

    Killing Cars

  • Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

    Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

  • Johnny Concho

    Johnny Concho

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • The Ride Back

    The Ride Back

  • East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Night Cries

    Night Cries

  • Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

  • This Man Dawson

    This Man Dawson

  • The Brotherhood of the Bell

    The Brotherhood of the Bell

  • The Force of Evil

    The Force of Evil

  • O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

    O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

  • The Murder That Wouldn't Die

    The Murder That Wouldn't Die

  • The Return of Frank Cannon

    The Return of Frank Cannon

  • Design for Disaster

    Design for Disaster

  • Eggs Benedict

    Eggs Benedict