William Conrad

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1920-09-27

Deathday 1994-02-11 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As John William Cann Jr.

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

Actor

2009
The Box

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1991
Hudson Hawk

as Narrator (voice)

1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Jason McCabe

1987
The Highwayman

as Narrator

1986
Killing Cars

as Mr. Mahoney

1985
In Like Flynn

as Sgt. Dominic

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Anatole Karzof

1983
The Mikado

as The Mikado

1983
Manimal

as Narrator (uncredited)

1982
Shock-Trauma

as Dr. R. Adams Cowley

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1982
1982
Police Squad!

as Stabbed Man

1981
Side Show

as Ring Announcer (voice)

1981
Nero Wolfe

as Nero Wolfe

1980
1980
Turnover Smith

as Thaddeus Smith

1980
The Return of the King

as Lord Denethor (voice)

1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as William Battles

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)

1978
Keefer

as Col. Keefer

1978
Night Cries

as Dr. Whelan

1977
The Making of Star Wars

as Narrator (voice)

1977
Moonshine County Express

as Jack Starkey

1977
Catastrophe

as Narrator (voice)

1977
The Force of Evil

as Narrator (voice)

1977
The City

as Narrator (voice)

1977
How the West Was Won

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1976
The Macahans

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1974
Hamburgers

as self

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Frank Cannon

1971
Cannon

as Frank Cannon

1971
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

as Chief Vincent Kovac

1971
Cannon

as Frank Cannon

1970
1970
Chisum

as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)

1968
The Name of the Game

as Arnold Wexler

1967
Countdown

as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1967
The High Chaparral

as China Pierce

1966
Chamber of Horrors

as Narrator

1965
Battle of the Bulge

as Narrator (uncredited)

1965
Brainstorm

as Mental Patient (uncredited)

1965
Eggs Benedict

as Narrator

1963
The Fugitive

as Narrator

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Sergent Cresse

1960
The Aquanauts

as Corey

1959
-30-

as Jim Bathgate

1959
The Bullwinkle Show

as Narrator (voice)

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Bystander (uncredited)

1958
Bat Masterson

as Clark Benson

1958
Bat Masterson

as Dick MacIntyre

1957
Zero Hour!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1957
The Ride Back

as Sheriff Chris Hamish

1956
Johnny Concho

as Tallman

1956
The Conqueror

as Kasar

1955
The Naked Sea

as Narrator

1955
5 Against the House

as Eric Berg

1955
Gunsmoke

as Narrator (voice)

1954
The Naked Jungle

as Commissioner

1953
The Desert Song

as Lachmed

1953
1952
Lone Star

as Mizette

1951
The Racket

as Det. Sgt. Turk

1951
The Sword of Monte Cristo

as Major Nicolet

1951
Cry Danger

as Louie Castro

1950
Dial 1119

as Chuckles

1950
The Milkman

as Mike Morrel

1950
1949
East Side, West Side

as Lt. Jacobi

1949
Tension

as Lt. Edgar Gonsales

1949
Any Number Can Play

as Frank Sistina

1948
Joan of Arc

as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor

1948
To the Victor

as Farnsworth

1948
1948
Four Faces West

as Sheriff Egan

1948
Arch of Triumph

as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self

1947
Body and Soul

as Quinn

1946
1945
Pillow to Post

as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Director

1981
Side Show

as Director

1968
1965
Brainstorm

as Director

1965
1965
My Blood Runs Cold

as Director

1963
1963
Temple Houston

as Director

1962
Saints and Sinners

as Director

1962
1961
1960
Klondike

as Director

1960
Route 66

as Director

1959
Men into Space

as Director

1959
Lock-Up

as Director

1959
Bold Venture

as Director

1959
This Man Dawson

as Director

1958
Naked City

as Director

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Director

1958
The Rough Riders

as Director

1958
The Rifleman

as Director

1958
Bat Masterson

as Director

1958
1957
1957
1955
Gunsmoke

as Director

1955
Highway Patrol

as Director

Producer

1980
Turnover Smith

as Executive Producer

1968
Assignment to Kill

as Executive Producer

1968
Chubasco

as Producer

1967
Countdown

as Executive Producer

1967
First to Fight

as Executive Producer

1967
The Cool Ones

as Executive Producer

1966
An American Dream

as Producer

1965
Brainstorm

as Producer

1965
1965
My Blood Runs Cold

as Producer

1957
The Ride Back

as Producer

Sound

1981
Side Show

as Songs