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Biography

William Conrad was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He began his radio career on various California radio stations in the late 1930s. Conrad joined the…more

Born

9/27/1920, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Died

2/11/1994

Birth Name

William Cann

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (14)

Role
- Jake and the Fatman
  Jason Lochinvar "Fatman" McCabe
  - S 5: Ep 22 Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona)
    5/6/92
  - S 5: Ep 21 Nightmare
    4/22/92
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ain't Misbehavin'
    4/8/92
  - S 5: Ep 19 All Through the Night
    4/1/92
  - S 5: Ep 18 I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
    3/25/92
  - + 101 More Credits
- The Highwayman
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 9 Haunted Highway
    5/6/88
  - S 1: Ep 8 Warzone
    4/29/88
  - S 1: Ep 7 Frightmare
    4/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 Billionaire Body Club
    4/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 Send in the Clones
    4/8/88
  - + 5 More Credits
- Automan
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 12 Death By Design
    4/2/84
  - S 1: Ep 11 Zippers
    3/26/84
  - S 1: Ep 10 Murder, Take One
    3/19/84
  - S 1: Ep 9 Murder MTV
    3/12/84
  - S 1: Ep 8 Renegade Run
    3/5/84
  - + 8 More Credits
- Manimal
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 8 Night of the Beast
    12/17/83
  - S 1: Ep 7 Breath of the Dragon
    12/10/83
  - S 1: Ep 6 Scrimshaw
    12/3/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Female of the Species
    10/28/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Night of the Scorpion
    10/21/83
  - + 2 More Credits
- Trauma Center
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 10 Out of Control
    12/8/83
  - S 1: Ep 9 Silent Sounds
    11/24/83
  - S 1: Ep 8 Shock Waves
    11/17/83
  - S 1: Ep 7 Trail's End
    11/10/83
  - S 1: Ep 6 Turnaround
    10/27/83
  - + 9 More Credits
- Nero Wolfe (1981)
  Nero Wolfe
  - S 1: Ep 14 Sweet Revenge
    6/2/81
  - S 1: Ep 13 Blue Ribbon Hostage
    5/5/81
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Murder in Question
    4/17/81
  - S 1: Ep 11 Death and the Dolls
    4/10/81
  - S 1: Ep 10 Gambit
    4/3/81
  - + 9 More Credits
- Cannon
  Frank Cannon
  - S 5: Ep 26 The Return of Frank Cannon
    11/1/80
  - S 5: Ep 25 Madman
    3/3/76
  - S 5: Ep 24 Blood Lines
    2/25/76
  - S 5: Ep 23 Point After Death
    2/18/76
  - S 5: Ep 22 Snap Shot
    2/11/76
  - + 120 More Credits
- Buck Rogers
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 24 Flight of the War Witch (2)
    3/27/80
  - S 1: Ep 23 Flight of the War Witch (1)
    3/27/80
  - S 1: Ep 22 Buck's Duel to the Death
    3/20/80
  - S 1: Ep 21 Space Rockers
    2/21/80
  - S 1: Ep 20 A Dream of Jennifer
    2/14/80
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Narrator
  - S 4: Ep 30 The Judgment (2)
    8/29/67
  - S 4: Ep 29 The Judgment (1)
    8/22/67
  - S 4: Ep 28 The Shattered Silence
    4/11/67
  - S 4: Ep 27 The Walls of Night
    4/4/67
  - S 4: Ep 26 Dossier on a Diplomat
    3/28/67
  - + 113 More Credits
- Hoppity Hooper
  Narrator
  - S 2: Ep 15 Wonder Water
    4/21/66
  - S 2: Ep 14 Oils Well at Oasis Gardens
    4/6/66
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  Narrator
  - S 3: Ep 8 Mossyvania Saved
    4/19/65
  - S 3: Ep 7 Wossamotta U.
    3/8/65
  - S 3: Ep 6 Louse on 92nd Street
    2/15/65
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Weather Lady
    1/25/65
  - S 3: Ep 4 Bull's Testimonial Dinner
    1/4/65
  - + 24 More Credits
- The Bullwinkle Show
  Narrator
  - S 5: Ep 2 Moosylvania Saved (1, 2, 3 & 4)
    7/5/63
  - S 5: Ep 14 Wossamotta U. (10, 11 & 12)
    6/28/63
  - S 5: Ep 13 Wossamotta U. (7, 8 & 9)
    6/21/63
  - S 5: Ep 12 Wossamotta U. (4, 5 & 6)
    6/14/63
  - S 5: Ep 11 Wossamotta U. (1, 2 & 3)
    6/7/63
  - + 128 More Credits
- Rocky and His Friends
  Narrator
  - S 2: Ep 66 Earl and Water Don't Mix or Next Time, Take the Drain
    1/29/61
  - S 2: Ep 65 Rue Britannia
    1/29/61
  - S 2: Ep 36 Bye-Bye, Boris or Farewell, My Ugly
    1/22/61
  - S 2: Ep 35 Battle of the Giants or It Takes Two to Tangle
    1/22/61
  - S 2: Ep 34 The Spell Binders or Hex Marks the Spot
    1/15/61
  - + 113 More Credits
- This Man Dawson
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 10 This Man Dawson: Episode 10
    6/23/60
  - S 1: Ep 8 This Man Dawson: Episode 8
    2/25/60
  - S 1: Ep 7 This Man Dawson: Episode 7
    2/18/60
  - S 1: Ep 6 This Man Dawson: Episode 6
    12/31/59
  - S 1: Ep 5 This Man Dawson: Episode 5
    12/24/59
  - + 4 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 35 October 26 – 30, 1987 - Friday
    10/30/87
  - S 2: Ep 34 October 26 – 30, 1987 - Thursday
    10/29/87
  - S 2: Ep 33 October 26 – 30, 1987 - Wednesday
    10/28/87
  - S 2: Ep 32 October 26 – 30, 1987 - Tuesday
    10/27/87
  - S 2: Ep 31 October 26 – 30, 1987 - Monday
    10/26/87
Guest Star (34)

