WILLIAM CONRAD COLLECTIONOLD TIME RADIO - 8 CD-ROM - 398 mp3 - Total Playtime: 200:22:15William Conrad (born John William Cann Jr.; 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 Marshall 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 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 a district attorney in the legal drama Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992).William Conrad estimated that he played more than 7,500 roles during his radio career. At KMPC, the 22-year-old Conrad produced and acted in The Hermit's Cave (circa 1940–44), the Los Angeles incarnation of a popular syndicated horror anthology series created at WJR Detroit.He was among the supporting cast for the espionage drama The Man Called X (1944–48); the syndicated dramatic anthology Favorite Story (1946–49); the adventure dramas The Count of Monte Cristo (Mutual 1947–48), The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen (Mutual 1947–48), The Green Lama (CBS 1949) and Nightbeat (NBC 1950–52); Romance (1950) and Hollywood Star Playhouse (1950–53); Errol Flynn's The Modern Adventures of Casanova (Mutual 1952); and Cathy and Elliott Lewis's On Stage (CBS 1953–54).Conrad was the voice of Escape (1947–1954), regarded as radio's greatest high-adventure series.He played Warchek, a menacing policeman, in Johnny Modero: Pier 23 (Mutual 1947), a detective series starring Jack Webb, and was in the cast of Webb's crime drama Pete Kelly's Blues (NBC 1951). He played newspaper editor Walter Burns opposite Dick Powell's reporter Hildy Johnson in the ABC radio drama The Front Page (1948). He was Dave the Dude in the syndicated drama anthology series, The Damon Runyon Theater (1948); Lt. Dundy in the NBC radio series,The Adventures of Sam Spade (1949–1950); boss to government special agent Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Silent Men (NBC 1951); and a New Orleans bartender in the NBC adventure drama, Jason and the Golden Fleece (1952–53).Most prominently, Conrad's deep, resonant voice was heard in the role of Marshal Matt Dillon on CBS Radio's gritty Western series, Gunsmoke (April 26, 1952–June 18, 1961). The producers originally rejected him for the part due to his ubiquitous presence on so many radio dramas and the familiarity of his voice. But his impressive audition could not be dismissed, and he became the obvious choice for the role. Conrad voiced Dillon for the show's nine-year run. In addition, he wrote the June 1953 episode "Sundown." When Gunsmoke was adapted for television in 1955, executives at CBS did not cast Conrad or his radio costars, despite a campaign to get them to change their minds.His other credits include Suspense, Lux Radio Theater and Fibber McGee and Molly. In “The Wax Works”, a 1956 episode of Suspense, Conrad performed every part. Because of his CBS Radio contract, he sometimes appeared on shows on other networks under the pseudonym "Julius Krelboyne".In January 1956 Conrad was announcer on the debut broadcast of The CBS Radio Workshop, a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World which Huxley himself narrated. "On the air, The CBS Radio Workshop was a lightning rod for ideas," wrote radio historian John Dunning, who cites Conrad's "tour de force" performances in the subsequent broadcasts '"The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes" (March 23, 1956) and "A Matter of Logic" (June 1, 1956). Conrad directed and narrated the 1957 episode "Epitaphs", an adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters's poetry volume Spoon River Anthology."And '1489 Words' (Feb. 10, 1957) remains a favorite of many, a powerful Conrad performance proving that one picture is not necessarily worth a thousand words," Dunning concluded. "A lovely way to end a day, a decade, or an era."EPISODES LISTDISC 1Adventures of Philip Marlowe 47-06-17 001 Red WindAdventures of Philip Marlowe 50-04-11 079 The Anniversary GiftBox 13 - 490612 The Dead Man WalksBroadway is my Beat 50-08-07 (046) The Jack Jorno Murder CaseBroadway is my Beat 51-12-15 (091) The Lucille Baker Murder CaseBroadway is my Beat 52-01-19 (096) The Lynn Halstead Murder CaseCavalcade of America 46-08-26 Passport To FreedomCBS Radio Workshop 560127 - 01 Brave New World Part 1CBS Radio Workshop 560203 - 02 Brave New World Part 2CBS Radio Workshop 560413 - 12 Jacob's HandsCBS Radio Workshop 560511 - 16 The Enormous RadioCBS Radio