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William Conrad (born John William Cann Jr., September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer, and director whose entertainment career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television, peaking in popularity when he starred in the detective series Cannon.
It was auctioned in December 1994, nine months after Conrad's death, for $398,500 to Ronald Winston of Harry Winston, Inc. At that time it was the highest price ever paid for a movie prop. It was used to model a 10-lb. gold replica displayed at the 69th Academy Awards.
- Actor, Director, Producer
- February 11, 1994
- September 27, 1920
William Conrad. Actor: Cannon. William Conrad became a television star relatively late in his career. In fact, the former Army Air Corps World War II fighter pilot began his screen career playing heavies. He was Max, one of The Killers (1946) hired to finish off Burt Lancaster in his dingy lodgings.
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- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- January 1, 1
- North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
William Conrad and Sarah Kennedy in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)- Charles Boyer, William Conrad, and Byron Foulger in Arch of Triumph (1948)
- Carol Burnett, William Conrad, and Vicki Lawrence in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
- John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Susan Hayward, Lee Van Cleef, William Conrad, and Peter Mamakos in The Conqueror (1956)
- John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Lee Van Cleef, William Conrad, and Peter Mamakos in The Conqueror (1956)
- Robert Mitchum, William Conrad, Ray Collins, Robert Hutton, Robert Ryan, Walter Sande, and Lizabeth Scott in The Racket (1951)
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Feb 11, 1994 · 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.
Sep 27, 2021 · By Elizabeth McLeod. Authoritative, resonant, and powerful. Sensitive, thoughtful and compassionate. Few actors of the radio era combined all these qualities so thoroughly as the man who, in many ways, encapsulates all that was most creative and most memorable about postwar radio drama.