Role
- Matlock
  James L. McShane
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Don (2)
    11/4/86
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Don (1)
    10/28/86
- Hotel
  Art Patterson
  - S 3: Ep 11 Shadows of Doubt (2)
    1/15/86
  - S 3: Ep 10 Shadows of Doubt (1)
    1/8/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  Major Anatole Karzoff
  - S 1: Ep 9 Death Takes A Curtain Call
    12/16/84
- The Fall Guy
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 Private Eyes
    10/24/84
- Police Squad!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)
    7/8/82
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 Dan Haggerty
    11/2/77
  - S 3: Ep 5 Dennis Weaver
    4/27/76
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evel Knievel
    11/10/75
  - S 1: Ep 11 Carroll O'Connor
    12/7/73
  - S 1: Ep 7 Barry Goldwater
    10/25/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 16 Show 27
    1/28/77
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 88 January 26, 1977
    1/26/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 187 June 9, 1976
    6/9/76
  - S 9: Ep 6 September 13, 1971
    9/13/71
- Barnaby Jones
  Frank Cannon
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Deadly Conspiracy (Part 2)
    9/19/75
  - S 1: Ep 1 Requiem for a Son
    1/28/73
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 16 with William Conrad and The Jackson Five
    1/25/75
  - S 6: Ep 23 with Peggy Lee, William Conrad
    3/17/73
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 13 Show 56 - Christmas Episode
    12/19/73
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 7 Barry Goldwater (Celebrity Roast)
    10/25/73
  - S 9: Ep 4 William Conrad (Celebrity Roast)
    10/5/73
  - S 8: Ep 6 Olivia Newton-John / William Conrad
    10/26/72
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Cameo
  - S 3: Ep 24 Show 43 - Third Season Finale
    3/21/73
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Special Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 13 Show 32 - Christmas Episode
    12/20/72
  - S 3: Ep 7 Show 26 - William Conrad, Rick Springfield
    10/27/72
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Guest Preformer
  - S 6: Ep 3 Episode #119
    9/25/72
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 67 May 22-26, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    5/22/72
  - S 6: Ep 49 March 20-24, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    3/20/72
  - S 6: Ep 18 November 29-December 3, 1971 (NBC-TV)
    11/29/71
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Keegan
  - S 1: Ep 0 Operation Cobra
    4/2/71
- The High Chaparral
  China Pierce
  - S 4: Ep 2 Spokes
    9/25/70
- It Takes A Thief
  Voice of the Countdown
  - S 3: Ep 19 Situation Red
    2/9/70
- The Name of the Game
  Arnold Wexler
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Power
    12/12/69
- F Troop
  Voice, Announcer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Scourge of the West
    9/14/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Sgt. Cresse
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Thirty First of February
    1/4/63
- General Electric True
  Fallon
  - S 1: Ep 1 Circle Of Death
    9/30/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Norge
  - S 6: Ep 1 Genesis
    9/15/62
- Target: The Corruptors
  Dan
  - S 1: Ep 31 Yankee Dollar
    5/11/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Moses Kadish
  - S 5: Ep 28 The Man Who Struck Moonshine
    3/24/62
- Bat Masterson
  Dick MacIntyre
  - S 3: Ep 22 Terror on the Trinity
    3/9/61
- The Aquanauts
  Corey
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Aquanauts: Killers In Paradise
    1/25/61
- The Man and the Challenge
  Jim Harrigan
  - S 1: Ep 6 Invisible Force
    10/17/59
- The Rough Riders
  Wade Hacker
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Governor
    11/6/58
- Bat Masterson
  Clark Benson
  - S 1: Ep 4 Stampede at Tent City
    10/29/58
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 21 scheduled: A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
    1/30/55
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 18 December 29, 1951
    12/29/51
Director (12)

