William Conrad
Acting
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
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movieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Box
2009
Self (voice) (uncredited)
movieHudson Hawk
1991
Narrator (voice)
tvJake and the Fatman
1987
Jason McCabe
tvThe Highwayman
1987
Narrator
tvMatlock
1986
James McShane
movieKilling Cars
1986
Mr. Mahoney
movieIn Like Flynn
1985
Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
1985
Mr. Mahoney
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Anatole Karzof
movieThe Mikado
1983
The Mikado
movieShock-Trauma
1982
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
movieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
tvPolice Squad!
1982
Stabbed Man
tvNero Wolfe
1981
Nero Wolfe
movieSide Show
1981
Ring Announcer (voice)
movieThe Return of Frank Cannon
1980
Frank Cannon
movieTurnover Smith
1980
Thaddeus Smith
movieThe Return of the King
1980
Lord Denethor (voice)
movieThe Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
William Battles
movieBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
movieKeefer
1978
Col. Keefer
movieNight Cries
1978
Dr. Whelan
movieThe Making of Star Wars
1977
Narrator (voice)
movieMoonshine County Express
1977
Jack Starkey
movieCatastrophe
1977
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Force of Evil
1977
Narrator (voice)
tvHow the West Was Won
1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe City
1977
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Macahans
1976
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Voices
1974
Narrator (voice)
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Frank Cannon
tvCannon
1971
Frank Cannon
movieCannon
1971
Frank Cannon
movieThe D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
Chief Vincent Kovac
movieThe Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
Bart Harris
movieChisum
1970
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Arnold Wexler
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters / Self
tvThe High Chaparral
1967
China Pierce
movieCountdown
1967
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
movieChamber of Horrors
1966
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieBattle of the Bulge
1965
Narrator (uncredited) / Narrator (voice)
movieBrainstorm
1965
Mental Patient (uncredited)
movieTwo on a Guillotine
1965
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
movieEggs Benedict
1965
Narrator
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Narrator
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Sergent Cresse
movieDesign for Disaster
1962
Narrator
tvThe Aquanauts
1960
Corey
tvThe Bullwinkle Show
1959
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
Narrator (voice)
movie-30-
1959
Jim Bathgate
tvThis Man Dawson
1959
Narrator (voice only)
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bystander (uncredited) / Clapper (uncredited) / Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
tvBat Masterson
1958
Clark Benson / Dick MacIntyre
movieZero Hour!
1957
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
tvTombstone Territory
1957
Frank Banter
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Moses Kadish
movieThe Ride Back
1957
Sheriff Chris Hamish
movieJohnny Concho
1956
Tallman
movieThe Naked Sea
1955
Narrator
tvGunsmoke
1955
Narrator (voice)
movie5 Against the House
1955
Eric Berg
movieThe Naked Jungle
1954
Commissioner
movieThe Desert Song
1953
Lachmed
movieCry of the Hunted
1953
Goodwin
movieLone Star
1952
Mizette
movieThe Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
Major Nicolet
movieCry Danger
1951
Louie Castro
movieDial 1119
1950
Chuckles
movieThe Milkman
1950
Mike Morrel
movieEast Side, West Side
1949
Lt. Jacobi
movieTension
1949
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
movieAny Number Can Play
1949
Frank Sistina
movieJoan of Arc
1948
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
movieTo the Victor
1948
Farnsworth
movieFour Faces West
1948
Sheriff Egan
movieArch of Triumph
1948
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
tvBambi
1948
Self
moviePillow to Post
1945
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Directing27
movieSide Show
1981
Director
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Director
movieBrainstorm
1965
Director
movieMy Blood Runs Cold
1965
Director
movieTwo on a Guillotine
1965
Director
movieThe Man from Galveston
1963
Director
tvTemple Houston
1963
Director
tvGeneral Electric True
1962
Director
tvSaints and Sinners
1962
Director
tvTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
Director
tvKlondike
1960
Director
tvRoute 66
1960
Director
tvThis Man Dawson
1959
Director
tvMen Into Space
1959
Director
tvLock-Up
1959
Director
tvBold Venture
1959
Director
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Director
tvMackenzie's Raiders
1958
Director
tvBat Masterson
1958
Director
tvThe Rough Riders
1958
Director
tvNaked City
1958
Director
tvThe Rifleman
1958
Director
tvTombstone Territory
1957
Director
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Director
tvHighway Patrol
1955
Director
tvGunsmoke
1955
Director
Production12
movieTurnover Smith
1980
Executive Producer
movieThe Learning Tree
1969
Executive Producer
movieAssignment to Kill
1968
Executive Producer
movieChubasco
1968
Producer
movieCountdown
1967
Executive Producer
movieThe Cool Ones
1967
Executive Producer
movieFirst to Fight
1967
Executive Producer
movieAn American Dream
1966
Producer
movieBrainstorm
1965
Producer
movieMy Blood Runs Cold
1965
Producer
movieTwo on a Guillotine
1965
Producer
movieThe Ride Back
1957
Producer
Sound1
movieSide Show
1981
Songs