Robert Conrad

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Robert Conrad

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Robert Conrad (born March 1, 1935) is an American actor and director of film and television. He is primarily known for the 1965-1969 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James West. He currently hosts a weekly 2 hour national radio show ("The PM Show with Robert Conrad") on CRN Digital Talk Radio.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Conrad was born as Konrad Robert Falkowski or Konrad Robert Folk<ref>Robert Conrad Biography<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> in Chicago, Illinois. During his early career one of Conrad's best friends was actor Nick Adams, who by many accounts helped him get work in Hollywood.<ref>Elvispresleynews, In an interview, Red West, member of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia, says that in Hollywood, Adams helped Conrad to "get into the first door". According to West, he, Adams, Presley, and Conrad "played football every Sunday"</ref>

Career

Before The Wild Wild West, Conrad played Tom Lopaka in ABC's Hawaiian Eye opposite Anthony Eisley and Connie Stevens. In the 1970s, he played such roles as prosecuting attorney Paul Ryan in a short-lived 1971 TV series, The D.A., and American spy Jake Webster in the series Assignment Vienna. With his muscular build and cigarette-induced gravelly voice, Conrad found ratings success playing legendary tough-guy World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep on NBC (later known in syndication as Black Sheep Squadron), from 1976 to 1978.

In the late 1970s, Conrad served as the captain of the NBC team for six editions of Battle of the Network Stars. In the first edition, his race against ABC's team captain Gabe Kaplan in the final event to settle a dispute regarding a technical foul (raised by CBS's team captain Telly Savalas) in the earlier co-ed track relay became one of the most memorable in the series. An infraction by NBC teammates during a baton hand-off had caused NBC to suffer a 2-second penalty, giving the victory to Kaplan's ABC team. But to appease the emotional Conrad, who challenged Kaplan in good sportsmanship, the tall gawky Groucho-moustached Kaplan agreed to run one last time.  The race was held on the same regulatory clay track soon after the disputed relay had been completed. As Conrad knelt in the starting blocks in the traditional sprinter's form, Kaplan stayed upright like a cross-country runner.  At the sound of the gun, Conrad sprinted to an early lead and led going into the turn with Kaplan close behind. As the pair came out of the turn, Kaplan drew even with Conrad, who was beginning to show his fatigue.  As they entered the straight-away, Kaplan began his finishing kick and out-sprinted Conrad to take a commanding lead and crossed the finish line well ahead of a winded Conrad, who was some 20 yards behind. Unbeknownst to Conrad and many of the other competitors, Kaplan had run track in high school.

Conrad also played a modern day variation of James West in the short-lived secret agent series A Man Called Sloane in 1979, about the same time he reprised the role of West in a pair of made-for-TV films. He also starred in the 1978 TV miniseries Centennial on NBC.

Conrad was widely identified in the late 1970s for his television commercials for Eveready batteries, particularly his placing of the battery on his shoulder and prompting the viewer to challenge its long-lasting power: "Come on, I dare ya". The commercial was frequently parodied on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and The Carol Burnett Show.

In 1988, Conrad starred in a short-lived TV series called High Mountain Rangers with two of his sons. He also starred in that show's one season spin-off Jesse Hawkes. In 1992, Conrad played the role of the sheriff in Richard Marx's Hazard video.

Conrad took over hosting The History Channel's Weapons At War (later Tech Force) in 2000 following George C. Scott's 1999 death. In 2006, Conrad recorded audio introductions for every episode of the first season of The Wild Wild West for its North American DVD release on June 6. The DVD set also included one of Conrad's Eveready battery commercials; in his introduction, Conrad stated that he was flattered to be parodied by Carson.

He was inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame<ref>http://www.stuntmen.org/members.html Stuntmen's Hall of Fame (listed as Bob Conrad)</ref> for his work on The Wild, Wild West series.

He appears in the documentary film "Pappy Boyington Field", where he recounts his personal insights about the legendary Marine Corps Aviator that he portrayed in the television series.

Personal life

Robert Conrad is the father of nine children by 2 marriages, he has one daughter, Tammy, out of wedlock.Robert Conrad was married to Joan Kenlay, February 23, 1952 (divorced, 1984); married LaVelda Fann, 1987; children: (first marriage) Nancy (an actress), Joan, Christy, Christian (an actor), Shane (an actor); (second marriage)


. He lived in Bear Valley, California in the High Sierras until 2006, and now lives in Southern California with his wife, LaVelda Fann and their children.

