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person_profile-William Conrad

William Conrad Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Sep 27, 1920

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 11, 1994

Biography of

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).

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Filmography of

William Conrad

Found 61 Movies in total

The Box

Self (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2009

Hudson Hawk

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1986

Killing Cars

Mr. Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1986

In Like Flynn

Sgt. Dominic ( Actor )

... 1985

The Mikado

The Mikado ( Actor )

... 1983

Shock-Trauma

Dr. R. Adams Cowley ( Actor )

... 1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

... 1982

Side Show

Ring Announcer (voice) ( Actor )

Director

... 1981

The Return of Frank Cannon

Frank Cannon ( Actor )

... 1980

Turnover Smith

Thaddeus Smith ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1980

The Return of the King

Lord Denethor (voice) ( Actor )

... 1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

William Battles ( Actor )

... 1980

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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

... 1979

Keefer

Col. Keefer ( Actor )

... 1978

Night Cries

Dr. Whelan ( Actor )

... 1978

The Making of Star Wars

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

Moonshine County Express

Jack Starkey ( Actor )

... 1977

Catastrophe

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

The Force of Evil

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

The City

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

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

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1975

Hamburgers

self ( Actor )

... 1974

Cannon

Frank Cannon ( Actor )

... 1971

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

Chief Vincent Kovac ( Actor )

... 1971

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Bart Harris ( Actor )

... 1970

Chisum

Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1970

Countdown

TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1967

Chamber of Horrors

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1966

Battle of the Bulge

Narrator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1965

Brainstorm

Mental Patient (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1965

-30-

Jim Bathgate ( Actor )

... 1959

Zero Hour!

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Ride Back

Sheriff Chris Hamish ( Actor )

Producer

... 1957

Johnny Concho

Tallman ( Actor )

... 1956

The Conqueror

Kasar ( Actor )

... 1956

The Naked Sea

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1955

5 Against the House

Eric Berg ( Actor )

... 1955

The Naked Jungle

Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1954

The Desert Song

Lachmed ( Actor )

... 1953

Cry of the Hunted

Goodwin ( Actor )

... 1953

Lone Star

Mizette ( Actor )

... 1952

The Racket

Det. Sgt. Turk ( Actor )

... 1951

The Sword of Monte Cristo

Major Nicolet ( Actor )

... 1951

Cry Danger

Louie Castro ( Actor )

... 1951

Dial 1119

Chuckles ( Actor )

... 1950

The Milkman

Mike Morrel ( Actor )

... 1950

One Way Street

Ollie ( Actor )

... 1950

East Side, West Side

Lt. Jacobi ( Actor )

... 1949

Tension

Lt. Edgar Gonsales ( Actor )

... 1949

Any Number Can Play

Frank Sistina ( Actor )

... 1949

Joan of Arc

Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor ( Actor )

... 1948

To the Victor

Farnsworth ( Actor )

... 1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

Morano ( Actor )

... 1948

Four Faces West

Sheriff Egan ( Actor )

... 1948

Arch of Triumph

Policeman at Accident (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Body and Soul

Quinn ( Actor )

... 1947

The Killers

Max ( Actor )

... 1946

Pillow to Post

First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945