1920-09-27 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout | Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-28 |
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The Box | Self (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-10-29 |
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Hudson Hawk | Narrator (voice) | 1991-05-23 |
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Killing Cars | Mr. Mahoney | 1986-02-13 |
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Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Jim Dunn | 1986-11-01 |
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In Like Flynn | Sgt. Dominic | 1985-08-14 |
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Blitz | Mr. Mahoney | 1985-03-13 |
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The Mikado | The Mikado | 1983-08-18 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Police Squad! | Guest-Star 6 | 1982-03-04 |
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Shock-Trauma | Dr. R. Adams Cowley | 1982-10-27 |
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Side Show | Ring Announcer (voice) | 1981-06-05 |
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The Return of the King | Lord Denethor (voice) | 1980-05-11 |
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The Murder That Wouldn't Die | William Battles | 1980-03-09 |
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The Return of Frank Cannon | Frank Cannon | 1980-10-31 |
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Turnover Smith | Thaddeus Smith | 1980-06-08 |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice) | 1979-03-02 |
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Keefer | Col. Keefer | 1978-03-16 |
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Night Cries | Dr. Whelan | 1978-01-29 |
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The Making of Star Wars | Narrator (voice) | 1977-09-16 |
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The Force of Evil | Narrator (voice) | 1977-03-13 |
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The City | Narrator (voice) | 1977-01-12 |
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Catastrophe | Narrator (voice) | 1977-04-20 |
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Moonshine County Express | Jack Starkey | 1977-06-01 |
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The Macahans | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1976-01-19 |
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1975-02-20 |
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Hamburgers | self | 1974-04-02 |
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The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Narrator (voice) | 1974-11-08 |
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Voices | Narrator (voice) | 1974-01-01 |
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The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill | Chief Vincent Kovac | 1971-01-11 |
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O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra | Keegan | 1971-04-02 |
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Cannon | Frank Cannon | 1971-03-26 |
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Chisum | Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited) | 1970-07-23 |
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The Brotherhood of the Bell | Bart Harris | 1970-09-17 |
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Countdown | TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-08-20 |
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Chamber of Horrors | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1966-10-19 |
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Battle of the Bulge | Narrator (voice) | 1965-12-16 |
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Brainstorm | Mental Patient (uncredited) | 1965-05-05 |
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Battle of the Bulge | Narrator (uncredited) | 1965-12-16 |
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Two on a Guillotine | Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited) | 1965-01-13 |
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Eggs Benedict | Narrator | 1965-01-01 |
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Design for Disaster | Narrator | 1962-02-28 |
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-30- | Jim Bathgate | 1959-11-11 |
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Zero Hour! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-11-13 |
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The Ride Back | Sheriff Chris Hamish | 1957-04-28 |
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Johnny Concho | Tallman | 1956-07-01 |
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The Conqueror | Kasar | 1956-02-02 |
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5 Against the House | Eric Berg | 1955-06-10 |
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The Naked Sea | Narrator | 1955-12-20 |
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The Naked Jungle | Commissioner | 1954-03-03 |
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The Desert Song | Lachmed | 1953-05-30 |
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Cry of the Hunted | Goodwin | 1953-05-08 |
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Lone Star | Mizette | 1952-10-24 |
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Cry Danger | Louie Castro | 1951-02-23 |
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The Racket | Turk | 1951-10-25 |
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The Sword of Monte Cristo | Major Nicolet | 1951-03-03 |
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Dial 1119 | Chuckles | 1950-11-03 |
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The Milkman | Mike Morrel | 1950-10-17 |
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One Way Street | Ollie | 1950-04-01 |
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Tension | Lt. Edgar Gonsales | 1949-11-25 |
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East Side, West Side | Lt. Jacobi | 1949-12-22 |
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Any Number Can Play | Frank Sistina | 1949-07-15 |
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Sorry, Wrong Number | Morano | 1948-09-24 |
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Joan of Arc | Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor | 1948-12-22 |
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To the Victor | Farnsworth | 1948-10-26 |
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Arch of Triumph | Policeman at Accident (uncredited) | 1948-02-17 |
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Four Faces West | Sheriff Egan | 1948-08-03 |
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Body and Soul | Quinn | 1947-11-11 |
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The Killers | Max | 1946-08-30 |
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Pillow to Post | First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 1945-06-09 |
