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