1920-09-27 ( 104 years old ) in 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).
Movies
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024-06-28
The Box
2009-10-29
Hudson Hawk
1991-05-23
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986-11-01
Killing Cars
1986-02-13
In Like Flynn
1985-08-14
Blitz
1985-03-13
The Mikado
1983-08-18
Shock-Trauma
1982-10-27
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
Side Show
1981-06-05
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980-10-31
Turnover Smith
1980-06-08
The Return of the King
1980-05-11
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980-03-09
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-03-02
Keefer
1978-03-16
Night Cries
1978-01-29
The Making of Star Wars
1977-09-16
Moonshine County Express
1977-06-01
Catastrophe
1977-04-20
The Force of Evil
1977-03-13
The City
1977-01-12
The Macahans
1976-01-19
Hamburgers
1974-04-02
Cannon
1971-03-26
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971-01-11
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970-09-17
Chisum
1970-07-23
Countdown
1967-08-20
Chamber of Horrors
1966-10-19
Battle of the Bulge
1965-12-16
Brainstorm
1965-05-05
Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13
Eggs Benedict
1965-01-01
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1959-11-11
Zero Hour!
1957-11-13
The Ride Back
1957-04-28
Johnny Concho
1956-07-01
The Conqueror
1956-03-28
The Naked Sea
1955-12-20
5 Against the House
1955-06-10
The Naked Jungle
1954-03-03
The Desert Song
1953-05-30
Cry of the Hunted
1953-05-08
Lone Star
1952-10-24
The Racket
1951-10-25
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951-03-03
Cry Danger
1951-02-23
Dial 1119
1950-11-03
The Milkman
1950-10-17
One Way Street
1950-04-01
East Side, West Side
1949-12-22
Tension
1949-11-25
Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
To the Victor
1948-10-26
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948-09-24
Four Faces West
1948-08-03
Arch of Triumph
1948-02-17
Body and Soul
1947-11-11
The Killers
1946-08-30
Pillow to Post
1945-06-09
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