Role
- Temple Houston
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Town That Trespassed
    3/26/64
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Gun That Swept the West
    3/5/64
  - S 1: Ep 21 A Slight Case of Larceny
    2/13/64
  - S 1: Ep 10 Billy Hart
    11/28/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 5 5 (5)
    10/18/63
  - S 6: Ep 4 5 (4)
    10/11/63
  - S 6: Ep 3 5 (3)
    10/4/63
  - S 6: Ep 2 5 (2)
    9/27/63
  - S 6: Ep 1 5 (1)
    9/20/63
  - + 1 More Credits
- General Electric True
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 32 Commando
    5/19/63
  - S 1: Ep 31 Heydrich (pt 2)
    5/12/63
  - S 1: Ep 30 Heydrich (pt 1)
    5/5/63
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Tenth Mona Lisa
    3/31/63
  - S 1: Ep 25 Pattern For Espionage
    3/24/63
  - + 17 More Credits
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 31 The Black Bull
    4/13/63
  - S 6: Ep 10 Miracle for St. Francis
    11/17/62
  - S 6: Ep 1 Genesis
    9/15/62
  - S 5: Ep 32 Darwin's Man
    4/21/62
  - S 5: Ep 26 Don't Shoot the Piano Player
    3/10/62
  - + 1 More Credits
- Gunsmoke
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 31 Panacea Sykes
    4/13/63
  - S 16: Ep 16 Captain Sligo
    1/4/71
- Naked City
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 12 Bridge Party
    12/27/61
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Day the Island Almost Sank
    6/14/61
  - S 2: Ep 29 A Kettle of Precious Fish
    5/31/61
- Route 66
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 5 First Class Mouliak
    10/20/61
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 33 Java
    5/29/61
  - S 1: Ep 26 Tin Caper
    4/10/61
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Nightmare
    11/14/60
- Klondike
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Hostages
    2/13/61
  - S 1: Ep 16 Sitka Madonna
    2/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 14 Queen Of The Klondike
    1/23/61
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Golden Burro
    1/16/61
  - S 1: Ep 11 Bathhouse Justice
    12/26/60
  - + 7 More Credits
- Men into Space
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 37 Mystery Satellite
    9/7/60
  - S 1: Ep 32 Mission To Mars
    5/25/60
- Lock-Up
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 36 So Shall Ye Reap
    5/28/60
  - S 1: Ep 25 Poker Club
    3/12/60
- The Rifleman
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 30 Three-Legged Terror
    4/21/59
Producer (2)

Role
- Klondike
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Hostages
    2/13/61
  - S 1: Ep 16 Sitka Madonna
    2/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Man Who Owned Skagway
    1/30/61
  - S 1: Ep 14 Queen Of The Klondike
    1/23/61
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Golden Burro
    1/16/61
  - + 12 More Credits
- This Man Dawson
  Producer

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Trivia
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- CBS asked producer Quinn Martin to create a series especially for William Conrad. Cannon was the result.
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- Conrad appeared as Frank Cannon, his character on Cannon, in two episodes of Barnaby Jones, including the pilot.
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- Conrad was a regular on a number of radio shows, including "Escape," "The Damon Runyon Theater," "The Lux Radio Theater," "Nightbeat," "Fibber McGee and Molly," and "Suspense."
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- William Conrad: (on guest starring on other TV shows, including Barnaby Jones, while starring in Cannon) The Cannon people would be happy if I didn't do anything else — they're worried I might collapse. I do all these things because I like to do them. It's relaxation for me, a kick in the butt.... Quinn Martin, who produces both shows, asked me if I would do Buddy's first program, and I said I'd be delighted. If I hadn't wanted to do it, I wouldn't have.
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- William Conrad: Nobody else seems to mind my size, so why should I? I heard that Weight Watchers had banned its members from watching the show, but it turned out to be a gag. The publicist for Weight Watchers did call and suggest that I have lunch with their president. I said sure — if I could pick the restaurant.
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- William Conrad: (on whether his size effects his work on Cannon) There's nothing wrong with the word 'fat,' If you're fat, you're fat. I'm as healthy as I can be; I haven't felt so good in 20 years. We had a stuntman do the long shots in the pilot film, but then I had to go in and do the same things in close-up. So I said to myself, if this show is going to run, I'll have to get into condition. I started going to a gym — and I despise working out — and even lost a little weight. Now I feel terrific.
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