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).
Born: 27 September 1920 • Died: 11 February 1994
Played In
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
The Box
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
Narrator (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
Self—Host
Jake and the Fatman
Jason McCabe
The Highwayman
Narrator
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Jim Dunn
Matlock
James McShane
Killing Cars
Mr. Mahoney
In Like Flynn
Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
Mr. Mahoney
Murder, She Wrote
Anatole Karzof
The Mikado
The Mikado
Shock-Trauma
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
Hotel
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Police Squad!
Stabbed Man
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
Side Show
Ring Announcer (voice)
The Return of Frank Cannon
Frank Cannon
Turnover Smith
Thaddeus Smith
The Return of the King
Lord Denethor (voice)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
William Battles
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Keefer
Col. Keefer
Night Cries
Dr. Whelan
The Making of Star Wars
Narrator (voice)
Moonshine County Express
Jack Starkey
Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
The Force of Evil
Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Won
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Narrator
The City
Narrator (voice)
The Sonny and Cher Show
Self
The Macahans
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Narrator (voice)
Hamburgers
self
Voices
Narrator (voice)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Barnaby Jones
Frank Cannon
Cannon
Frank Cannon
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Keegan
Cannon
Frank Cannon
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Chief Vincent Kovac
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Bart Harris
Chisum
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
The Name of the Game
Arnold Wexler
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The High Chaparral
China Pierce
Countdown
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Chamber of Horrors
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (uncredited)
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (voice)
The Dean Martin Show
F Troop
Brainstorm
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Eggs Benedict
Narrator
The Fugitive
Narrator
General Electric True
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sergent Cresse
Design for Disaster
Narrator
Target: The Corruptors!
The Aquanauts
Corey
The Bullwinkle Show
Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Narrator (voice)
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Jim Bathgate
This Man Dawson
Narrator (voice only)
The Man and the Challenge
77 Sunset Strip
Bystander (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Clapper (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
Clark Benson
Bat Masterson
Dick MacIntyre
Zero Hour!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Tombstone Territory
Frank Banter
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Moses Kadish
The Ride Back
Sheriff Chris Hamish
Johnny Concho
Tallman
The Conqueror
Kasar
The Naked Sea
Narrator
Gunsmoke
Narrator (voice)
5 Against the House
Eric Berg
The Naked Jungle
Commissioner
The Desert Song
Lachmed
Cry of the Hunted
Goodwin
Lone Star
Mizette
The Racket
Turk
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Major Nicolet
Cry Danger
Louie Castro
Dial 1119
Chuckles
The Milkman
Mike Morrel
One Way Street
Ollie
East Side, West Side
Lt. Jacobi
Tension
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Any Number Can Play
Frank Sistina
Joan of Arc
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
To the Victor
Farnsworth
Sorry, Wrong Number
Morano
Four Faces West
Sheriff Egan
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Arch of Triumph
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Bambi
Self
Body and Soul
Quinn
The Killers
Max
Pillow to Post
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)