William Conrad
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1920-09-27
- Died
- 1994-02-11
- Place of birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- John William Cann Jr.
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
TV Shows (38)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Anatole Karzof
The Fugitive
1963
as Narrator
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Sergent Cresse
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Moses Kadish
Matlock
1986
as James McShane
The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Cannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Jason McCabe
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Frank Cannon
Bambi
1948
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Arnold Wexler
Gunsmoke
1955
as Narrator (voice)
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Bystander (uncredited) / Clapper (uncredited) / Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The High Chaparral
1967
as China Pierce
Bat Masterson
1958
as Clark Benson / Dick MacIntyre
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
F Troop
1965
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Frank Banter
How the West Was Won
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
as Self
Police Squad!
1982
as Stabbed Man
Nero Wolfe
1981
as Nero Wolfe
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
The Man and the Challenge
1959
The Aquanauts
1960
as Corey
General Electric True
1962
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
as Self
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Narrator (voice)
The Highwayman
1987
as Narrator
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
as Narrator
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
This Man Dawson
1959
as Narrator (voice only)
Movies (69)
Chisum
1970
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Box
2009
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Conqueror
1956
as Kasar
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Narrator (uncredited) / Narrator (voice)
Lone Star
1952
as Mizette
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Morano
The Killers
1946
as Max
Joan of Arc
1948
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
The Naked Jungle
1954
as Commissioner
The Return of the King
1980
as Lord Denethor (voice)
Countdown
1967
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
1957
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Racket
1951
as Turk
Body and Soul
1947
as Quinn
Brainstorm
1965
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Moonshine County Express
1977
as Jack Starkey
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
as Keegan
The Desert Song
1953
as Lachmed
The Macahans
1976
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Tension
1949
as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Dial 1119
1950
as Chuckles
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Bart Harris
The Milkman
1950
as Mike Morrel
The City
1977
as Narrator (voice)
East Side, West Side
1949
as Lt. Jacobi
Any Number Can Play
1949
as Frank Sistina
Chamber of Horrors
1966
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as William Battles
Night Cries
1978
as Dr. Whelan
Four Faces West
1948
as Sheriff Egan
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
as Major Nicolet
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
as Frank Cannon
The Ride Back
1957
as Sheriff Chris Hamish
Shock-Trauma
1982
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
To the Victor
1948
as Farnsworth
Cannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
5 Against the House
1955
as Eric Berg
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Jim Dunn
Keefer
1978
as Col. Keefer
Pillow to Post
1945
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Johnny Concho
1956
as Tallman
Turnover Smith
1980
as Thaddeus Smith
Side Show
1981
as Ring Announcer (voice)
One Way Street
1950
as Ollie
Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Killing Cars
1986
as Mr. Mahoney
Blitz
1985
as Mr. Mahoney
-30-
1959
as Jim Bathgate
Cry of the Hunted
1953
as Goodwin
Cry Danger
1951
as Louie Castro
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
In Like Flynn
1985
as Sgt. Dominic
The Mikado
1983
as The Mikado
Eggs Benedict
1965
as Narrator
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
as Chief Vincent Kovac
The Force of Evil
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Hamburgers
1974
as self
The Naked Sea
1955
as Narrator
Design for Disaster
1962
as Narrator
Catastrophe
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Voices
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
1987
as Self—Host
About 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.… With 107 credits spanning from 1945 to 2024, William Conrad has appeared in 69 films and 38 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Conrad Movies
- Chisum (1970) — as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
- Hudson Hawk (1991) — as Narrator (voice)
- The Box (2009) — as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- The Conqueror (1956) — as Kasar
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