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).
The Return of the King
(Lord Denethor (voice))
Sorry, Wrong Number
(Morano)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
((in "The Killers") (archive footage))
Cry Danger
(Louie Castro)
The Racket
(Det. Sgt. Turk)
Tension
(Lt. Edgar Gonsales)
Cry of the Hunted
(Goodwin)
-30-
(Jim Bathgate)
One Way Street
(Ollie)
Dial 1119
(Chuckles)
The Killers
(Max)
Johnny Concho
(Tallman)
The Naked Jungle
(Commissioner)
The Sword of Monte Cristo
(Major Nicolet)
5 Against the House
(Eric Berg)
Four Faces West
(Sheriff Egan)
Body and Soul
(Quinn)
The Mikado
(The Mikado)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Arch of Triumph
(Policeman at Accident (uncredited))
Any Number Can Play
(Frank Sistina)
East Side, West Side
(Lt. Jacobi)
Moonshine County Express
(Jack Starkey)
The Force of Evil
(Narrator (voice))
The Ride Back
(Sheriff Chris Hamish)
Keefer
(Col. Keefer)
The Milkman
(Mike Morrel)
Night Cries
(Dr. Whelan)
The Return of Frank Cannon
(Frank Cannon)
Killing Cars
(Mr. Mahoney)
The Desert Song
(Lachmed)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
(Chief Vincent Kovac)
The City
(Narrator (voice))
Hamburgers
(self)
Catastrophe
(Narrator (voice))
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
(William Battles)
Cannon
(Frank Cannon)
Lone Star
(Mizette)
Shock-Trauma
(Dr. R. Adams Cowley)
Chisum
(Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited))
The Conqueror
(Kasar)
In Like Flynn
(Sgt. Dominic)
Blitz
Brainstorm
(Mental Patient (uncredited))
To the Victor
(Farnsworth)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice))
Zero Hour!
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Eggs Benedict
(Narrator)
Pillow to Post
(First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited))
The Making of Star Wars
(Narrator (voice))
Side Show
(Ring Announcer (voice))
Hudson Hawk
(Narrator (voice))
Chamber of Horrors
(Narrator)
The Brotherhood of the Bell
(Bart Harris)
The Box
(Self (voice) (uncredited))
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
(Jim Dunn)
Joan of Arc
(Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor)
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
(Keegan)
Turnover Smith
(Thaddeus Smith)
The Naked Sea
(Narrator)
Battle of the Bulge
(Narrator (uncredited))
Countdown
(TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited))
F Troop
The Sonny & Cher Show
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Matlock
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Gunsmoke
(Narrator (voice))
Manimal
(Narrator (uncredited))
Hotel
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Jake and the Fatman
(Jason McCabe)
Cannon
(Frank Cannon)
Target: The Corruptors!
The Man and the Challenge
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Fugitive
(Narrator)
The High Chaparral
(China Pierce)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
The Aquanauts
(Corey)
The Dean Martin Show
Bat Masterson
(Clark Benson)
Nero Wolfe
(Nero Wolfe)
General Electric True
77 Sunset Strip
(Bystander (uncredited))
This Man Dawson
Tony Orlando and Dawn
(Self)
The Dudley Do-Right Show
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
(Self)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
(Self)
Police Squad!
(Stabbed Man)
The Name of the Game
(Arnold Wexler)
Bat Masterson
(Dick MacIntyre)
How the West Was Won
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Bambi Awards
(Self)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self - Guest / Various Characters)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self)
The Bullwinkle Show
(Narrator (voice))
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
(Narrator)
The Highwayman
(Narrator)
Barnaby Jones
(Frank Cannon)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(Sergent Cresse)
Murder, She Wrote
(Anatole Karzof)
Brainstorm
(Director)
Brainstorm
(Producer)
Two on a Guillotine
(Director)
Assignment to Kill
(Executive Producer)
The Man from Galveston
(Director)
My Blood Runs Cold
(Director)
Countdown
(Executive Producer)
Chubasco
(Producer)
An American Dream
(Producer)
The Ride Back
(Producer)
First to Fight
(Executive Producer)
Two on a Guillotine
(Producer)
Turnover Smith
(Executive Producer)
My Blood Runs Cold
(Producer)
The Cool Ones
(Executive Producer)
Side Show
(Director)
Side Show
(Songs)
Klondike
(Director)
Target: The Corruptors!
(Director)
Gunsmoke
(Director)
Naked City
(Director)
77 Sunset Strip
(Director)
Route 66
(Director)
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Director)
The Name of the Game
(Director)
Highway Patrol
(Director)
Men into Space
(Director)
The Rough Riders
(Director)
The Rifleman
(Director)
Bat Masterson
(Director)
Lock-Up
(Director)
Tombstone Territory
(Director)
Mackenzie's Raiders
(Director)
Saints and Sinners
(Director)
Bold Venture
(Director)
General Electric True
(Director)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
(Director)
This Man Dawson
(Director)
Temple Houston
(Director)