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:''For the New York politician, see William N. Conrad.'' William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film and television. A radio writer and actor, he moved to Hollywood, California, after his World War II service and played a series of character roles in films beginning with the quintessential film noir, ''The Killers'' (1946). He created the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the popular radio series ''Gunsmoke'' (1952–1961), and narrated the television adventures of ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'' (1959–1964) and ''The Fugitive'' (1963–1967). Finding fewer on-screen roles in the 1950s, he changed from actor to producer-director with television work, narration, and a series of Warner Bros. films in the 1960s. Conrad found stardom as a detective in the TV series ''Cannon'' (1971–1976) and ''Nero Wolfe'' (1981), and as district attorney Jason Lochinvar "J.L." "Fatman" McCabe in the legal drama ''Jake and the Fatman'' (1987–1992). ==Early life== William Conrad (also known as John William Conrad) was born John William Cann Jr. on September 27, 1920, in Louisville, Kentucky.〔Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census (online ). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma; Roll: 1907; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0027; Image: 1132.0; FHL microfilm: 2341641. Retrieved 2015-07-21.〕 His parents, John William Cann and Ida Mae Upchurch Cann, owned a movie theatre,〔Ancestry.com. State of California. California Death Index, 1940–1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics〕〔 and Conrad grew up watching movies. The family moved to southern California when Conrad was in high school. He majored in drama and literature at Fullerton College, in Orange County, California, and began his career as an announcer, writer, and director for Los Angeles radio station KMPC.〔Kahana, Yoram, "The Wolfe Man in His Lair." ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', January 29, 1982, pp. 95–96. (Retrieved ) from the National Library of Australia, May 27, 2013〕 Conrad served as a fighter pilot in World War II. On the day he was commissioned in 1943 at Luke Field, he married June Nelson (1920–1977) of Los Angeles.〔''Cedar Rapids Tribune'', January 13, 1955〕 He left the United States Army Air Corps with the rank of captain and as a producer-director of the Armed Forces Radio Service. 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「William Conrad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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