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).
Acted in
The Box
2009
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Jason McCabe
The Highwayman
1987
as Narrator
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Jim Dunn
Matlock
1986
Killing Cars
1986
as Mr. Mahoney
In Like Flynn
1985
as Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Anatole Karzof
Manimal
1983
as Narrator (uncredited)
Trauma Center
1983
The Mikado
1983
as The Mikado
Shock-Trauma
1982
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
Hotel
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Police Squad!
1982
as Stabbed Man
Side Show
1981
as Ring Announcer (voice)
Nero Wolfe
1981
as Nero Wolfe
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
as Frank Cannon
Turnover Smith
1980
as Thaddeus Smith
The Return of the King
1980
as Lord Denethor (voice)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as William Battles
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Keefer
1978
as Col. Keefer
Night Cries
1978
as Dr. Whelan
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Moonshine County Express
1977
as Jack Starkey
Catastrophe
1977
as Narrator (voice)
The Force of Evil
1977
as Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Won
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
as Narrator
The City
1977
as Narrator (voice)
The Sonny & Cher Show
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
Hamburgers
1974
as self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Frank Cannon
Cannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
as Keegan
Cannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
as Chief Vincent Kovac
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Bart Harris
Chisum
1970
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
as Arnold Wexler
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The High Chaparral
1967
as China Pierce
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self
Countdown
1967
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Chamber of Horrors
1966
as Narrator
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
1965
F Troop
1965
Brainstorm
1965
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Eggs Benedict
1965
as Narrator
The Fugitive
1963
as Narrator
General Electric True
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Sergent Cresse
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Aquanauts
1960
as Corey
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Narrator (voice)
-30-
1959
as Jim Bathgate
This Man Dawson
1959
The Man and the Challenge
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Bystander (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
1958
as Clark Benson
Bat Masterson
1958
as Dick MacIntyre
Zero Hour!
1957
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Ride Back
1957
as Sheriff Chris Hamish
Johnny Concho
1956
as Tallman
The Conqueror
1956
as Kasar
The Naked Sea
1955
as Narrator
Gunsmoke
1955
as Narrator (voice)
5 Against the House
1955
as Eric Berg
The Naked Jungle
1954
as Commissioner
The Desert Song
1953
as Lachmed
Cry of the Hunted
1953
as Goodwin
Lone Star
1952
as Mizette
The Racket
1951
as Det. Sgt. Turk
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
as Major Nicolet
Cry Danger
1951
as Louie Castro
Dial 1119
1950
as Chuckles
The Milkman
1950
as Mike Morrel
One Way Street
1950
as Ollie
East Side, West Side
1949
as Lt. Jacobi
Tension
1949
as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Any Number Can Play
1949
as Frank Sistina
Joan of Arc
1948
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
To the Victor
1948
as Farnsworth
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Morano
Four Faces West
1948
as Sheriff Egan
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self
Body and Soul
1947
as Quinn
The Killers
1946
as Max
Pillow to Post
1945
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)