William Conrad
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).
Fotos
Películas (78)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Box
2009 · Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
1987 · Self—Host
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986 · Jim Dunn
Killing Cars
1986 · Mr. Mahoney
In Like Flynn
1985 · Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
1985 · Mr. Mahoney
The Mikado
1983 · The Mikado
Shock-Trauma
1982 · Dr. R. Adams Cowley
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service
1982 · Narrator
Side Show
1981 · Ring Announcer (voice), Director, Songs
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · Frank Cannon
Turnover Smith
1980 · Thaddeus Smith, Executive Producer
The Return of the King
1980 · Lord Denethor (voice)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980 · William Battles
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Keefer
1978 · Col. Keefer
Night Cries
1978 · Dr. Whelan
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Narrator (voice)
Moonshine County Express
1977 · Jack Starkey
Catastrophe
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The Force of Evil
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The City
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The Macahans
1976 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974 · Narrator (voice)
Hamburgers
1974 · Self
Voices
1974 · Narrator (voice)
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971 · Keegan
Cannon
1971 · Frank Cannon
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971 · Chief Vincent Kovac
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970 · Bart Harris
Chisum
1970 · Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Learning Tree
1969 · Executive Producer
Assignment to Kill
1968 · Executive Producer
Chubasco
1968 · Producer
Countdown
1967 · TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited), Executive Producer
The Cool Ones
1967 · Executive Producer
First to Fight
1967 · Executive Producer
Chamber of Horrors
1966 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
An American Dream
1966 · Producer
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Narrator (uncredited), Narrator (voice)
Brainstorm
1965 · Mental Patient (uncredited), Producer, Director
My Blood Runs Cold
1965 · Director, Producer
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited), Director, Producer
Eggs Benedict
1965 · Narrator
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Director
Design for Disaster
1962 · Narrator
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1959 · Jim Bathgate
Zero Hour!
1957 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ride Back
1957 · Sheriff Chris Hamish, Producer
Johnny Concho
1956 · Tallman
The Conqueror
1956 · Kasar
The Naked Sea
1955 · Narrator
5 Against the House
1955 · Eric Berg
The Naked Jungle
1954 · Commissioner
The Desert Song
1953 · Lachmed
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Goodwin
Lone Star
1952 · Mizette
The Racket
1951 · Turk
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951 · Major Nicolet
Cry Danger
1951 · Louie Castro
Dial 1119
1950 · Chuckles
The Milkman
1950 · Mike Morrel
One Way Street
1950 · Ollie
East Side, West Side
1949 · Lt. Jacobi
Tension
1949 · Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Any Number Can Play
1949 · Frank Sistina
Joan of Arc
1948 · Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
To the Victor
1948 · Farnsworth
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Morano
Four Faces West
1948 · Sheriff Egan
Arch of Triumph
1948 · Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Body and Soul
1947 · Quinn
The Killers
1946 · Max
Pillow to Post
1945 · First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Return of the King
· Lord Denethor (voice)
Series (51)
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Jason McCabe
The Highwayman
1987 · Narrator
Matlock
1986 · James McShane
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Anatole Karzof
Hotel
1982
Police Squad!
1982 · Stabbed Man
Nero Wolfe
1981 · Nero Wolfe
How the West Was Won
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977 · Narrator
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Frank Cannon
Cannon
1971 · Frank Cannon
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971 · Self
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
The Name of the Game
1968 · Arnold Wexler, Director
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest / Various Characters, Self
The High Chaparral
1967 · China Pierce
The Dean Martin Show
1965
F Troop
1965
Temple Houston
1963 · Director
The Fugitive
1963 · Narrator
General Electric True
1962 · Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Sergent Cresse
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Director
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Director
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960 · Director
Klondike
1960 · Director
Route 66
1960 · Director
The Aquanauts
1960 · Corey
The Bullwinkle Show
1959 · Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959 · Narrator (voice)
This Man Dawson
1959 · Narrator (voice only), Director
Men Into Space
1959 · Director
Lock-Up
1959 · Director
The Man and the Challenge
1959
Bold Venture
1959 · Director
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Bystander (uncredited), Clapper (uncredited), Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Director
Mackenzie's Raiders
1958 · Director
Bat Masterson
1958 · Clark Benson, Dick MacIntyre, Director
The Rough Riders
1958 · Director
Naked City
1958 · Director
The Rifleman
1958 · Director
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Frank Banter, Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Moses Kadish, Director
Highway Patrol
1955 · Director
Gunsmoke
1955 · Narrator (voice), Director
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self