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Conrad Janis (born February 11, 1928) is an American jazz musician (trombone) and also a theatre, film, and television actor. He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Harriet, a writer, and Sidney Janis, an art dealer and writer, and he has a brother named Carroll.〔Uhl, Jin. "For Conrad Janis, Acting and Jazz Share the Spotlight," ''The Mississippi Rag,'' pp. 1-9, September 2002, Bloomington, MN.〕 At age 19, he starred in the film noir ''The Brasher Doubloon'' (1947) with George Montgomery. In 1946 he portrayed "Johnniekins" in the Technicolor film ''Margie'' with Jeanne Crain. In 1953, he played eldest son Edward in the NBC sitcom (''Bonino'' ) on NBC. He appeared in an episode of ''Get Smart'' playing a KAOS agent, guest starred as a dance marathon emcee on ''The Golden Girls'' and appeared in the sci-fi sitcom ''Quark''. He was featured in ''The Buddy Holly Story'' and in the Goldie Hawn comedy ''The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox''.〔Uhl, Jin. "For Conrad Janis, Acting and Jazz Share the Spotlight," ''The Mississippi Rag,'' p. 8, September 2002, Bloomington, MN.〕 He also made a brief appearance as himself in the jazz bar scene from ''Nothing in Common''. Janis is best known for playing Mindy McConnell's father Frederick on ''Mork & Mindy'', an American TV series that ran for four seasons (1978-1982) and starred Robin Williams and Pam Dawber.〔Mork And Mindy〕 Throughout his life, Janis has striven to keep traditional jazz alive. In 1949, Janis put together a band of aging jazz greats ("all of the guys that I idolized"), consisting of James P. Johnson (piano), Henry Goodwin (trumpet), Edmond Hall (clarinet), Pops Foster (bass), and Baby Dodds (drums), with Janis on trombone.〔Uhl, Jim. "For Conrad Janis, Acting and Jazz Share the Spotlight," ''The Mississippi Rag,'' pp. 1-9, Sept. 2002, Minneapolis, MN.〕 In the late 1970s, Janis' formed the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, which appeared multiple times on the ''Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' and made eight sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall.〔〔"The Scene," ''L.A. Jazz Scene,'' p. 14, Sunland, CA, November 2001.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conrad Janis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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