William Conrad
- Recitazione
- 27 settembre 1920 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 11 febbraio 1994
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout · In persona
- The Box · In persona
- Hudson Hawk - Il mago del furto · Narrator (Voce)
- Daws Butler: Voice Magician · Self—Host
- Due come noi · Jason McCabe
- The Highwayman · Narrator
- Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo · Jim Dunn
- Matlock · James McShane
- Killing Cars · Mr. Mahoney
- In Like Flynn · Sgt. Dominic
- Blitz · Mr. Mahoney
- La signora in giallo · Anatole Karzof
- The Mikado · The Mikado
- Shock-Trauma · Dr. R. Adams Cowley
- Hotel
- Il mistero del cadavere scomparso · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- Quelli della pallottola spuntata · Stabbed Man
- The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service · Narrator
- Nero Wolfe · Nero Wolfe
- Side Show · Ring Announcer (Voce), Regia
- The Return of Frank Cannon · Frank Cannon
- Turnover Smith · Thaddeus Smith, Produzione esecutiva
- The Return of the King · Lord Denethor (Voce)
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die · William Battles
- Capitan Rogers nel 25° secolo · Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (Voce)
- Keefer · Col. Keefer
- Night Cries · Dr. Whelan
- The Making of Star Wars · Narrator (Voce)
- Moonshine County Express · Jack Starkey
- Catastrophe · Narrator (Voce)
- The Force of Evil · Narrator (Voce)
- Alla conquista del west · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected · Narrator
- The City · Narrator (Voce)
- The Sonny and Cher Show · In persona
- The Macahans · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Tony Orlando and Dawn · In persona
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One · Narrator (Voce)
- Hamburgers · In persona
- Voices · Narrator (Voce)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · In persona
- Barnaby Jones · Frank Cannon
- Cannon · Frank Cannon
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour · In persona
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra · Keegan
- Cannon · Frank Cannon
- The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill · Chief Vincent Kovac
- La congiura · Bart Harris
- Chisum · Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
- Ragazzo la tua pelle scotta · Produzione esecutiva
- The Dudley Do-Right Show
- Reporter alla ribalta · Arnold Wexler, Regia
- Assignment to Kill · Produzione esecutiva
- Chubasco · Produzione
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · In persona
- The Carol Burnett Show · In persona
- Ai confini dell'Arizona · China Pierce
- Conto alla rovescia · TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited), Produzione esecutiva
- The Cool Ones · Produzione esecutiva
- First to Fight · Produzione esecutiva
- Lo strangolatore di Baltimora · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- An American Dream · Produzione
- La battaglia dei giganti · Narrator (uncredited), Narrator (Voce)
- The Dean Martin Show
- I Forti di Forte Coraggio
- Un'idea per un delitto · Mental Patient (uncredited), Regia
- My Blood Runs Cold · Regia, Produzione
- Il boia è di scena · Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited), Regia
- Eggs Benedict · Narrator
- Il codice della pistola · Regia
- La legge del Far West · Regia
- The Fugitive · Narrator
- General Electric True · Regia
- L'ora di Hitchcock · Sergent Cresse
- Saints and Sinners · Regia
- Design for Disaster · Narrator
- Target: The Corruptors! · Regia
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin · Regia
- Klondike · Regia
- Route 66 · Regia