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