In a 2008 interview, Conrad described the late Chicago Mafia associate and burglar Michael Spilotro as his "best friend".<ref>http://www.tonymedley.com/Articles/One_on_One_With_Robert_Conrad.htm One on One with Robert Conrad </ref>  Spilotro's mob slaying is portrayed in the movie Casino.

Well placed sources in Bear Valley say that Conrad was involved with a volunteer organization in that small Sierra community, Bear Valley Search and Rescue. The rescue organization formed the basis of the television series High Mountain Rangers which aired briefly in 1988. Bear Valley Search and Rescue is known to locals as Bear Valley Slurp and Recline.

Locals also recall an incident involving an extremely inebriated Conrad getting lost in a snowstorm one winter night in Bear Valley and breaking into a local cabin to take cover. He was later overheard at the local bar bragging about his drunk break-in, yet he never paid to have the window repaired.

Conrad has been out of the public eye since 2003, when he was involved in a devastating car accident. Conrad was driving his Jaguar drunk on Highway 4 in the California Sierra foothills near his Calaveras County home, when he crossed over the center median and slammed head-on into a Subaru being driven by 26-year-old Kevin Burnett. Both men suffered serious injuries.<ref>==Further reading==

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• {{cite book | first=Robert | last=Heinlein | authorlink= | date=1980 | title=Expanded Universe | edition= | publisher=Ace Books | location=New York |</ref> Conrad was convicted of drunk driving (his blood-alcohol level was 0.22 percent, nearly three times the legal limit) and was sentenced to six months of house arrest. He also lost his driver's license for one year. During his DUI trial, court documents listed his year of birth as 1930, not the year 1935 listed in most entertainment biographies. <ref>http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/archive/index.php/t-45751.html%7C (2003-05-08) Actor Robert Conrad Partially Paralyzed </ref>
  
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Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron). In addition to acting, he was a singer, and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008.

Early life

Conrad was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago, Illinois. His father, born Leonard Henry Falk (born November 3, 1918), was then 16 years old; Leonard was of German descent. His mother, Alice Jacqueline Hartman (born May 15, 1919, daughter of Conrad and Hazel Hartman), was 15 years old when she gave birth, and named her son after her father. She became the first publicity director of Mercury Records, where she was known as Jackie Smith. She married twice, including once to Chicago radio personality Eddie Hubbard in 1948. Eddie Hubbard and Jackie Smith reportedly had a child together (born circa 1949) before splitting up in 1958.

Conrad attended Chicago schools including South Shore High School, Hyde Park High School, the YMCA Central School, and New Trier High School. He dropped out at age 15 to live on his own and begin working full time, including jobs loading trucks for Consolidated Freightways and Eastern Freightways, and driving a milk delivery truck for Chicago's Bowman Dairy.

After working in Chicago for several years and studying theater arts at Northwestern University, Conrad pursued an acting career. One of his first paying roles was a week-long job posing outside a Chicago theater when the 1956 film Giant was showing; Conrad bore a resemblance to the iconic actor James Dean, who starred in Giant so his mother used her entertainment industry contacts to help him get the part, which was intended as a publicity stunt to boost attendance at the theater. Conrad also studied singing; his vocal coach was Dick Marx, the father of singer Richard Marx.

Career

Early performances

In 1957, Conrad met actor Nick Adams while visiting James Dean's gravesite in Fairmount, Indiana.Template:Sfn The two became friends, and Adams suggested that Conrad move to California to pursue acting.Template:Sfn

Adams got a bit part for Conrad in the 1958 film Juvenile Jungle.Template:Sfn Adams was supposed to appear in it, but later withdrew so he could take a part in a different movie.Template:Sfn His brief non-speaking role in Juvenile Jungle enabled him to join the Screen Actors Guild.Template:Sfn He had a small role in the film Thundering Jets (1958) and made his TV debut in the Bat Masterson episode, "One Bullet from Broken Bow".

Warner Bros.

Conrad was soon signed to an acting contract by Warner Bros. He also sang, and released several recordings with Warner Bros. Records on a variety of LPs, EPs, and SPs 33-1/3 and 45 rpm records during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a minor Billboard hit song in "Bye Bye Baby" which reached #113.

