William Conrad
Acting
Born: September 27, 1920 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died: February 11, 1994 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
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 Box
2009
Hudson Hawk
1991
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
The Killers
1946
Police Squad!
1982
Battle of the Bulge
1965
The Return of the King
1980
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
Chisum
1970
Matlock
1986
Body and Soul
1947
Photos (3)
Movies (63)
Hudson Hawk
Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (uncredited)
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (voice)
Chisum
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Killers
Max
Lone Star
Mizette
Sorry, Wrong Number
Morano
The Naked Jungle
Commissioner
The Return of the King
Lord Denethor (voice)
Joan of Arc
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
Countdown
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Quinn
Shock-Trauma
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
The Conqueror
Kasar
5 Against the House
Eric Berg
The Racket
Turk
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Arch of Triumph
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Moonshine County Express
Jack Starkey
The Making of Star Wars
Narrator (voice)
Cry Danger
Louie Castro
Chamber of Horrors
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ride Back
Sheriff Chris Hamish
Four Faces West
Sheriff Egan
Tension
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
The Mikado
The Mikado
Two on a Guillotine
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
East Side, West Side
Lt. Jacobi
One Way Street
Ollie
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Bart Harris
Zero Hour!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Brainstorm
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Dial 1119
Chuckles
Any Number Can Play
Frank Sistina
To the Victor
Farnsworth
The Macahans
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry of the Hunted
Goodwin
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Narrator (voice)
Pillow to Post
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Johnny Concho
Tallman
Killing Cars
Mr. Mahoney
The Milkman
Mike Morrel
The City
Narrator (voice)
Night Cries
Dr. Whelan
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
William Battles
Cannon
Frank Cannon
Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
The Desert Song
Lachmed
Keefer
Col. Keefer
In Like Flynn
Sgt. Dominic
-30-
Jim Bathgate
The Return of Frank Cannon
Frank Cannon
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Jim Dunn
Turnover Smith
Thaddeus Smith
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Keegan
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Major Nicolet
Side Show
Ring Announcer (voice)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Chief Vincent Kovac
The Naked Sea
Narrator
Design for Disaster
Narrator
The Force of Evil
Narrator (voice)
Eggs Benedict
Narrator
TV Shows (35)
Murder, She Wrote
Anatole Karzof · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sergent Cresse · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Narrator · 120 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Moses Kadish · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
Jason McCabe · 106 eps
Matlock
James McShane · 2 eps
Hotel
2 eps
The Bullwinkle Show
Narrator (voice) · 815 eps
Cannon
Frank Cannon · 123 eps
The Name of the Game
Arnold Wexler · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Frank Cannon · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The High Chaparral
China Pierce · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Clark Benson · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Dick MacIntyre · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Show
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Bystander (uncredited) · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Clapper (uncredited) · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Tombstone Territory
Frank Banter · 1 eps
How the West Was Won
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 3 eps
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Narrator (voice) · 163 eps
F Troop
1 eps
Police Squad!
Stabbed Man · 1 eps
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
The Aquanauts
Corey · 1 eps
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe · 14 eps
The Highwayman
Narrator · 1 eps
The Dudley Do-Right Show
39 eps
General Electric True
1 eps
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Narrator · 8 eps
The Man and the Challenge
1 eps
This Man Dawson
Narrator (voice only) · 11 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · 1 eps
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self · 2 eps
The Box
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Sonny and Cher Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · 1 eps
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Hamburgers
self
Directing (27)
The Rifleman
Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director
Highway Patrol
Director
The Name of the Game
Director
Route 66
Director
Gunsmoke
Director
Naked City
Director
Bat Masterson
Director
77 Sunset Strip
Director
Tombstone Territory
Director
Lock-Up
Director
Men Into Space
Director
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Director
Target: The Corruptors!
Director
Temple Houston
Director
Saints and Sinners
Director
General Electric True
Director
The Rough Riders
Director
Mackenzie's Raiders
Director
Bold Venture
Director
Klondike
Director
Two on a Guillotine
Director
The Man from Galveston
Director
Brainstorm
Director
This Man Dawson
Director
My Blood Runs Cold
Director
Side Show
Director
Producing (12)
Countdown
Executive Producer
An American Dream
Producer
Assignment to Kill
Executive Producer
The Learning Tree
Executive Producer
The Ride Back
Producer
Two on a Guillotine
Producer
Brainstorm
Producer
First to Fight
Executive Producer
The Cool Ones
Executive Producer
Chubasco
Producer
Turnover Smith
Executive Producer
My Blood Runs Cold
Producer