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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 district attorney Jason Lochinvar "J.L." "Fatman" McCabe in the legal drama Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992).
William Conrad (also known as John William Conrad) was born John William Cann Jr. on September 27, 1920, in Louisville, Kentucky. His parents, John William Cann and Ida Mae Upchurch Cann, owned a movie theatre, and Conrad grew up watching movies. The family moved to southern California when Conrad was in high school. He majored in drama and literature at Fullerton College, in Orange County, California, and began his career as an announcer, writer, and director for Los Angeles radio station KMPC.
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor who was one of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s through the 1970s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in Stalag 17, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the 1973 television film The Blue Knight.
Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including such blockbusters as Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Bunch, Picnic, The Towering Inferno, and Network. He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. in O'Fallon, Illinois, the son of Mary Blanche (née Ball; 1898-1990), a schoolteacher, and William Franklin Beedle, Sr. (1891-1967), an industrial chemist. He had two younger brothers, Robert and Richard. Holden's paternal great-grandmother, Rebecca Westfield, was born in England in 1817, while some of his mother's ancestors settled in Virginia's Lancaster County after emigrating from England in the 17th century. His younger brother, Robert W. "Bobbie" Beedle, became a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and was killed in action in World War II, over New Ireland, on January 5, 1944.
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This video details the death of actor William Conrad!
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William Conrad - Moon River 1977 Deutsche Version von Audrey Hepburn - Moon River 1962 (William Conrad war ein amerikanischer Schauspieler, bekannt aus der Detektiv-Fernsehserie Cannon) Für immer möcht' ich bei dir sein Für immer nur bei dir allein Mit dir lachen, mit dir weinen Nur dich allein lieben und alles verzeih'n Für immer wär' mein Herz bei dir Für immer möcht' ich dein's dafür Das Leben mit dir wär' so schön, mag auch viel gescheh'n Ich bleibe nur bei dir, für immer bei dir Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waiting round the bend My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me
William Conrad http://www.shanagrant.com/poem.html Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist was the title character, Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. In 1973, Cannon spawned a spinoff series, Barnaby Jones. Cannon was the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
ADULTS ONLY! Here is the actor William Conrad narrating an adults only version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". From 1974. Listen at your own discretion!
Actor, producer, director, and announcer/narrator William Conrad had one of the best voices in the film industry. He also had a great sense of humor. Here is a mash-up of one of the '70s disaster films he narrated with audio from another project, a Christmas novelty recording (yes, really). Not Safe For Work language, kids!
Telly Savalas, William Conrad & Erik Ode bei Am laufenden Band 1975 Die drei Krimidarsteller Telly Savalas als Kojak in 'Einsatz in Manhattan', William Conrad als Frank Cannon in 'Cannon' und Erik Ode als Kommissar Keller in 'Der Kommissar' als Gäste in der TV-Show 'am laufenden Band' mit Rudi Carrell. Aufgabe der Quizteilnehmer bestand darin, den beiden amerikanischen Schauspieler deutsche Gerichte auf deutsch zu erklären.
Gunsmoke "Christmas Story" William Conrad CBS 12/20/52 Oldtime Radio Western
Gunsmoke "The Stage Holdup" CBS 1/2/54 Oldtime Radio Drama Western Matt Dillon: William Conrad Kitty: Georgia Ellis Chester Proudfoot: Parley Baer Doc Adams: Howard McNear Please rate , subscribe and Tune in for more Episodes This channel now features fan funding : ) In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe radio serial, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West." Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice-President, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Philip Marlowe series, to take on the task. Ackerman and his scriptwriters, Mort Fine and David Friedkin, created an audition script called "Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye" based on ...
Gunsmoke OTR :: May 10, 1952 : Jaliscoe : Old Time Radio
A classic show from the long-running radio series.
Gunsmoke OTR :: July 19, 1952 : Doc Holliday : Old Time Radio William Conrad as Matt Dillon
Gunsmoke "The Buffalo Hunters" 6/7/52 Oldtime Radio Western Drama William Conrad Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers around United States Marshall Matt Dillon (William Conrad) as he enforces law and order in the city. The series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Charles "Doc" Adams (Howard McNear), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Georgia Ellis), owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Wesley Proudfoot (Parley Baer), Dillon's deputy. Other roles were played by a group of supporting actors consisting of John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin, Lou Krugman, Lawrence Dobkins, Barney Phillips, Jack Kruschen, Ralph Moody, Ben Wright, James Nusser, Virginia Gregg, Jeanette...
Gunsmoke "The Constable" William Conrad CBS 5/8/54 Oldtime Radio Western
Tension (1949) 95 min - Crime | Film-Noir - 11 January 1950 (USA) A mousy drugstore manager turns killer after his conniving wife leaves him for another man. He devises a complex plan, which involves assuming a new identity, to make it look like someone else murdered her new boyfriend. Things take an unexpected turn when someone else commits the murder first and he becomes the prime suspect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conrad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sullivan_%28actor%29
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Swoon alert! Lauren Conrad sure has some good-looking family members waiting for her at home. The Laguna Beach alum gushed over her husband, William Tell, and the couple's two pups via Instagram on Wednesday, Aug. 5. PHOTO: LC's wedding album "Missing my loves tonight," Conrad, 29, captioned the rare family photo. "Hate sleeping without these cuties." In the pic, law graduate Tell cuddles with their dogs in bed. Wearing a white T-shirt, he, well, looked as dreamy as ever. Us Weekly broke the news in September 2014 that Conrad and Tell, 35, wed on the California coastline. "What a perfect way to start our lives together," the couple told Us in a statement at the time, "surrounded by the people we love most." PHOTOS: Lauren's best hairstyles Lauren Conrad and William Tell in 2012. La...