Acting · Louisville, Kentucky, USA · Born September 27, 1920
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).
MovieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Box
2009
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
MovieHudson Hawk
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
1987
as Self—Host
TVJake and the Fatman
1987
as Jason McCabe
TVThe Highwayman
1987
as Narrator
MovieVengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Jim Dunn
TVMatlock
1986
as James McShane
MovieKilling Cars
1986
as Mr. Mahoney
MovieIn Like Flynn
1985
as Sgt. Dominic
Blitz
1985
as Mr. Mahoney
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Anatole Karzof
MovieThe Mikado
1983
as The Mikado
MovieShock-Trauma
1982
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
TVHotel
1982
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
TVPolice Squad!
1982
as Stabbed Man
TVNero Wolfe
1981
as Nero Wolfe
MovieSide Show
1981
as Ring Announcer (voice)
MovieThe Return of Frank Cannon
1980
as Frank Cannon
MovieTurnover Smith
1980
as Thaddeus Smith
MovieThe Return of the King
1980
as Lord Denethor (voice)
MovieThe Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as William Battles
MovieBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
MovieKeefer
1978
as Col. Keefer
MovieNight Cries
1978
as Dr. Whelan
MovieThe Making of Star Wars
1977
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMoonshine County Express
1977
as Jack Starkey
MovieCatastrophe
1977
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Force of Evil
1977
as Narrator (voice)
TVHow the West Was Won
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TVQuinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
as Narrator
MovieThe City
1977
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Sonny and Cher Show
1976
as Self
MovieThe Macahans
1976
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TVTony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
MovieThe F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHamburgers
1974
as self
Voices
1974
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Frank Cannon
TVCannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
TVThe Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
MovieO'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
as Keegan
MovieCannon
1971
as Frank Cannon
MovieThe D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
as Chief Vincent Kovac
MovieThe Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Bart Harris
MovieChisum
1970
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
TVThe Dudley Do-Right Show
1969
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Arnold Wexler
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as China Pierce
MovieCountdown
1967
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
MovieChamber of Horrors
1966
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieBattle of the Bulge
1965
as Narrator (uncredited)
TVThe Dean Martin Show
1965
TVF Troop
1965
MovieBrainstorm
1965
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
MovieTwo on a Guillotine
1965
as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
MovieEggs Benedict
1965
as Narrator
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Narrator
TVGeneral Electric True
1962
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Sergent Cresse
MovieDesign for Disaster
1962
as Narrator
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVThe Aquanauts
1960
as Corey
TVThe Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Movie-30-
1959
as Jim Bathgate
TVThis Man Dawson
1959
as Narrator (voice only)
TVThe Man and the Challenge
1959
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Bystander (uncredited)
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Clark Benson
MovieZero Hour!
1957
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TVTombstone Territory
1957
as Frank Banter
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThe Ride Back
1957
as Sheriff Chris Hamish
MovieJohnny Concho
1956
as Tallman
MovieThe Conqueror
1956
as Kasar
MovieThe Naked Sea
1955
as Narrator
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Movie5 Against the House
1955
as Eric Berg
MovieThe Naked Jungle
1954
as Commissioner
MovieThe Desert Song
1953
as Lachmed
MovieCry of the Hunted
1953
as Goodwin
MovieLone Star
1952
as Mizette
MovieThe Racket
1951
as Turk
MovieThe Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
as Major Nicolet
MovieCry Danger
1951
as Louie Castro
MovieDial 1119
1950
as Chuckles
MovieThe Milkman
1950
as Mike Morrel
MovieOne Way Street
1950
as Ollie
MovieEast Side, West Side
1949
as Lt. Jacobi
MovieTension
1949
as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
MovieAny Number Can Play
1949
as Frank Sistina
MovieJoan of Arc
1948
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
MovieTo the Victor
1948
as Farnsworth
MovieSorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Morano
MovieFour Faces West
1948
as Sheriff Egan
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieArch of Triumph
1948
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
TVBambi
1948
as Self
MovieBody and Soul
1947
as Quinn
MovieThe Killers
1946
as Max
MoviePillow to Post
1945
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
