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