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William Conrad is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 27 september 1920 at Louisville (USA)
For the New York politician, see William N. Conrad.
William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film and television.
A radio writer and actor, he moved to Hollywood, California, after his World War II service and played a series of character roles in films beginning with the quintessential film noir, The Killers (1946). He created the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the popular radio series Gunsmoke (1952–1961), and narrated the television adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959–1964) and The Fugitive (1963–1967).
Finding fewer on-screen roles in the 1950s, he changed from actor to producer-director with television work, narration, and a series of Warner Bros. films in the 1960s. Conrad found stardom as a detective in the TV series Cannon (1971–1976) and Nero Wolfe (1981), and as a district attorney in the legal drama Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992).
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Birth name John William Cann
Nationality USA
Birth 27 september 1920 at Louisville (USA)
Death 11 february 1994 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 27 september 1920 at Louisville (USA)
Death 11 february 1994 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
For the New York politician, see William N. Conrad.
William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film and television.
A radio writer and actor, he moved to Hollywood, California, after his World War II service and played a series of character roles in films beginning with the quintessential film noir, The Killers (1946). He created the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the popular radio series Gunsmoke (1952–1961), and narrated the television adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959–1964) and The Fugitive (1963–1967).
Finding fewer on-screen roles in the 1950s, he changed from actor to producer-director with television work, narration, and a series of Warner Bros. films in the 1960s. Conrad found stardom as a detective in the TV series Cannon (1971–1976) and Nero Wolfe (1981), and as a district attorney in the legal drama Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992).
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Né le 27 septembre 1920 à Louisville (Kentucky), Conrad débuta au cinéma dans Les Tueurs (The Killers), le classique de Robert Siodmak, en 1946, et interpréta des rôles de policier, de shérif voire de journaliste dans plusieurs films avant de collaborer régulièrement à la série radiophonique Escape, en 1950, et d’apparaître dans plusieurs séries télé dont Bat Masterson, Have Gun Will Travel, High Chaparral et plus tard Opération Vol, L’Homme qui tombe à pic (dans son propre rôle) et Arabesque. Mais il est également producteur et réalisateur, œuvrant notamment à la réussite de Gunsmoke, L’Homme à la carabine ou Naked City dans les années 1950. Décédé en 1994, l’acteur fut également le protagoniste de trois séries plus connues: la première qui a duré cinq ans, Cannon; la deuxième annulée au bout de quelques épisodes, Nero Wolfe; la troisième plus populaire, La Loi est la Loi (Jake and the Fatman), avec Joe Penny (acteur de Riptide).Best films
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The Pink Panther (1963)
, 1h55Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, William Conrad, Claudia Cardinale
Roles King Bosschieff
Rating69%
As a child, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Shah of Lugash--"the Pink Panther," the largest diamond in the world. This huge pink gem has an unusual flaw: looking deeply into the stone, one perceives a tiny discoloration resembling a leaping panther. (As the camera moves in, this image comes to life and participates in the opening credits.) When Dala is a young woman, rebels seize power in Lugash and then demand possession of the jewel, but the exiled princess refuses to hand it over.
-30- (1959)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors William Conrad, Jack Webb, David Nelson, Whitney Blake, Louise Lorimer, James Bell
Roles Jim Bathgate
Rating65%
Managing Editor Sam Gatlin arrives in the afternoon and leaves early the next morning, having put together a morning newspaper for Los Angeles. During the active day in the life of a big city newspaper, Sam and his wife Peggy argue about adopting a child named Billy. A reporter's grandson pilots a military plane from Honolulu to New York. A child is lost in the LA sewers (Gatlin composes a warning headline with picture: "Children Stay Out of These"). And copy boy Earl Collins considers quitting after failing to properly deliver a bet by city editor Jim Bathgate on the sex of children being born to a famous actress. A downpour is occurring during basically the whole movie.
Zero Hour! (1957)
, 1h21Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Geoffrey Toone, Jerry Paris, Charles Quinlivan
Roles Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rating65%
During the closing days of the Second World War, six members of his Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron are killed due to a command decision made by pilot Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews). Years later, in civilian life in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a guilt-stricken Stryker goes through many jobs, and his marriage is in trouble.
