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).
Known for
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Moses Kadish
Murder, She Wrote
Anatole Karzof
The Fugitive
Narrator
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sergent Cresse
The Bullwinkle Show
Narrator (voice)
Bambi
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Matlock
D.A. James L. McShane
Hotel
Cannon
Frank Cannon
Gunsmoke
Narrator (voice)
The High Chaparral
China Pierce
Jake and the Fatman
Jason McCabe
Barnaby Jones
Frank Cannon
Bat Masterson
Clark Benson
Bat Masterson
Dick MacIntyre
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Name of the Game
Arnold Wexler
77 Sunset Strip
Bystander (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Clapper (uncredited)
Tombstone Territory
Frank Banter
Target: The Corruptors!
F Troop
Killing Cars
Mr. Mahoney
The Box
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
How the West Was Won
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Conqueror
Kasar
Lone Star
Mizette
Chisum
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The City
Narrator (voice)
Shock-Trauma
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self
Keefer
Col. Keefer
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Police Squad!
Stabbed Man
Side Show
Ring Announcer (voice)
The Milkman
Mike Morrel
Tension
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Cry Danger
Louie Castro
Eggs Benedict
Narrator
The Highwayman
Narrator
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Narrator (voice)
Body and Soul
Quinn
Hamburgers
self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Hudson Hawk
Narrator (voice)
In Like Flynn
Sgt. Dominic
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (uncredited)
Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (voice)
The Return of the King
Lord Denethor (voice)
Turnover Smith
Thaddeus Smith
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
The Aquanauts
Corey
The Mikado
The Mikado
Sorry, Wrong Number
Morano
The Naked Jungle
Commissioner
General Electric True
Countdown
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Blitz
Mr. Mahoney
The Sonny and Cher Show
One Way Street
Ollie
East Side, West Side
Lt. Jacobi
Chamber of Horrors
Narrator
The Dudley Do-Right Show
Cry of the Hunted
Goodwin
Pillow to Post
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Man and the Challenge
The Killers
Max
Two on a Guillotine
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Racket
Turk
Moonshine County Express
Jack Starkey
-30-
Jim Bathgate
Joan of Arc
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Narrator
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Keegan
Voices
Narrator (voice)
5 Against the House
Eric Berg
To the Victor
Farnsworth
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Four Faces West
Sheriff Egan
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
This Man Dawson
Narrator (voice only)
Zero Hour!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Naked Sea
Narrator
Night Cries
Dr. Whelan
Arch of Triumph
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
The Macahans
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
Narrator (voice)
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Bart Harris
The Force of Evil
Narrator (voice)
Any Number Can Play
Frank Sistina
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Major Nicolet
The Ride Back
Sheriff Chris Hamish
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Jim Dunn
The Desert Song
Lachmed
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Chief Vincent Kovac
The Return of Frank Cannon
Frank Cannon
Johnny Concho
Tallman
Brainstorm
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Cannon
Frank Cannon
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Narrator (voice)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
William Battles
Dial 1119
Chuckles
Design for Disaster
Narrator
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self