William Conrad

ActorDirectorSoundProducer Sep 27 (died age 73) Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1945–2024 (79 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Killers

Max

Film

The Box

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Film

Hudson Hawk

Narrator (voice)

Film

Battle of the Bulge

Narrator (uncredited)

Film

Sorry, Wrong Number

Morano

Film

Chisum

Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Return of the King

Lord Denethor (voice)

Filmography

Acting (107)

Movies (68)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.3

The Box

2009

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

5.6

Hudson Hawk

1991

as Narrator (voice)

5.7

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

as Jim Dunn

Killing Cars

as Mr. Mahoney

In Like Flynn

as Sgt. Dominic

Blitz

as Mr. Mahoney

The Mikado

as The Mikado

Shock-Trauma

as Dr. R. Adams Cowley

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

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

6.7

Side Show

1981

as Ring Announcer (voice)

7.0

The Return of the King

1980

as Lord Denethor (voice)

6.4

Turnover Smith

1980

as Thaddeus Smith

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

1980

as William Battles

2.0

The Return of Frank Cannon

1980

as Frank Cannon

6.2

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

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

Night Cries

as Dr. Whelan

Keefer

as Col. Keefer

The Force of Evil

1977

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Moonshine County Express

as Jack Starkey

The City

as Narrator (voice)

Catastrophe

as Narrator (voice)

The Making of Star Wars

1977

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

The Macahans

1976

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

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

1975

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

Hamburgers

1974

as self

Voices

1974

as Narrator (voice)

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974

as Narrator (voice)

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

1971

as Keegan

10.0

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

1971

as Chief Vincent Kovac

Cannon

1971

as Frank Cannon

4.5

Chisum

1970

as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

as Bart Harris

5.5

Countdown

1967

as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Chamber of Horrors

as Narrator

Battle of the Bulge

as Narrator (uncredited)

6.9

Eggs Benedict

1965

as Narrator

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)

6.1

Brainstorm

1965

as Mental Patient (uncredited)

6.0

Design for Disaster

1962

as Narrator

-30-

1959

as Jim Bathgate

5.7

Zero Hour!

1957

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

The Ride Back

1957

as Sheriff Chris Hamish

The Conqueror

as Kasar

Johnny Concho

as Tallman

5 Against the House

as Eric Berg

The Naked Sea

as Narrator

The Naked Jungle

as Commissioner

The Desert Song

as Lachmed

Cry of the Hunted

as Goodwin

Lone Star

as Mizette

Cry Danger

as Louie Castro

The Racket

as Turk

The Sword of Monte Cristo

as Major Nicolet

The Milkman

as Mike Morrel

One Way Street

as Ollie

Dial 1119

as Chuckles

Tension

as Lt. Edgar Gonsales

East Side, West Side

as Lt. Jacobi

Any Number Can Play

as Frank Sistina

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Morano

Four Faces West

as Sheriff Egan

Joan of Arc

as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor

6.1

Arch of Triumph

1948

as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

5.8

To the Victor

1948

as Farnsworth

Body and Soul

as Quinn

The Killers

as Max

Pillow to Post

as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

5.3

Television (39)

Jake and the Fatman

as Jason McCabe

The Highwayman

as Narrator

Matlock

as James McShane

Murder, She Wrote

as Anatole Karzof

Hotel

Police Squad!

as Stabbed Man

Nero Wolfe

as Nero Wolfe

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

6.9

How the West Was Won

1977

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

1977

as Narrator

6.0

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

as Self

6.8

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Barnaby Jones

as Frank Cannon

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Cannon

as Frank Cannon

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971

as Self

6.5

The Dudley Do-Right Show

The Name of the Game

as Arnold Wexler

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self

6.6

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

The High Chaparral

as China Pierce

The Dean Martin Show

F Troop

The Fugitive

as Narrator

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Sergent Cresse

7.8

General Electric True

1962

Target: The Corruptors!

The Aquanauts

as Corey

The Bullwinkle Show

as Narrator (voice)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

1959

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

The Man and the Challenge

1959

This Man Dawson

1959

as Narrator (voice only)

Bat Masterson

as Clark Benson

77 Sunset Strip

as Clapper (uncredited)

6.7

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Moses Kadish

Tombstone Territory

as Frank Banter

Gunsmoke

as Narrator (voice)

Bambi

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (40)

Movies (18)

Side Show

Director

Side Show

Songs

Turnover Smith

Executive Producer

The Learning Tree

Executive Producer

Assignment to Kill

Executive Producer

Chubasco

Producer

Countdown

Executive Producer

First to Fight

Executive Producer

The Cool Ones

Executive Producer

An American Dream

Producer

My Blood Runs Cold

Director

My Blood Runs Cold

Producer

Two on a Guillotine

Director

Two on a Guillotine

Producer

Brainstorm

Director

Brainstorm

Producer

The Man from Galveston

Director

The Ride Back

Producer

William Conrad

Biography

Known For

The Killers

The Box

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Hudson Hawk

Battle of the Bulge

Sorry, Wrong Number

Chisum

The Return of the King

Filmography

Acting (107)

Movies (68)

Television (39)

Crew (40)

Movies (18)

Television (22)