William Conrad
Born
September 27, 1920
Died
February 11, 1994 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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).

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2024

The Box
Self (voice) (uncredited)
2009

Hudson Hawk
Narrator (voice)
1991

Jake and the Fatman
Jason McCabe · (106 episodes)
1987

The Highwayman
Narrator · (1 episode)
1987

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Jim Dunn
1986

Matlock
(2 episodes)
1986

Killing Cars
Mr. Mahoney
1986

In Like Flynn
Sgt. Dominic
1985
Blitz
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Anatole Karzof · (1 episode)
1984

Manimal
Narrator (uncredited) · (8 episodes)
1983

The Mikado
The Mikado
1983

Shock-Trauma
Dr. R. Adams Cowley
1982

Hotel
(2 episodes)
1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982

Police Squad!
Stabbed Man · (1 episode)
1982

Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe · (14 episodes)
1981

Side Show
Ring Announcer (voice)
1981

The Return of Frank Cannon
Frank Cannon
1980

Turnover Smith
Thaddeus Smith
1980

The Return of the King
Lord Denethor (voice)
1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die
William Battles
1980

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
1979

Keefer
Col. Keefer
1978

Night Cries
Dr. Whelan
1978

The Making of Star Wars
Narrator (voice)
1977

Moonshine County Express
Jack Starkey
1977

Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
1977

The Force of Evil
Narrator (voice)
1977

How the West Was Won
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · (3 episodes)
1977

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Narrator · (8 episodes)
1977

The City
Narrator (voice)
1977

The Sonny and Cher Show
(1 episode)
1976

The Macahans
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975

Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · (1 episode)
1974

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Narrator (voice)
1974

Hamburgers
self
1974
Voices
Narrator (voice)
1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · (1 episode)
1973

Barnaby Jones
Frank Cannon · (2 episodes)
1973

Cannon
Frank Cannon · (123 episodes)
1971

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
(1 episode)
1971

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
1971

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Keegan
1971

Cannon
Frank Cannon
1971

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Chief Vincent Kovac
1971

The Brotherhood of the Bell
Bart Harris
1970

Chisum
Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
1970

The Dudley Do-Right Show
(39 episodes)
1969

The Name of the Game
Arnold Wexler · (1 episode)
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (1 episode)
1968

The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters · (1 episode)
1967

The Carol Burnett Show
Self · (1 episode)
1967

The High Chaparral
China Pierce · (1 episode)
1967

Countdown
TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1967

Chamber of Horrors
Narrator
1966

Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (uncredited)
1965

Battle of the Bulge
Narrator (voice)
1965

The Dean Martin Show
(1 episode)
1965

F Troop
(1 episode)
1965

Brainstorm
Mental Patient (uncredited)
1965

Two on a Guillotine
Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
1965

Eggs Benedict
Narrator
1965

The Fugitive
Narrator · (120 episodes)
1963
General Electric True
(1 episode)
1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sergent Cresse · (1 episode)
1962

Target: The Corruptors!
(1 episode)
1961

The Aquanauts
Corey · (1 episode)
1960

The Bullwinkle Show
Narrator (voice) · (815 episodes)
1959

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Narrator (voice) · (163 episodes)
1959

-30-
Jim Bathgate
1959
This Man Dawson
(0 episode)
1959

The Man and the Challenge
(1 episode)
1959

77 Sunset Strip
Bystander (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1958

Bat Masterson
Clark Benson · (1 episode)
1958

Bat Masterson
Dick MacIntyre · (1 episode)
1958

Zero Hour!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1957

Tombstone Territory
Frank Banter · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Moses Kadish · (1 episode)
1957

The Ride Back
Sheriff Chris Hamish
1957

Johnny Concho
Tallman
1956

The Conqueror
Kasar
1956

The Naked Sea
Narrator
1955

Gunsmoke
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1955

5 Against the House
Eric Berg
1955

The Naked Jungle
Commissioner
1954

The Desert Song
Lachmed
1953

Cry of the Hunted
Goodwin
1953

Lone Star
Mizette
1952

The Racket
Det. Sgt. Turk
1951

The Sword of Monte Cristo
Major Nicolet
1951

Cry Danger
Louie Castro
1951

Dial 1119
Chuckles
1950

The Milkman
Mike Morrel
1950

One Way Street
Ollie
1950

East Side, West Side
Lt. Jacobi
1949

Tension
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
1949

Any Number Can Play
Frank Sistina
1949

Joan of Arc
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
1948

To the Victor
Farnsworth
1948

Sorry, Wrong Number
Morano
1948

Four Faces West
Sheriff Egan
1948

Arch of Triumph
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
1948

Body and Soul
Quinn
1947

The Killers
Max
1946

Design for Disaster
Narrator

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Pillow to Post
First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1945