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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).
Biography
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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Countdown (1967)
, 1h37Directed by William Conrad, Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Space opera
Actors James Caan, Joanna Moore, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Michael Murphy, Ted Knight
Rating59%
In the late 1960s, astronauts training in an Apollo simulator have their session ended early. They grumble about it, but their commander, Chiz (Robert Duvall), knows the reason for the abort: the Pilgrim Program. The Russians will be sending a moon landing mission up in four weeks. The Americans had a secret alternate plan to the Apollo program (Pilgrim) in case this happened. One man would be sent to the moon in a one-way rocket, a modified Project Gemini craft. He would stay on the moon for a few months in a shelter pod launched and landed before him. Later, a manned Apollo mission would come to retrieve him.
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films
Actors Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, John Hoyt
Rating60%
A prologue introduces the audience to John Harley Duquesne, a psychotic magician who accidentally beheads his wife Melinda with a guillotine during a performance. Twenty years later he dies, and his will requires his daughter Cassie (the mirror image of her mother) to spend seven nights in his apparently haunted mansion in order to inherit his estate.
Brainstorm (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Viveca Lindfors, Stacy Harris, Kathie Browne
Rating65%
On a lonely highway, Jim Grayam spots a car stopped on the tracks of a railroad crossing. Inside he finds a sleeping or unconscious woman with the car doors locked. Unable to wake her, Grayam smashes a window and drives the car to safety just ahead of a speeding train.
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton, Barry Sullivan, Nicolas Coster, Jeanette Nolan, Russell Thorson
Rating55%
A young woman falls in love with a man who may be insane. The young man, Ben Gunther, believes he and the young woman, Julie Merriday, are the reincarnations of lovers from an earlier time. Ben convinces Julie of his beliefs and encourages her to run off with him.
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Assignment to Kill (1968)
, 1h42Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom, Eric Portman, Peter van Eyck
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60%
A private detective is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.
The Cool Ones (1967)
, 1h35Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Phil Harris, Glen Campbell, Robert Coote
Roles Executive Producer
Rating44%
A millionaire rock promoter joins a pop singer and a dancer in a romantic match as a publicity stunt for a new television series.
First to Fight (1967)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Chad Everett, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Claude Akins, Gene Hackman, James Best
Roles Executive Producer
Rating57%
In 1942, a force of American Marines are attacked by the Japanese in the jungles at Guadalcanal. Sergeant "Shanghai" Jack Conell (Chad Everett) is the sole survivor of his squad, and when he makes it back to his own lines, he is given a field promotion to Lieutenant and awarded the Medal of Honor by Lt. Col. Baseman (Dean Jagger).
Countdown (1967)
, 1h37Directed by William Conrad, Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Space opera
Actors James Caan, Joanna Moore, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Michael Murphy, Ted Knight
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
In the late 1960s, astronauts training in an Apollo simulator have their session ended early. They grumble about it, but their commander, Chiz (Robert Duvall), knows the reason for the abort: the Pilgrim Program. The Russians will be sending a moon landing mission up in four weeks. The Americans had a secret alternate plan to the Apollo program (Pilgrim) in case this happened. One man would be sent to the moon in a one-way rocket, a modified Project Gemini craft. He would stay on the moon for a few months in a shelter pod launched and landed before him. Later, a manned Apollo mission would come to retrieve him.
An American Dream (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Robert Gist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Murray Hamilton
Roles Producer
Rating48%
Stephen Rojack, a war hero, returns home to become a tough-talking television commentator who strongly criticizes the police's inability to put an end to the criminal activities of an organized-crime figure, Ganucci.
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films
Actors Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, John Hoyt
Roles Producer
Rating60%
A prologue introduces the audience to John Harley Duquesne, a psychotic magician who accidentally beheads his wife Melinda with a guillotine during a performance. Twenty years later he dies, and his will requires his daughter Cassie (the mirror image of her mother) to spend seven nights in his apparently haunted mansion in order to inherit his estate.
Brainstorm (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Viveca Lindfors, Stacy Harris, Kathie Browne
Roles Producer
Rating65%
On a lonely highway, Jim Grayam spots a car stopped on the tracks of a railroad crossing. Inside he finds a sleeping or unconscious woman with the car doors locked. Unable to wake her, Grayam smashes a window and drives the car to safety just ahead of a speeding train.
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton, Barry Sullivan, Nicolas Coster, Jeanette Nolan, Russell Thorson
Roles Producer
Rating55%
A young woman falls in love with a man who may be insane. The young man, Ben Gunther, believes he and the young woman, Julie Merriday, are the reincarnations of lovers from an earlier time. Ben convinces Julie of his beliefs and encourages her to run off with him.
The Ride Back (1957)
, 1h19Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Fiery Lita Milan, Victor Millan
Roles Producer
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.