At Warner, he appeared in the 1958 second season of the James Garner series Maverick (episode: "Yellow River"). He guest-starred in a number of other shows, either for Warner or Ziv Television, including Highway Patrol, Lawman, Colt .45 (playing Billy the Kid), Sea Hunt, The Man and the Challenge, and Lock Up.

Hawaiian Eye

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Robert Conrad with co-star Connie Stevens on Hawaiian Eye, 1961

Warner Brothers had a big success with its detective show 77 Sunset Strip and then made Hawaiian Eye, a follow-up series. Conrad starred as detective Tom Lopaka. He was introduced on Strip, then spun off into his own series that ran from 1959 to 1963, both in the U.S. and overseas. During the series' run, Conrad appeared on an episode of the Warner Brothers series The Gallant Men. When Hawaiian Eye was over, Conrad starred in Palm Springs Weekend (1963), Warners' attempt to repeat the success of Where the Boys Are (1960) with its young contract players.

In Mexico, Conrad signed a recording contract with the Orfeon label, where he released two albums, with a few singles sung in Spanish. In 1964, he guest-starred on an episode of Temple Houston and then performed in the comedic film La Nueva Cenicienta (also known as The New Cinderella. The next year, he was in the episode "Four into Zero" of Kraft Suspense Theatre and played Pretty Boy Floyd in Young Dillinger alongside his old friend Nick Adams.

The Wild Wild West

In 1965, Conrad began his starring role as government agent James West on the popular weekly series The Wild Wild West, which aired on CBS until its cancellation in 1969. He made $5,000 a week. He did most of his own stunts and fight scenes during the series, and while filming the season four episode "The Night of the Fugitives," he was injured and rushed to the hospital after he dived from the top of a saloon staircase, lost his grip on a chandelier, fell 12 feet, and landed on his head.

In addition to starring in The Wild Wild West, Conrad found time to work on other projects. He went to Mexico in 1967 to appear in Ven a cantar conmigo (Come, sing with me), a musical. He also formed his own company, Robert Conrad Productions, and under its auspices he wrote, starred in, and directed the 1967 Western film The Bandits.

Paul Ryan and Jake Webster

Conrad appeared in episodes of Mannix and Mission: Impossible. In 1969, he signed a three-picture deal with Bob Hope's Doan Productions. The first two films were slated to be Keene then No Beer in Heaven but only the first movie was ever produced.

In 1969, he debuted as prosecutor Paul Ryan in the TV movie D.A.: Murder One (1969). He reprised the movie in D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971) and the short-lived 1971 series The D.A.. He was also in such made-for-television movies as Weekend of Terror (1970) and Five Desperate Women (1971). He tried another TV series as American spy Jake Webster in Assignment Vienna (1972), which only lasted eight episodes. He was a murderous fitness franchise promoter in an episode of Columbo ("An Exercise in Fatality"). Conrad starred in the feature films Murph the Surf (1975) and Sudden Death (1977). He reprised his role as Paul Ryan in the TV movie Confessions of the D.A. Man.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Conrad found ratings success again from 1976 to 1978 as legendary tough-guy World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep, retitled for its second season and in later syndication as Black Sheep Squadron. He directed three episodes.

The show's success led Conrad to win a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. He followed it with a lead part in the television miniseries Centennial (1978).

The Duke and A Man Called Sloane

In 1978, Conrad starred in the short-lived TV series The Duke as Duke Ramsey, a boxer turned private eye. Conrad directed some episodes. In the late 1970s, he served as the captain of the NBC team for six editions of Battle of the Network Stars. Around this time reprised the role of West in a pair of made-for-TV films which reunited him with his West co-star, Ross Martin, The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and More Wild Wild West (1980).

Conrad was identified in the late 1970s with his television commercials for Eveready batteries, particularly his placing of the battery on his shoulder and prompting the viewer to challenge its long-lasting power: "Come on, I dare ya". The commercial was parodied frequently on American television comedies such as Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and The Carol Burnett Show.Template:Citation needed

Conrad made the occasional feature such as The Lady in Red (1979) for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, where he played John Dillinger from a script by John Sayles. Conrad later played a modern-day variation of James West in the short-lived series A Man Called Sloane in 1979. Conrad directed some episodes.

