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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 is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin that aired from 1971 to 1976 on CBS. William Conrad played the title character, private detective Frank Cannon. The series was the first Quinn Martin production to run on a network other than ABC. [citation needed]
William Conrad, Harry Bartell and Elliott Reid were heard in the chilling "Three Skeleton Key" (broadcast on 15 November 1949), the tale of three men trapped in an isolated lighthouse by thousands of rats; the half-hour was adapted from an Esquire short story by the French writer George Toudouze and later remade for the March 17, 1950 broadcast ...
Cannon is an American detective television series broadcast on CBS from 1971 to 1976, starring William Conrad as a private detective. Series overview
Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [1] [2] [3] Created by Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger and Ann Doherty, the series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992.
The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS. [1] The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952, [2] and the final first-run episode aired on June 11, 1961. [3] During the series, a total of 480 original episodes were broadcast, including shows with re-used or adapted scripts. [4]
The radio series first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952, with the episode "Billy the Kid", written by Walter Newman, and ended on June 18, 1961.The show stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant, Chester Wesley Proudfoot.
Escape is a 30-minute live American dramatic anthology television series produced and directed for CBS by Wyllis Cooper. [1] Narrated by William Conrad, the series was the television counterpart to a successful CBS Radio series of the same name (1947–1954). Thirteen episodes aired on CBS from January 5, 1950, to March 30, 1950. The show's ...