The Ride Back (1957)
, 1h19Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Fiery Lita Milan, Victor Millan
Roles Sheriff Chris Hamish
Rating65%
Sheriff Chris Hamish is recruited to bring gunfighter Bob Kallen back for trial on unspecified charges. Hamish is a brooding haunted man who has been a failure at everything he has done and even his own wife scorns him. Kallen, on the other hand, is very confident, charismatic and decent at heart. This Western was rather novel because it was an intense character study of the two protagonists as they embark on their odyssey. Along the way, Hamish admits to his prisoner that he wants to bring him in not so much in the name of justice, but for his own self redemption. Stalked by blood-thirsty Apaches and picking up an orphaned Mexican child, the lawman and the outlaw are forced to rely upon each other for survival and in the end develop a bond of admiration and respect.
The Conqueror (1956)
, 1h51Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Pedro Armendáriz, Thomas Gomez, John Hoyt
Roles Kasar
Rating37%
Mongol chief Temujin (later to be known as Genghis Khan) falls for Bortai, the daughter of the Tartar leader, and steals her away, precipitating war. Bortai spurns Temujin and is taken back in a raid. Temujin is later captured. Bortai falls in love with him and helps him escape. Temujin suspects he was betrayed by a fellow Mongol and sets out to find the traitor and to overcome the Tartars.
Johnny Concho (1956)
, 1h24Directed by Don McGuire
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, William Conrad, Phyllis Kirk, Wallace Ford, Dorothy Adams
Roles Tallman
Rating59%
The mean and boastful Johnny Concho is also a coward, but the people of Cripple Creek, Arizona, let him have his way. They know that Johnny's brother, who doesn't live in town, is the notorious gunfighter Red Concho, someone they truly fear.
5 Against the House (1955)
, 1h24Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith, Kerwin Mathews, Alvy Moore, William Conrad
Roles Eric Berg
Rating58%
During a weekend side-trip to Reno, Nevada, college friends Brick (Keith), Al (Madison), Ronnie (Kerwin Mathews) and Roy (Alvy Moore) visit the famous casino Harold's Club.
The Naked Jungle (1954)
, 1h35Directed by Arthur Rosson, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Disaster films, Film de catastrophe animalière
Actors Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad, Douglas Fowley, Romo Vincent
Roles Commissioner
Rating66%
In 1901, mail order bride Joanna (Eleanor Parker) arrives from New Orleans at a South American cocoa plantation to meet her new husband, plantation owner Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston), whom she has married by proxy.
The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
, 1h20Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ward Bond, Howard Petrie, Ann Doran, Diane Jergens, William Conrad, Jonathan Hole
Rating58%
The Naked Sea (1954)
, 1h10Origin USA
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors William Conrad
Roles Narrator
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
, 1h20Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, William Conrad, Harry Shannon, Robert Burton
Roles Goodwin
Rating60%
An obsessive lawman (Barry Sullivan) who works for the state chases an escaped fugitive (Vittorio Gassman) through the Louisiana bayou.
The Desert Song (1953)
, 1h50Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Operetta films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson, William Conrad
Roles Lachmed
Rating61%
The original plot is more-or-less adhered to, with some significant alterations. Benny is depicted as a comic Bob Hope-like coward, but not as a sissy. El Khobar's alter ego is that of a mild-mannered (but not squeamish) Latin tutor and anthropologist, whom Birabeau (Ray Collins) hires to keep Margot (Kathryn Grayson) from flirting with his regiment.
Lone Star (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Vincent Sherman, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi
Roles Mizette
Rating60%
Devereaux Burke gets a personal request from former President Andrew Jackson to help keep Texas from entering into annexation with Mexico. The movement is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer Sam Houston supports it.
Cry Danger (1951)
, 1h19Directed by Robert Parrish, Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter
Roles Louie Castro
Rating72%
Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison for a robbery and murder that he didn't commit. He's released five years later when a witness named Delong appears and provides an alibi. Rocky then sets out to find who framed him, hoping that by uncovering the actual criminals, he'll be able to free his friend Danny Morgan, also accused of the same crime.
The Racket (1951)
, 1h28Directed by John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, William Conrad
Roles Det. Sgt. Turk
Rating66%
The plot is very close to the original play and 1928 movie. Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. The city’s prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turk (Conrad), are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.