William Conrad
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-09-27
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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).
Also Known For
The Return of the King
May 11, 1980
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sep 24, 1948
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
May 21, 1982
Cry Danger
Feb 23, 1951
The Racket
Oct 25, 1951
Tension
Nov 25, 1949
Cry of the Hunted
May 08, 1953
-30-
Nov 11, 1959
One Way Street
Apr 01, 1950
Dial 1119
Nov 03, 1950
The Killers
Aug 30, 1946
Johnny Concho
Jul 01, 1956
The Naked Jungle
Mar 03, 1954
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Mar 03, 1951
5 Against the House
Jun 10, 1955
Four Faces West
Aug 03, 1948
Body and Soul
Nov 11, 1947
The Mikado
Aug 18, 1983
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Feb 20, 1975
Arch of Triumph
Feb 17, 1948
Any Number Can Play
Jul 15, 1949
East Side, West Side
Dec 22, 1949
Moonshine County Express
Jun 01, 1977
The Force of Evil
Mar 13, 1977
The Ride Back
Apr 28, 1957
Keefer
Mar 16, 1978
The Milkman
Oct 17, 1950
Night Cries
Jan 29, 1978
The Return of Frank Cannon
Oct 31, 1980
Killing Cars
Feb 13, 1986
The Desert Song
May 30, 1953
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Jan 11, 1971
The City
Jan 12, 1977
Hamburgers
Apr 02, 1974
Catastrophe
Apr 20, 1977
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Mar 09, 1980
Cannon
Mar 26, 1971
Lone Star
Oct 24, 1952
Shock-Trauma
Oct 27, 1982
Chisum
Jul 23, 1970
The Conqueror
Mar 28, 1956
In Like Flynn
Aug 14, 1985
Blitz
Mar 13, 1985
Brainstorm
May 05, 1965
To the Victor
Oct 26, 1948
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Mar 02, 1979
Zero Hour!
Nov 13, 1957
Eggs Benedict
Jan 01, 1965
Pillow to Post
Jun 09, 1945
The Making of Star Wars
Sep 16, 1977
Side Show
Jun 05, 1981
Hudson Hawk
May 23, 1991
Chamber of Horrors
Oct 19, 1966
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Sep 17, 1970
The Box
Oct 29, 2009
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Nov 01, 1986
Joan of Arc
Dec 22, 1948
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Apr 02, 1971
Turnover Smith
Jun 08, 1980
The Naked Sea
Dec 20, 1955
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16, 1965
Countdown
Aug 20, 1967
The Macahans
Jan 19, 1976
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Nov 08, 1974
Two on a Guillotine
Jan 13, 1965
Design for Disaster
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Jun 28, 2024
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16, 1965
Voices
Jan 01, 1974
F Troop
Sep 14, 1965
The Sonny and Cher Show
Feb 01, 1976
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Aug 01, 1971
Matlock
Mar 03, 1986
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Manimal
Sep 30, 1983
Hotel
Aug 21, 1982
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
Jake and the Fatman
Sep 26, 1987
Cannon
Sep 14, 1971
Target: The Corruptors!
Sep 29, 1961
The Man and the Challenge
Sep 12, 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sep 14, 1957
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
The High Chaparral
Sep 10, 1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jan 22, 1968
The Aquanauts
Sep 14, 1960
The Dean Martin Show
Sep 16, 1965
Bat Masterson
Oct 08, 1958
Nero Wolfe
Dec 24, 1981
General Electric True
Sep 30, 1962
77 Sunset Strip
Oct 10, 1958
This Man Dawson
Oct 15, 1959
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Dec 04, 1974
The Dudley Do-Right Show
Apr 27, 1969
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Sep 14, 1973
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Aug 01, 1971
Police Squad!
Mar 04, 1982
The Name of the Game
Sep 20, 1968
Bat Masterson
Oct 08, 1958
How the West Was Won
Feb 06, 1977
Bambi-Verleihung
Jan 01, 1948
The Carol Burnett Show
Sep 11, 1967
The Carol Burnett Show
Sep 11, 1967
The Bullwinkle Show
Nov 19, 1959
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Feb 02, 1977
The Highwayman
Sep 20, 1987
Barnaby Jones
Jan 28, 1973
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sep 20, 1962
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sep 14, 1957
Tombstone Territory
Oct 16, 1957
