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William Conrad was an American World War II fighter pilot, actor, producer, and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television, peaking in popularity when he starred in the detective series Cannon (1971–1976).
Birth Name
John William Cann
Born
Monday, 27 September 1920
Died
Friday, 11 February 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| The Sixties | Narrator - The Fugitive | 2013 |
| The Box | Self | 2009 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Max (clip from The Killers (1946)) | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Marshal Matt Dillon from Radio's Gunsmoke | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Announcer - fpr PSA for 'Keep America Beautfiul' Campaign | 2004 |
| Hudson Hawk | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1991 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Jason McCabe / Jason Lochinvar 'Fatman' McCabe | 1987 |
| The Highwayman | Narrator | 1987 |
| Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Jim Dunn | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| The Sixties | Narrator - The Fugitive | 2013 |
| The Box | Self | 2009 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Max (clip from The Killers (1946)) | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Marshal Matt Dillon from Radio's Gunsmoke | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Announcer - fpr PSA for 'Keep America Beautfiul' Campaign | 2004 |
| Hudson Hawk | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1991 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Jason McCabe / Jason Lochinvar 'Fatman' McCabe | 1987 |
| The Highwayman | Narrator | 1987 |
| Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Jim Dunn | 1986 |
| Matlock | D.A. James L. McShane | 1986 |
| Killing Cars | Mr. Mahoney | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Major Anatole Karzof | 1984 |
| Manimal | Narrator | 1983 |
| Trauma Center | Narrator | 1983 |
| Shocktrauma | Dr. R Adams Cowley | 1982 |
| Hotel | Art Patterson | 1982 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) / (in "The Killers") | 1982 |
| Police Squad! | Stabbed Man | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | William Conrad | 1981 |
| Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe | 1981 |
| The Return of Frank Cannon | Frank Cannon | 1980 |
| The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour | The Lone Ranger | 1980 |
| The Return of the King | Denethor / Lord Denethor | 1980 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Narrator | 1979 |
| The Rebels | Narrator (voice) | 1979 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Opening Narrator / Draconian officer | 1979 |
| CBS: On the Air | Self | 1978 |
| Catastrophe | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1978 |
| Night Cries | Dr. Whelan | 1978 |
| The Making of 'Star Wars' | Narrator (original narration from 1977) / Narrador (voz) | 1977 |
| Shields and Yarnell | Self | 1977 |
| Moonshine County Express | Jack Starkey | 1977 |
| The Force of Evil | Narrator | 1977 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Narrator | 1977 |
| The City | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1977 |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver | Self | 1976 |
| Break the Bank | Self | 1976 |
| The Sonny and Cher Show | Various Characters / Self | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | The voice / Narrator | 1976 |
| The Rich Little Show | Self | 1975 |
| Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman | Self | 1975 |
| Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Narrator | 1975 |
| The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Narrator | 1974 |
| Frank Sinatra: The Main Event | Self - Audience Member | 1974 |
| Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
| Am laufenden Band | Cannon / Self | 1974 |
| CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1973 | |
| Barnaby Jones | Frank Cannon | 1973 |
| The New Bill Cosby Show | Self | 1972 |
| The Brady Kids | Lone Ranger | 1972 |
| Cannon | Frank Cannon | 1971 |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Self / Santa Claus / Detective / Hobo / Old Mr. Winter / Wine Salesman | 1971 |
| O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra | Keegan | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Keegan | 1971 |
| The Brotherhood of the Bell | Bart Harris | 1970 |
| Men at Law | Kornedi | 1970 |
| Chisum | Narrator - Opening Credits | 1970 |
| The Name of the Game | Arnold Wexler | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Strategy Room Announcer | 1968 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters / Self | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | China Pierce | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer / Captain Amazing / Frank Cannon | 1967 |
| Countdown | TV Newscaster | 1967 |
