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Top Projects: Gunsmoke, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive (View All)
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William Conrad’s Milestones
| Directed 35 episodes of "General Electric True Theater/General Electric True/True", a dramatic anthology series that emphasized true suspense stories | |
| Introduced the sci-fi series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" | |
| Narrated "The Invaders", a QM-produced sci-fi series | |
| Narrated the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of "The Bullwinkle Show" | |
| Narrated the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" segments of ABC's cartoon classic, "Rocky and His Friends" | |
| Narrated the hugely successful drama series, "The Fugitive"; first work in a Quinn Martin (QM) Production | |
| Produced some seasons of "77 Sunset Strip", a popular detective series on ABC from the late 50s through the mid-60s | |
| Provided the voice of the Lone Ranger on "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour", an action-packed Saturday morning cartoon | |
| Reprised TV role on "Jake and the Fatman" | |
| Returned to radio and became a mainstay of network radio drama | |
| Served as a producer-director for the Armed Forces Radio Service | |
| Served in WWII with the US Air Force as a fighter pilot; eventually attained the rank of captain | |
| Spent 15 years under contract as a producer-director for Warner Bros. | |
| Starred as J L 'Fatman' McCabe, a tough district attorney who teamed with a smooth private investigator on the CBS series "Jake and the Fatman" | |
| Starred as Marshall Matt Dillon for the 11-year run of the CBS radio series, "Gunsmoke" (dates approximate) | |
| TV producing and directing debut, "Klondike", a period adventure series set in Alaska | |
| TV series debut as a star, "Cannon", a QM production about a suave private investigator | |
| Worked as a writer-announcer-director at L.A. radio station KMPC | |
| 1946 | Feature acting debut, "The Killers" |
| 1950 | TV debut, narrated the CBS-TV version of the anthology radio series, "Escape" |
| 1957 | Feature producing debut, "The Ride Back", a Western |
| 1964 | Feature directing debut, "The Man From Galveston", a Western |
| 1965 | Final directing credit, "Two on a Guillotine", a Gothic melodrama (also produced) |
| 1966 | Feature executive producing debut, "An American Dream", based on a Norman Mailer novel |
| 1968 | Final producing credit, executive produced "Countdown", the first studio-backed fiction film directed by Robert Altman |
| 1977 | Hosted and narrated "Tales of the Unexpected", a QM-produced suspense anthology |
| 1980 | Recreated his most celebrated role for "The Return of Frank Cannon", a CBS TV-movie |
| 1981 | Starred as Rex Stout's literary detective "Nero Wolfe" on an NBC detective series |
| 1986 | Played the recurring role of Art Patterson on "Hotel" |
| 1986 | Played the recurring role of District Attorney Brackett on "Matlock" |
| 1991 | Final TV voice credit, provided the narration for "Of Moose and Men: The Rocky and Bullwinkle Story", a PBS special |
| 1991 | Final feature credit, narrator of "Hudson Hawk" |
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