William Conrad

He was elected to the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997. See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Conrad died at age 73 in Los Angeles, California and is interred at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery. A few of them are:. He later starred in both Nero Wolfe (1981) and Jake and the Fatman (1987-92). During his career, Sam De Grasse appeared in 107 films. But the 1970s saw him starring in the first of three detective series which would bring him an added measure of renown, Cannon, which ran from 1971-76. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Tolkien's The Return of the King. He lived on the west coast until his death in Hollywood. R. Sam de Grasse married actress Ada Fuller Golden and had a daughter, Clementine. R. Skillfully cast as a shifty-eyed villain, after this, De Grasse began to specialize in the role of the "bad guy". Moving to television in the 1960s, his first decade in the medium was largely marked by a return to voice work and the direction of Brainstorm in 1965; he narrated the Bullwinkle cartoons from 1961-73, and later performed the role of Denethor in the 1980 animated TV version of J. At first, Sam De Grasse played standard secondary characters but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them.

He also appeared in Body and Soul (1947), Sorry, Wrong Number, Joan of Arc (both 1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954). He traveled to New York City and in 1912 he acted in his first motion picture. Among his 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. After his older brother Joe had gone into the fledgling movie business, Samuel decided to also give it a try. Other series to which Conrad contributed his talents included Escape, Suspense and The Damon Runyon Theater. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist. He was considered for the role when the series was brought to television in 1955, but his increasing obesity led to the casting of James Arness. Samuel Alfred De Grace (June 12, 1875 - November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor.

Conrad's deep, resonant voice led to a number of noteworthy roles in radio drama, most prominently his originating the role of Matt Dillon on the old-time radio program Gunsmoke from 1952-61. Captain of the Guard - (1930). He returned to the airwaves after the war, going on to accumulate over 7,000 roles in radio by his own estimate. Wall Street - (1929). Starting work in radio in the late 1930s in California, Conrad went on to serve as a fighter pilot in World War II. The Man Who Laughs - (1928). He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Our Dancing Daughters - (1928).

William Conrad (September 27, 1920 - February 11, 1994), born William Cann, was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his gifted use of a marvelous baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. King of Kings - (1927). The Fighting Eagle - (1927). The Black Pirate (1926). Painted People - (1924).

Slippy McGee - (1923). Forsaking All Others - (1922). The Spoilers - (1922). Robin Hood - (1922).

Blind Husbands - (1919). An Old Fashioned Young Man - (1917). Wild and Woolly - (1917). Intolerance - (1916).

The Good Bad Man - (1915). The Birth of a Nation - (1915).