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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.
- Cannon
Cannon is an American detective television series produced...
- Dial 1119
William Conrad as Chuckles, the bartender; Dick Simmons as...
- The Racket
The Racket is a 1951 black-and-white film noir drama...
- The Killers
The Killers is a 1946 American film noir starring Burt...
- Tension
Tension is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by John...
- Joe Penny
Biography Early life. Penny was born in Uxbridge, London to...
- Cannon
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. He was the corrupt state inspector Turck ...
- Actor, Director, Producer
- February 11, 1994
- September 27, 1920
William Conrad was an actor and filmmaker from America. He was also a fighter pilot, who served during the World War II. Originally from Kentucky, Conrad relocated to Hollywood following the end of his military service and started working as an actor. He made his screen debut in the 1945 comedy film ‘Pillow to Post’.
Feb 12, 1994 · William Conrad, 73, the heavy-set actor who was one of television's principal lawmen in "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman," died yesterday in California.
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.
- Actor, Director, Producer
- September 27, 1920
- 2 min
- February 11, 1994
William Conrad (John William Cann Jr., September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American movie, television, stage, voice, radio actor, movie director, and movie producer. Conrad is known his television role as District Attorney J. L. "Fatman" McCabe in Jake and the Fatman .
Sep 27, 2021 · 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. William Conrad seemed to be everywhere on the air in the fifteen years following the end of the Second World War.
