09/27/1920
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 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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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Box (2009) as Self (voice) (uncredited) |
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Hudson Hawk (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986) as Jim Dunn |
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Killing Cars (1986) as Mr. Mahoney |
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In Like Flynn (1985) as Sgt. Dominic |
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Blitz (1985) as Mr. Mahoney |
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The Mikado (1983) as The Mikado |
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Shock-Trauma (1982) as Dr. R. Adams Cowley |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
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Side Show (1981) as Ring Announcer (voice) |
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The Return of Frank Cannon (1980) as Frank Cannon |
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Turnover Smith (1980) as Thaddeus Smith |
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The Return of the King (1980) as Lord Denethor (voice) |
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The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980) as William Battles |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice) |
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Keefer (1978) as Col. Keefer |
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Night Cries (1978) as Dr. Whelan |
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The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Narrator (voice) |
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Moonshine County Express (1977) as Jack Starkey |
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Catastrophe (1977) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Force of Evil (1977) as Narrator (voice) |
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The City (1977) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Macahans (1976) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974) as Narrator (voice) |
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Hamburgers (1974) as self |
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Voices (1974) as Narrator (voice) |
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O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971) as Keegan |
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Cannon (1971) as Frank Cannon |
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The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971) as Chief Vincent Kovac |
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The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) as Bart Harris |
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Chisum (1970) as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited) |
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Countdown (1967) as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) |
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Chamber of Horrors (1966) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Battle of the Bulge (1965) as Narrator (uncredited) |
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Battle of the Bulge (1965) as Narrator (voice) |
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Brainstorm (1965) as Mental Patient (uncredited) |
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Two on a Guillotine (1965) as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited) |
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Eggs Benedict (1965) as Narrator |
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Design for Disaster (1962) as Narrator |
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-30- (1959) as Jim Bathgate |
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Zero Hour! (1957) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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The Ride Back (1957) as Sheriff Chris Hamish |
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Johnny Concho (1956) as Tallman |
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The Conqueror (1956) as Kasar |
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The Naked Sea (1955) as Narrator |
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5 Against the House (1955) as Eric Berg |
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The Naked Jungle (1954) as Commissioner |
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The Desert Song (1953) as Lachmed |
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Cry of the Hunted (1953) as Goodwin |
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Lone Star (1952) as Mizette |
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The Racket (1951) as Turk |
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The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) as Major Nicolet |
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Cry Danger (1951) as Louie Castro |
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Dial 1119 (1950) as Chuckles |
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The Milkman (1950) as Mike Morrel |
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One Way Street (1950) as Ollie |
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East Side, West Side (1949) as Lt. Jacobi |
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Tension (1949) as Lt. Edgar Gonsales |
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Any Number Can Play (1949) as Frank Sistina |
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Joan of Arc (1948) as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor |
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To the Victor (1948) as Farnsworth |
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Morano |
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Four Faces West (1948) as Sheriff Egan |
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Arch of Triumph (1948) as Policeman at Accident (uncredited) |
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Body and Soul (1947) as Quinn |
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The Killers (1946) as Max |
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Pillow to Post (1945) as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
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Side Show (1981) Director |
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Side Show (1981) Songs |
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Turnover Smith (1980) Executive Producer |
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The Learning Tree (1969) Executive Producer |
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Assignment to Kill (1968) Executive Producer |
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Chubasco (1968) Producer |
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Countdown (1967) Executive Producer |
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The Cool Ones (1967) Executive Producer |
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First to Fight (1967) Executive Producer |
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An American Dream (1966) Producer |
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Brainstorm (1965) Director |
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Brainstorm (1965) Producer |
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My Blood Runs Cold (1965) Director |
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My Blood Runs Cold (1965) Producer |
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Two on a Guillotine (1965) Director |
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Two on a Guillotine (1965) Producer |
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The Man from Galveston (1963) Director |
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The Ride Back (1957) Producer |