1980s: Producer

Conrad spent most of the 1980s starring in TV movies. He played a paraplegic coach in Coach of the Year (1980), and the title role in Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982). Both were for his own company, A Shane Productions. Conrad played a Police Chief in the comedy in the theatrically released film Moving Violations (1985), and in the following TV movies; The Fifth Missile (1986), Assassin (1986) and Charley Hannah's War (1986).

in 1986 Conrad served as special guest referee for the main event of WrestleMania II that featured Hulk Hogan v King Kong Bundy inside a steel cage for the WWF Title

Conrad starred in the television series High Mountain Rangers (1987) and also directed the pilot and wrote several episodes of the show. The series co-starred Conrad's two sons and was produced by his daughter. He appeared in the made-for-television movies Police Story: Gladiator School (1988), and Glory Days (1988), directing the latter. He then tried Jesse Hawkes (1989), another short-lived series and a spin off of High Mountain Rangers. He once again directed the pilot.

1990s

Conrad appeared in the popular music video for Richard Marx's Hazard, which was a #1 hit in 13 countries including the United States. He had a supporting role in Jingle All the Way (1996) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Conrad's later credits include an episode of Nash Bridges and the film Dead Above Ground (2002).

Conrad appeared in the movie Samurai Cowboy in 1994. The following year, he created the TV movie Search and Rescue, in which he starred, which in turn led to a short-lived TV series, also created by Conrad.

2000s–2010s

In 2005, he ran for President of the Screen Actors Guild. In 2006, Conrad recorded audio introductions for every episode of the first season of The Wild Wild West for its North American DVD release on June 6. The DVD set also included one of Conrad's Eveready battery commercials; in his introduction, Conrad stated he was flattered to be parodied by Carson. He was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame for his work on The Wild, Wild West series.

Beginning in 2008, he hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio. He appeared in the documentary film Pappy Boyington Field (released in July 2010 on DVD) where he recounted his personal insights about the legendary Marine Corps aviator he portrayed in the television series. His last appearance on the radio show was July 18, 2019.

Personal life

Conrad and his first wife Joan were married for 25 years until an amicable divorce. The couple had five children.

His second marriage to LaVelda Ione Fann produced three children. They met when he emceed the Miss National Teenager Pageant, which she won.

Conrad was joined on some television shows by his sons, Shane and Christian, and his daughter, Nancy. Another daughter, Joan, became a television producer.

In a 2008 interview, Conrad described Chicago Outfit made man and burglar Michael Spilotro as his "best friend". Spilotro's slaying was featured in the movie Casino.

In 1984, Conrad was awarded a star on the Walk of Western Stars in Newhall, California.

Volunteer involvement

Conrad was involved with a volunteer organization in Bear Valley, California known as Bear Valley Search and Rescue, which later formed the basis for High Mountain Rangers.

Car accident

On March 31, 2003, while on Highway 4 in California's Sierra Nevada foothills near his Alpine County home, Conrad drove his Jaguar over the center median and slammed head-on into a Subaru driven by 26-year-old Kevin Burnett. Both men suffered serious injuries. Tried on felony charges, Conrad pleaded no contest, and he was convicted of drunk driving.

He was sentenced to six months of house confinement, alcohol counseling, and five years' probation. A civil suit filed by Kevin Burnett against Conrad was settled the following year for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, Burnett died at age 28 from perforated ulcers, which his family attributed to his difficult recovery from the crash. Conrad himself suffered severe nerve injuries from the crash, which left his right side partially paralyzed.

