Directed credits
25
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
William Conrad
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 21All crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 16412
IMDb ID: nm0002016
Known for: Acting
Born: September 27, 1920
Died: February 11, 1994
Age: 73
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2024
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q505831
Also known as
John William Cann Jr.
Frequent jobs
Director (25)Executive Producer (6)Producer (4)
Biography
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. 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).
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by William Conrad.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by William Conrad.
6.8
The Name of the Game
Director • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.7
Temple Houston
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
General Electric True
Director • 22 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Saints and Sinners
Director • 1 eps
1962 Series
3.5
Target: The Corruptors!
Director • 8 eps
1961 Series
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Director • 3 eps
1960 Series
6.2
Klondike
Director • 2 eps
1960 Series
6.3
Route 66
Director • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.0
This Man Dawson
Director • 2 eps
1959 Series
7.0
Men Into Space
Director • 2 eps
1959 Series
6.2
Lock-Up
Director • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
Director • 6 eps
1958 Series
5.8
Mackenzie's Raiders
Director • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.1
Bat Masterson
Director • 4 eps
1958 Series
6.3
The Rough Riders
Director • 1 eps
1958 Series
7.1
The Rifleman
Director • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
Naked City
Director • 3 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Tombstone Territory
Director • 5 eps
1957 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director • 5 eps
1957 Series
5.8
Highway Patrol
Director • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.6
Gunsmoke
Director • 2 eps
1955 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with William Conrad.
7.4
The Killers
as Max
1946 Movie
6.9
Battle of the Bulge
as Narrator (uncredited)
1965 Movie
6.8
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Morano
1948 Movie
6.7
Chisum
as Narrator - Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
1970 Movie
6.7
Body and Soul
as Quinn
1947 Movie
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982 Movie
6.4
The Naked Jungle
as Commissioner
1954 Movie
6.4
The Return of the King
as Lord Denethor (voice)
1980 Movie
6.1
Joan of Arc
as Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
1948 Movie
6.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)
1979 Movie
5.7
Hudson Hawk
as Narrator (voice)
1991 Movie
5.6
The Box
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2009 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with William Conrad.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with William Conrad.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with William Conrad.
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Anatole Karzof • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Narrator • 120 eps
1963 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sergent Cresse • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director • 5 eps
1957 Series
7.1
The Rifleman
Director • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Cannon
as Frank Cannon • 123 eps
1971 Series
9.0
Bambi
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.8
Hotel
2 eps
1982 Series
7.1
Matlock
as James McShane • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters • 1 eps
1967 Series
5.5
Naked City
Director • 3 eps
1958 Series
6.3
Route 66
Director • 1 eps
1960 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for William Conrad.
Turnover Smith
Executive Producer
1980 Movie
6.7
The Learning Tree
Executive Producer
1969 Movie
6.0
Assignment to Kill
Executive Producer
1968 Movie
3.0
Chubasco
Producer
1968 Movie
5.7
Countdown
Executive Producer
1967 Movie
4.9
The Cool Ones
Executive Producer
1967 Movie
7.9
First to Fight
Executive Producer
1967 Movie
4.7
An American Dream
Producer
1966 Movie
6.0
Brainstorm
Producer
1965 Movie
6.3
The Ride Back
Producer
1957 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for William Conrad.
5.3
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
5.6
The Box
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
2009 Movie
5.7
Hudson Hawk
as Narrator (voice)
1991 Movie
6.0
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Jim Dunn
1986 Movie
2.8
Killing Cars
as Mr. Mahoney
1986 Movie
6.0
In Like Flynn
as Sgt. Dominic
1985 Movie
3.8
The Mikado
as The Mikado
1983 Movie
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. R. Adams Cowley
1982 Movie
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982 Movie
7.0
Side Show
as Ring Announcer (voice)
1981 Movie
6.2
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Frank Cannon
1980 Movie
Turnover Smith
as Thaddeus Smith
1980 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for William Conrad.
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
as Jason McCabe • 106 eps
1987 Series
7.3
The Highwayman
as Narrator • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.1
Matlock
as James McShane • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Anatole Karzof • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.8
Hotel
2 eps
1982 Series
7.9
Police Squad!
as Stabbed Man • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.4
Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe • 14 eps
1981 Series
6.9
How the West Was Won
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 3 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
as Narrator • 8 eps
1977 Series
6.8
The Sonny and Cher Show
1 eps
1976 Series
3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series