William Conrad Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

William Conrad

William Conrad

Acting

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).

Filmography Movies

Acting

The Return of the King movie poster
MOVIE

The Return of the King

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The Return of the King
Lord Denethor (voice)
Sorry, Wrong Number movie poster
MOVIE

Sorry, Wrong Number

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Sorry, Wrong Number
Morano
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid movie poster
MOVIE

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Cry Danger movie poster
MOVIE

Cry Danger

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Cry Danger
Louie Castro
The Racket movie poster
MOVIE

The Racket

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The Racket
Turk
Tension movie poster
MOVIE

Tension

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Tension
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Cry of the Hunted movie poster
MOVIE

Cry of the Hunted

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Cry of the Hunted
Goodwin
-30- movie poster
MOVIE

-30-

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-30-
Jim Bathgate
One Way Street movie poster
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One Way Street

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One Way Street
Ollie
Dial 1119 movie poster
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Dial 1119

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Dial 1119
Chuckles

Production

Brainstorm movie poster
MOVIE

Brainstorm

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Brainstorm
Director
Brainstorm movie poster
MOVIE

Brainstorm

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Brainstorm
Producer
Two on a Guillotine movie poster
MOVIE

Two on a Guillotine

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Two on a Guillotine
Director
Assignment to Kill movie poster
MOVIE

Assignment to Kill

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Assignment to Kill
Executive Producer
The Man from Galveston movie poster
MOVIE

The Man from Galveston

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The Man from Galveston
Director
My Blood Runs Cold movie poster
MOVIE

My Blood Runs Cold

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My Blood Runs Cold
Director
Countdown movie poster
MOVIE

Countdown

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Countdown
Executive Producer
Chubasco movie poster
MOVIE

Chubasco

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Chubasco
Producer
An American Dream movie poster
MOVIE

An American Dream

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An American Dream
Producer
The Ride Back movie poster
MOVIE

The Ride Back

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The Ride Back
Producer

Gallery

William Conrad portrait
William Conrad portrait
William Conrad portrait