William Conrad
Acting
🎂 1920-09-27
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).
Cast credits(112)
Frank Cannon
1971
Self
1948
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Self
1967
Jason McCabe
1987
Self
1948
Sergent Cresse
1962
Arnold Wexler
1968
Anatole Karzof
1984
1957
Moses Kadish
1957
Frank Cannon
1973
1961
Narrator (voice)
1959
Frank Banter
1957
1982
Clark Benson
1958
Dick MacIntyre
1958
Narrator
1963
Self
1973
Corey
1960
Bystander (uncredited)
1958
Nero Wolfe
1981
1962
1959
1971
Self
1971
Self
1974
1965
1986
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977
1965
1969
Narrator
1987
Stabbed Man
1982
Narrator (voice)
1955
China Pierce
1967
Narrator (voice)
1959
1959
Self
1968
Narrator (uncredited)
1983
1976
Self (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Max
1946
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
1948
Narrator
1977
Narrator (voice)
1991
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Narrator (uncredited)
1965
Narrator (voice)
1965
Quinn
1947
Morano
1948
Lord Denethor (voice)
1980
Kasar
1956
Mental Patient (uncredited)
1965
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
1948
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
1979
Self (archive footage)
2024
Commissioner
1954
Eric Berg
1955
Narrator (voice)
1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1957
Louie Castro
1951
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
1965
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1967
Tallman
1956
Narrator
1966
Sheriff Egan
1948
Bart Harris
1970
Major Nicolet
1951
Mizette
1952
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
1949
Mr. Mahoney
1986
Narrator (voice)
1977
Keegan
1971
Sheriff Chris Hamish
1957
Jim Dunn
1986
Chief Vincent Kovac
1971
Det. Sgt. Turk
1951
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Frank Sistina
1949
Farnsworth
1948
Frank Cannon
1971
Jack Starkey
1977
Lt. Jacobi
1949
Dr. Whelan
1978
Narrator (voice)
1974
Ring Announcer (voice)
1981
Goodwin
1953
Thaddeus Smith
1980
Jim Bathgate
1959
Ollie
1950
Frank Cannon
1980
Lachmed
1953
Mike Morrel
1950
Col. Keefer
1978
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1945
1985
The Mikado
1983
Narrator (voice)
1977
Chuckles
1950
Narrator (voice)
1977
Sgt. Dominic
1985
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
1982
William Battles
1980
self
1974
Narrator
1965
Narrator
1955
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
1974
Directing (27)
Director
1958
Director
1968
Director
1957
Director
1960
Director
1961
Director
1957
Director
1955
Director
1958
Director
1959
Director
1959
Director
1958
Director
1963
Director
1962
Director
1958
Director
1958
Director
1962
Director
1955
Director
1960
Director
1959
Director
1959
Director
1958
Director
1960
Director
1965
Director
1965
Director
1963
Director
1965
Director
1981
