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William Conrad
Known for: ActingWilliam 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).
Filmography 34
The Fugitive
as Narrator 
The Racket
as Turk 
Battle of the Bulge
as Narrator (uncredited) 
The Killers
as Max 
The Return of the King
as Lord Denethor (voice) 
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Morano 
The Naked Jungle
as Commissioner 
The Conqueror
as Kasar 
Arch of Triumph
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited) 
Dial 1119
as Chuckles 
5 Against the House
as Eric Berg 
-30-
as Jim Bathgate 
Lone Star
as Mizette 
East Side, West Side
as Lt. Jacobi 
Body and Soul
as Quinn 
An American Dream
Producer 
Two on a Guillotine
as Fat Man in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited) 
Chubasco
Producer 
Cry Danger
as Louie Castro 
The Ride Back
as Sheriff Chris Hamish 
The Man from Galveston
Director 
Chamber of Horrors
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 
Countdown
as TV Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) 
My Blood Runs Cold
Director, Producer 
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage) 
Four Faces West
as Sheriff Egan 
Brainstorm
Director, Producer 
The Sword of Monte Cristo
as Major Nicolet 
Any Number Can Play
as Frank Sistina 
The City
as Narrator (voice) 
Killing Cars
as Mr. Mahoney 
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Jim Dunn 
To the Victor
as Farnsworth 
Pillow to Post
as First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)