William Conrad
Acting
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).
Born: September 27, 1920
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Jason McCabe
as Narrator
as Jim Dunn
as Mr. Mahoney
as Sgt. Dominic
as Anatole Karzof
as The Mikado
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
as Stabbed Man
as Nero Wolfe
as Ring Announcer (voice)
as Frank Cannon
as Thaddeus Smith
as Lord Denethor (voice)
as William Battles
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
as Col. Keefer
as Dr. Whelan
as Narrator (voice)
as Jack Starkey
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as self
as Frank Cannon
as Frank Cannon
as Self
as Frank Cannon
as Chief Vincent Kovac
as Bart Harris
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
as Arnold Wexler
as Self
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
as Self
as China Pierce
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Sergent Cresse
as Narrator
as Corey
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Jim Bathgate
as Narrator (voice only)
as Bystander (uncredited)
as Clark Benson
as Dick MacIntyre
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Frank Banter
as Moses Kadish
as Sheriff Chris Hamish
as Tallman
as Kasar
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Eric Berg
as Commissioner
as Lachmed
as Goodwin
as Mizette
as Det. Sgt. Turk
as Major Nicolet
as Louie Castro
as Chuckles
as Mike Morrel
as Ollie
as Lt. Jacobi
as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
as Frank Sistina
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
as Farnsworth
as Morano
as Sheriff Egan
as Self
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
as Self
as Quinn
as Max
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)