Robert ConradRobert Conrad (born Konrad Robert Falkowski on March 1, 1935 in Chicago) is a director and actor. He is primarily known for the television series The Wild Wild West. The later Will Smith movie update was based on this series. Before The Wild Wild West, he played Tom Lopatka in Hawaiian Eye; in the mid-1970s, he played World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep. This page about Robert Conrad includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Robert Conrad News stories about Robert Conrad External links for Robert Conrad Videos for Robert Conrad Wikis about Robert Conrad Discussion Groups about Robert Conrad Blogs about Robert Conrad Images of Robert Conrad |
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Before The Wild Wild West, he played Tom Lopatka in Hawaiian Eye; in the mid-1970s, he played World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep. Finally, towards the end of his life, Cushing played the detective in old age, in The Masks of Death for Channel 4. The later Will Smith movie update was based on this series. He followed this up with a performance in 16 episodes of the BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1968), of which unfortunately only 6 episodes survive. He is primarily known for the television series The Wild Wild West. Cushing played Sherlock Holmes numerous times, starting with Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), the first colour Holmes film. Robert Conrad (born Konrad Robert Falkowski on March 1, 1935 in Chicago) is a director and actor. He was one of many stars to guest on The Morecambe and Wise Show – the standing joke in his case being the idea that he was never paid for his appearance. Who and the Daleks and Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD) based on the television series Doctor Who. Who in two movies (Dr. In the mid-1960s, he played the eccentric human scientist Dr. Cushing drew much praise for his performance in this production, although he always felt that his performance in the existing version of the play – it was performed twice in one week and only the second version survives in the archives – was inferior to the first. His first major role, and probably the most significant on television in his entire career, was starring as Winston Smith in BBC Television's 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Cushing is also remembered for his work in the Hammer Horror films — particularly his recurring roles as Dr Frankenstein in Hammer's Frankenstein films, and as Professor van Helsing in Hammer's Dracula films (opposite Christopher Lee as Dracula). Peter Cushing (26 May 1913–11 August 1994) was a British actor, perhaps best known today for his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. |