| First to Fight | Narrator | 1967 |
| Chamber of Horrors | Narrator | 1966 |
| Battle of the Bulge | Narrator | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self / Self - Man of the Week / Self - Guest | 1965 |
| F Troop | Announcer | 1965 |
| Brainstorm | Mental Patient | 1965 |
| My Blood Runs Cold | Deputy on Radio | 1965 |
| Two on a Guillotine | Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | Narrator | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| G.E. True | Dr. James Fallon | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sgt. Cresse | 1962 |
| Hoppity Hooper | Narrator / Sparring Partner / Spectator #1 / Dirty Poole / Senator / Oil Man #2 | 1962 |
| Geronimo | Narrator | 1962 |
| Gorath | Narrator | 1962 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Dan | 1961 |
| The Dudley Do-Right Show | Narrator #2 | 1961 |
| The Aquanauts | Corey | 1960 |
| The Bullwinkle Show | Narrator (voice) / Narrator / Dudley Do-Right Narrator / Three-Finger / Clive / Corporal Muggerdugger / Crook / Mountie #1 / Basil / English Board Member / General / Additional Voices / Headsman / Indian Chief / Lawyer / Member Bookie #2 / Mexican #3 / Professor #4 / Radio Announcer / Secretary / Board Member #2 / Radar Man / Sheriff / Strangler | 1959 |
| -30- | Jim Bathgate | 1959 |
| This Man Dawson | Narrator | 1959 |
| The Man and the Challenge | Jim Harrigan | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Al Maestrian / Baseball Announcer / Bystander / Clapper | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Dick MacIntyre / Clark Benson | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Wade Hacker | 1958 |
| Zero Hour! | Narrator | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Frank Banter | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Moses Kadish / Norge - | 1957 |
| The Ride Back | Sheriff Chris Hamish | 1957 |
| Johnny Concho | Tallman | 1956 |
| The Conqueror | Kasar / Kasar - Kahn Loyalist | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | Narrator | 1955 |
| 5 Against the House | Eric Berg | 1955 |
| The Bob Mathias Story | Narrator | 1954 |
| The Cowboy | Narrator | 1954 |
| The Naked Jungle | Commissioner | 1954 |
| The Desert Song | Lachmed | 1953 |
| Cry of the Hunted | Goodwin | 1953 |
| The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres | Self - Actor as Bartender in film clip from 'Dial 1119' | 1953 |
| Lone Star | Mizette | 1952 |
| The Racket | Det. Sgt. Turk | 1951 |
| The Sword of Monte Cristo | Major Nicolet | 1951 |
| Cry Danger | Louis Castro / Louie Castro | 1951 |
| Dial 1119 | Chuckles | 1950 |
| The Milkman | Mike Morrel | 1950 |
| One Way Street | Ollie | 1950 |
| East Side, West Side | Lt. Jacobi / Lt. Jake Jacobi | 1949 |
| Tension | Lt. Edgar Gonsales | 1949 |
| Any Number Can Play | Frank Sistina | 1949 |
| Joan of Arc | Guillaume Erard - Prosecutor / Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor | 1948 |
| Sorry, Wrong Number | Morano | 1948 |
| Four Faces West | Sheriff Egan | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| To the Victor | Farnsworth | 1948 |
| Arch of Triumph | Policeman at Accident | 1948 |
| Body and Soul | Quinn | 1947 |
| The Killers | Max | 1946 |
| Pillow to Post | First Motorcycle Cop | 1945 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Name of the Game | 1968 |
| Brainstorm | 1965 |
| My Blood Runs Cold | 1965 |
| Two on a Guillotine | 1965 |
| The Man from Galveston | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | 1963 |
| G.E. True | 1962 |
| Saints and Sinners | 1962 |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1961 |
| Ripcord | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | 1961 |
| The Case of the Dangerous Robin | 1960 |
| Klondike | 1960 |
| Route 66 | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | 1960 |
| This Man Dawson | 1959 |
| Men Into Space | 1959 |
| Lock Up | 1959 |
| Bold Venture | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | 1958 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | 1958 |
| Naked City | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | 1958 |
| Target | 1958 |
| Tombstone Territory | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1957 |
| Highway Patrol | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Assignment to Kill | 1968 |
| Chubasco | 1968 |
| Countdown | 1967 |
| The Cool Ones | 1967 |
| A Covenant with Death | 1967 |
| First to Fight | 1967 |
| An American Dream | 1966 |
| Brainstorm | 1965 |
| My Blood Runs Cold | 1965 |
| Two on a Guillotine | 1965 |
| Klondike | 1960 |
| This Man Dawson | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 |
| The Ride Back | 1957 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1974 | Emmy | Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1973 | Golden Globe | Best TV Actor - Drama | Nominated |
| 1973 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing) | Nominated |
| 1972 | Golden Globe | Best TV Actor - Drama | Nominated |
