William Conrad

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-09-27 (74 years old)

Deathday

1994-02-11

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

William Conrad

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 ...

Acting

1980

The Return of the King

as Lord Denethor (voice)

1948

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1951

Cry Danger

as Louie Castro

1951

The Racket

as Det. Sgt. Turk

1949

Tension

as Lt. Edgar Gonsales

1953

1959

-30-

as Jim Bathgate

1950

1950

Dial 1119

as Chuckles

1946

1956

Johnny Concho

as Tallman

1954

The Naked Jungle

as Commissioner

1951

1955

1948

Four Faces West

as Sheriff Egan

1947

1983

The Mikado

as The Mikado

1975

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Arch of Triumph

as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Frank Sistina

1949

1977

1977

The Force of Evil

as Narrator (voice)

1957

The Ride Back

as Sheriff Chris Hamish

1978

Keefer

as Col. Keefer

1950

The Milkman

as Mike Morrel

1978

Night Cries

as Dr. Whelan

1980

1986

Killing Cars

as Mr. Mahoney

1953

The Desert Song

as Lachmed

1971

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

as Chief Vincent Kovac

1977

The City

as Narrator (voice)

1974

Hamburgers

as self

1977

Catastrophe

as Narrator (voice)

1980

1971

Cannon

as Frank Cannon

1952

Lone Star

as Mizette

1982

Shock-Trauma

as Dr. R. Adams Cowley

1970

Chisum

as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)

1956

1985

In Like Flynn

as Sgt. Dominic

1985

1965

Brainstorm

as Mental Patient (uncredited)

1948

To the Victor

as Farnsworth

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)

1957

Zero Hour!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1965

Eggs Benedict

as Narrator

1945

Pillow to Post

as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1977

The Making of Star Wars

as Narrator (voice)

1981

Side Show

as Ring Announcer (voice)

1991

Hudson Hawk

as Narrator (voice)

1966

1970

2009

The Box

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Joan of Arc

as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor

1980

Turnover Smith

as Thaddeus Smith

1955

The Naked Sea

as Narrator

1965

Battle of the Bulge

as Narrator (uncredited)

1967

Countdown

as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1976

The Macahans

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1965

Two on a Guillotine

as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)

2024

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Battle of the Bulge

as Narrator (voice)

1974

Voices

as Narrator (voice)

Production

1965

Brainstorm

as Director

1965

Brainstorm

as Producer

1965

1968

Assignment to Kill

as Executive Producer

1963

1965

1967

Countdown

as Executive Producer

1968

Chubasco

as Producer

1966

1957

The Ride Back

as Producer

1967

First to Fight

as Executive Producer

1965

1980

Turnover Smith

as Executive Producer

1965

1967

The Cool Ones

as Executive Producer

1981

Side Show

as Director

1981

Side Show

as Songs

1969

The Learning Tree

as Executive Producer

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