Acting credits
104
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
William Conrad
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.8
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Movies: 74Series: 50Crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 16412
IMDb ID: nm0002016
Known for: Acting
Born: September 27, 1920
Died: February 11, 1994
Age: 73
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2024
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q505831
Also known as
John William Cann Jr.
Other jobs
Director (25)Executive Producer (6)Producer (4)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Conrad.
5.3
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
5.6
The Box
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2009 Movie
5.7
Hudson Hawk
as Narrator (voice)
1991 Movie
6.0
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Jim Dunn
1986 Movie
2.8
Killing Cars
as Mr. Mahoney
1986 Movie
6.0
In Like Flynn
as Sgt. Dominic
1985 Movie
3.8
The Mikado
as The Mikado
1983 Movie
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
1982 Movie
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982 Movie
7.0
Side Show
as Ring Announcer (voice)
1981 Movie
6.2
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Frank Cannon
1980 Movie
Turnover Smith
as Thaddeus Smith
1980 Movie
6.4
The Return of the King
as Lord Denethor (voice)
1980 Movie
2.0
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
as William Battles
1980 Movie
6.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
1979 Movie
Keefer
as Col. Keefer
1978 Movie
5.5
Night Cries
as Dr. Whelan
1978 Movie
7.0
The Making of Star Wars
as Narrator (voice)
1977 Movie
4.7
Moonshine County Express
as Jack Starkey
1977 Movie
8.0
Catastrophe
as Narrator (voice)
1977 Movie
6.0
The Force of Evil
as Narrator (voice)
1977 Movie
5.7
The City
as Narrator (voice)
1977 Movie
6.7
The Macahans
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976 Movie
5.0
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Conrad.
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
as Jason McCabe • 106 eps
1987 Series
7.3
The Highwayman
as Narrator • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.1
Matlock
as James McShane • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Anatole Karzof • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.8
Hotel
2 eps
1982 Series
7.9
Police Squad!
as Stabbed Man • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.4
Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe • 14 eps
1981 Series
6.9
How the West Was Won
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 3 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
as Narrator • 8 eps
1977 Series
6.8
The Sonny and Cher Show
1 eps
1976 Series
3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Frank Cannon • 2 eps
1973 Series
6.6
Cannon
as Frank Cannon • 123 eps
1971 Series
6.5
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1 eps
1971 Series
7.5
The Dudley Do-Right Show
39 eps
1969 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Arnold Wexler • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.6
The High Chaparral
as China Pierce • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.3
The Dean Martin Show
1 eps
1965 Series
6.2
F Troop
1 eps
1965 Series
5.7
Temple Houston
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Narrator • 120 eps
1963 Series