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).
Filmography · 104
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Anatole Karzof
The Fugitive
1963 · Narrator
Matlock
1986 · James McShane
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Sergent Cresse
The Bullwinkle Show
1959 · Narrator (voice)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Bat Masterson
1958 · Clark Benson
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Jason McCabe
Cannon
1971 · Frank Cannon
Bambi
1948 · Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest / Various...
Gunsmoke
1955 · Narrator (voice)
Hotel
1982
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Frank Cannon
The High Chaparral
1967 · China Pierce
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Name of the Game
1968 · Arnold Wexler
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Frank Banter
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Bystander (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959 · Narrator (voice)
F Troop
1965
How the West Was Won
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncr...
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
The Aquanauts
1960 · Corey
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Police Squad!
1982 · Stabbed Man
The Box
2009 · Self (voice) (uncredit...
Nero Wolfe
1981 · Nero Wolfe
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
Hudson Hawk
1991 · Narrator (voice)
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Self
General Electric True
1962
Chisum
1970 · Narrator - Opening Cre...
The Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Narrator (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
1948 · Guillaume Erard, a Pro...
The Highwayman
1987 · Narrator
The Man and the Challenge
1959
The Killers
1946 · Max
Shock-Trauma
1982 · Dr. R. Adams Cowley
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Morano
The Return of the King
1980 · Lord Denethor (voice)
The Mikado
1983 · The Mikado
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers") (ar...
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977 · Narrator
The Naked Jungle
1954 · Commissioner
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Opening Narrator / Dra...
Zero Hour!
1957 · Narrator (voice) (uncr...
The Conqueror
1956 · Kasar
Body and Soul
1947 · Quinn
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970 · Bart Harris
5 Against the House
1955 · Eric Berg
Lone Star
1952 · Mizette
Hamburgers
1974 · self
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986 · Jim Dunn
The Racket
1951 · Turk
Moonshine County Express
1977 · Jack Starkey
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Fat Man in Hall of Mir...
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Chamber of Horrors
1966 · Narrator (voice) (uncr...
Any Number Can Play
1949 · Frank Sistina
Arch of Triumph
1948 · Policeman at Accident...
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · Frank Cannon
Countdown
1967 · TV Newscaster (voice)...
Tension
1949 · Lt. Edgar Gonsales
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980 · William Battles
East Side, West Side
1949 · Lt. Jacobi
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Goodwin
The Ride Back
1957 · Sheriff Chris Hamish
Killing Cars
1986 · Mr. Mahoney
This Man Dawson
1959 · Narrator (voice only)
Cry Danger
1951 · Louie Castro
One Way Street
1950 · Ollie
The Macahans
1976 · Narrator (voice) (uncr...
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951 · Major Nicolet
Brainstorm
1965 · Mental Patient (uncred...
The Desert Song
1953 · Lachmed
Four Faces West
1948 · Sheriff Egan
To the Victor
1948 · Farnsworth
The City
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971 · Chief Vincent Kovac
The Force of Evil
1977 · Narrator (voice)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974 · Narrator (voice)
The Milkman
1950 · Mike Morrel
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975 · Narrator (voice) (uncr...
Johnny Concho
1956 · Tallman
Night Cries
1978 · Dr. Whelan
Cannon
1971 · Frank Cannon
Dial 1119
1950 · Chuckles
-30-
1959 · Jim Bathgate
Pillow to Post
1945 · First Motorcycle Cop (...
Design for Disaster
1962 · Narrator
Side Show
1981 · Ring Announcer (voice)
Catastrophe
1977 · Narrator (voice)
Turnover Smith
1980 · Thaddeus Smith
Keefer
1978 · Col. Keefer
In Like Flynn
1985 · Sgt. Dominic
Eggs Benedict
1965 · Narrator
The Naked Sea
1955 · Narrator
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971 · Keegan