Death

Conrad died of heart failure in Malibu, California, on February 8, 2020, at age 84.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Juvenile Jungle	Minor Role	Uncredited
1958	Thundering Jets	Lt. Robert 'Tiger Bob' Kiley
1959	Paratroop Command	Art	Uncredited
1962	Red Nightmare	Pete	Short film shot in 1957
1963	Palm Springs Weekend	Eric Dean
1964	La nueva Cenicienta	Bob Conrad
1965	Young Dillinger	'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1967	Ven a cantar conmigo	Bob
1967	The Bandits	Chris Barrett	Also director and writer
1969	Keene		Credited as Bob Conrad
1975	Murph the Surf	Allan Kuhn
1977	Sudden Death	Duke Smith
1979	The Lady in Red	John Dillinger
1982	Wrong Is Right	Gen. Wombat
1985	Moving Violations	Chief Rowe	Uncredited
1994	Samurai Cowboy	Gabe McBride
1996	Jingle All the Way	Officer Hummell
1999	New Jersey Turnpikes
1999	Garbage Day	Garbage Thrower	Short
2002	Dead Above Ground	Reed Wilson	Final film role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Bat Masterson	Juanito	Episode: "One Bullet from Broken Bow"
1959	Maverick	Davie Barrows	Episode: "Yellow River"
1959	Sea Hunt	Hal Peters / The Boat Captain	2 episodes
1959	Highway Patrol	Tommy Chugg	Episode: "Revenge"
1959	Lawman	Davey Catterton	Episode: "Battle Scar"
1959	Colt .45	Billy the Kid	Episode: "Amnesty"
1959	The Man and the Challenge	Bill Howard	Episode: "Maximum Capacity"
1959	Lock-Up	Harry Connors	Episode: "The Harry Connors Story"
1959–1962	77 Sunset Strip	Tom Lopaka	4 episodes
1959–1963	Hawaiian Eye	Tom Lopaka	104 episodes
1962	The Gallant Men	Sgt. Griff Benedict	Episode: "And Cain Cried Out"
1964	Temple Houston	Martin Purcell	Episode: "The Town That Trespassed"
1965	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Gary Kemp	Episode: "Four into Zero"
1965–1969	The Wild Wild West	Jim West	104 episodes
1968–1972	Mission: Impossible	Bobby / Press Allen / Eddie Lorca	4 episodes
1969	Mannix	Mitch Cantrell	Episode: "The Playground"
1969	The D.A.: Murder One	Paul Ryan	Television film
1970	Weekend of Terror	Eddie	Television film
1971	The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill	Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan	Television film
1971	Five Desperate Women	Michael Wylie	Television film
1971	Adam-12	Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan	Episode: "The Radical"
1971–1972	The D.A.	Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan	15 episodes
1972	Adventures of Nick Carter	Nick Carter	Television film
1972–1973	Assignment Vienna	Jake Webster	8 episodes
1974	Columbo	Milo Janus	Episode: "An Exercise in Fatality"
1975	The Last Day	Bob Dalton	Television film
1976	Smash-Up on Interstate 5	Sergeant Sam Marcum	Television film
1976–1978	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Maj. Greg 'Pappy' Boyington	36 episodes
1977	Laugh-In	Guest Performer	Episode: #1.4
1978	Confessions of the D.A. Man	Paul Ryan	Television film
1978–1979	Centennial	Pasquinel	Television miniseries
1979	The Duke	Oscar 'Duke' Ramsey	Television miniseries
1979	The Wild Wild West Revisited	Jim West	Television film
1979	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	Frank Scapa	Television film
1979	A Man Called Sloane	Thomas R. Sloane	12 episodes
1980	More Wild Wild West	Jim West	Television film
1980	Coach of the Year	Jim Brandon	Television film
1982	Will: G. Gordon Liddy	G. Gordon Liddy	Television film
1983	Confessions of a Married Man		Television film
1984	Hard Knox	Col. Joe Knox	Television film
1985	Two Fathers' Justice	Bill Stackhouse	Television film
1986	The Fifth Missile	Cmdr. Mark Van Meer	Television film
1986	Assassin	Henry Stanton	Television film
1986	Charley Hannah	Capt. Charley Hannah	Television film
1986	One Police Plaza	Lt. Daniel B. Malone	Television film
1987	J.J. Starbuck	Corbett Cook	Episode: "A Killing in the Market"
1987–1988	High Mountain Rangers	Jesse Hawkes	13 episodes
1988	Police Story: Gladiator School	Officer Charles 'Chick' Stacy	Television film
1988	Glory Days	Mike Moran	Television film
1989	Jesse Hawkes	Jesse Hawkes	6 episodes
1990	Anything to Survive	Eddie Barton	Television film
1992	Mario and the Mob	Mario Dante	Television film
1993	Sworn to Vengeance	Sergeant Stewart	Television film
1994	Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent	Stackhouse	Television film
1994	Search and Rescue	Tooter	Television film
1995	High Sierra Search and Rescue	Griffin 'Tooter' Campbell	6 episodes
1999	Just Shoot Me!	Himself	Episode: "Jack Gets Tough"
2000	Nash Bridges	Caltrans Guy	Episode: "Heist"

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