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William Conrad
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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…
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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).
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2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
The Box
Movie Self (voice) (uncredited)
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1991
Hudson Hawk
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1987
Daws Butler: Voice Magician
Movie Self—Host
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1987
Jake and the Fatman
TV show Jason McCabe
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1987
The Highwayman
TV show Narrator
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1986
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Movie Jim Dunn
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1986
Matlock
TV show James McShane
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1986
Killing Cars
Movie Mr. Mahoney
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1985
In Like Flynn
Movie Sgt. Dominic
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1985
Blitz
Movie Mr. Mahoney
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Anatole Karzof
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1983
The Mikado
Movie The Mikado
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1982
Shock-Trauma
Movie Dr. R. Adams Cowley
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1982
Hotel
TV show
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1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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1982
Police Squad!
TV show Stabbed Man
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1982
The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service
Movie Narrator
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1981
Nero Wolfe
TV show Nero Wolfe
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1981
Side Show
Movie Ring Announcer (voice)
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1980
The Return of Frank Cannon
Movie Frank Cannon
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1980
Turnover Smith
Movie Thaddeus Smith
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1980
The Return of the King
Movie Lord Denethor (voice)
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1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Movie William Battles
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1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Movie Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
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1978
Keefer
Movie Col. Keefer
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1978
Night Cries
Movie Dr. Whelan
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1977
The Making of Star Wars
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
Moonshine County Express
Movie Jack Starkey
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1977
Catastrophe
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
The Force of Evil
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
How the West Was Won
TV show Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Narrator
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1977
The City
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV show Self
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1976
The Macahans
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV show Self
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1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1974
Hamburgers
Movie self
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1974
Voices
Movie Narrator (voice)
