William Conrad
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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).
Known for
Credits
Chisum (1970)
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
The Box (2009)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Hamburgers (1974)
as Self
The Naked Jungle (1954)
as Commissioner
Body and Soul (1947)
as Quinn
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Morano
The Return of the King (1980)
as Lord Denethor (voice)
The Killers (1946)
as Max
5 Against the House (1955)
as Eric Berg
The Making of Star Wars (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
as Goodwin
Blitz (1985)
as Mr. Mahoney
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
Shock-Trauma (1982)
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
The Racket (1951)
as Turk
Joan of Arc (1948)
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
The Mikado (1983)
as The Mikado
Tension (1949)
as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
The Conqueror (1956)
as Kasar
Zero Hour! (1957)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Countdown (1967)
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974)
as Narrator (voice)
The Desert Song (1953)
as Lachmed
-30- (1959)
as Jim Bathgate
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Lone Star (1952)
as Mizette
Brainstorm (1965)
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986)
as Jim Dunn
East Side, West Side (1949)
as Lt. Jacobi
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Moonshine County Express (1977)
as Jack Starkey
Any Number Can Play (1949)
as Frank Sistina
Arch of Triumph (1948)
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Pillow to Post (1945)
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Four Faces West (1948)
as Sheriff Egan
Johnny Concho (1956)
as Tallman
The Return of the King (—)
as Lord Denethor (voice)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980)
as William Battles
Cry Danger (1951)
as Louie Castro
One Way Street (1950)
as Ollie
The Macahans (1976)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
as Major Nicolet
The Ride Back (1957)
as Sheriff Chris Hamish
The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service (1982)
as Narrator
Catastrophe (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
The Return of Frank Cannon (1980)
as Frank Cannon
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971)
as Chief Vincent Kovac
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
as Bart Harris
Cannon (1971)
as Frank Cannon
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
as Keegan
The Force of Evil (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
Killing Cars (1986)
as Mr. Mahoney
The Milkman (1950)
as Mike Morrel
To the Victor (1948)
as Farnsworth
Night Cries (1978)
as Dr. Whelan
Dial 1119 (1950)
as Chuckles
Side Show (1981)
as Ring Announcer (voice)
Daws Butler: Voice Magician (1987)
as Self—Host
Turnover Smith (1980)
as Thaddeus Smith
In Like Flynn (1985)
as Sgt. Dominic
The City (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
The Naked Sea (1955)
as Narrator
Keefer (1978)
as Col. Keefer
Voices (1974)
as Narrator (voice)
Eggs Benedict (1965)
as Narrator
Design for Disaster (1962)
as Narrator