About
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...
Known for
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The Bullwinkle ShowSeries • 1959
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
MatlockSeries • 1986
CannonSeries • 1971
HotelSeries • 1982
Naked CitySeries • 1958
Route 66Series • 1960
Barnaby JonesSeries • 1973
Jake and the FatmanSeries • 1987
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967
The Name of the GameSeries • 1968
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958
Highway PatrolSeries • 1955
F TroopSeries • 1965
Tombstone TerritorySeries • 1957
The Dean Martin ShowSeries • 1965
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and FriendsSeries • 1959
The Sonny & Cher Comedy HourSeries • 1971