Workshop 560601 - 19 A Matter of LogicCBS Radio Workshop 560622 - 22 Another Point of View - Hamlet RevisitedCBS Radio Workshop 561026 - 39 When the Mountain FellCBS Radio Workshop 570120 - 51 Fire at MalibuCBS Radio Workshop 570303 - 57 Ballad of the Iron HorseCBS Radio Workshop 570407 - 62 No Plays of JapanCBS Radio Workshop 570602 - 70 Epitaphs (Spoon River Anthology)Command Performance 48-12-25 Christmas 1948 - Hy Averback AnnouncerCount of Monte Cristo - Yankee ClipperDamon Runyon Theater 49-01-16-Romance in the Roaring FortiesDangerous Assignment 49-07-09 (001) Relief SuppliesDangerous Assignment 50-08-09 (027) Death DrumsDangerous Assignment 51-01-13 (044) Missing ScientistDangerous Assignment 51-03-03 (051) London - The Secret CodeDr Kildare 50-05-31 18 DickBrennanSteals 5000 Or 50000Dr Kildare 50-06-01 19 Colonel Boregards ParalysisDragnet 50-01-12 ep033 The Big Man Part 1 epNarcoticsDragnet 50-01-19 ep034 The Big Man Part 2 epNarcoticsFibber McGee And Molly 53-11-03 (0762) Phantom Burglar NabbedFibber McGee And Molly 53-11-23 (0776) Phoney Ring InvestmentFirst Nighter 48-01-08 (0686) Help Wanted, FemaleGreen Lama 49-07-03 The Last DinosaurGunsmoke 52-12-27 (036) The CabinGunsmoke 53-02-21 (044) MeshougahGunsmoke 55-04-02 (155) Bloody Hands (Alafraganza)Gunsmoke 55-04-30 (159) Reward for MattHallmark Playhouse 48-08-19 (011) Drums Along the MohawkHallmark Playhouse 49-11-24 (064) The Courtship of Miles StandishHallmark Playhouse 51-04-26 (125) Two Years Before the MastHollywood Star Playhouse 52-04-13 (099) The Six ShooterJeff Regan, Investigator 48-08-07 (05) The Man Who Liked the MountainsJeff Regan, Investigator 48-08-28 (08) The Man in the DoorJohnny Madero, Pier 23 47-06-26 (10) Fatal productMan Called X 51-02-17 (19) North of Thirty EightMan Called X 52-01-22 (68) CasablancaMeet Miss Sherlock 46 09 12 - Wilmer & The Widow with Sondra Gair and William ConradOur Miss Brooks 49-03-13 (032) Cafeteria BoycottPat Novak for Hire 49-02-27 (03) Don't Tell Hilda (aka-Marcia Halpern)Shorty Bell 48-06-20 (13) Movie ScriptDISC 2Escape 470707 001 The Man Who Would Be KingEscape 471029 012 Pollack and the Porroh ManEscape 471112 014 The Young Man with the Cream TartsEscape 471126 016 The Country of the BlindEscape 471210 018 An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeEscape 471217 019 Wild OrangesEscape 471231 021 ConfessionEscape 480114 023 Leiningen vs the Ants national broadcastEscape 480117 023 Leiningen vs the Ants national broadcast different productionEscape 480208 027 Snake Doctor national broadcastEscape 480214 027 Snake Doctor national broadcast different productionEscape 480215 028 Ancient Sorceries national broadcastEscape 480221 028 Ancient Sorceries national broadcast different productionEscape 480306 030 The Grove Of Ashtaroth national broadcast different productionEscape 480321 033 Misfortunes Isle national broadcastEscape 480822 050 SS San PedroEscape 480912 053 Evening Primrose William ConradEscape 490219 056 Orient ExpressEscape 490312 059 He Who Rides the TigerEscape 490416 067 The General Died at DawnEscape 490818 075 Snake Doctor Ira GrosselEscape 491015 080 The Sure Thing William ConradEscape 491022 081 Night in HavanaEscape 491115 085 Three Skeleton Key William ConradEscape 491122 086 MaracasEscape 491213 089 Border TownEscape 491227 091 Seeds of GreedEscape 500221 099 The Red MarkEscape 500310 101 Port RoyalEscape 500331 104 Green SplotchesEscape 500407 105 The Ambassador of PokerEscape 500421 107 The Shanghai DocumentEscape 500428 108 Something for NothingEscape 500714 119 Shark BaitEscape 500721 120 Yellow WakeEscape 500728 121 PoisonEscape 500811 123 The Red Forest Ben WrightEscape 500818 124 The FootprintEscape 500825 125 Crossing ParisEscape 501203 135 This Side of NowhereEscape 510107 140 ConquestEscape 510218 143 The FollowerEscape 510711 144 The Island Harry BartellEscape 510801 147 The GladiatorEscape 521012 152 GringoEscape 521102 155 The Running ManEscape 521109 156 The ReturnEscape 521116 157 The LoupGarouEscape 521207 160 Incident in QuitoEscape 521214 161 Four Went HomeEscape 530125 167 Diary of a MadmanDISC 3Escape 530201 168 A Study in WaxEscape 530322 175 PressureEscape 530412 178 Classified SecretEscape 530517 183 North of PolarisEscape 530614 187 Clear for ActionEscape 530712 191 The Out StationEscape 530719 192 The Open BoatEscape 530726 193 The NotebookEscape 530802 194 The Red Forest Tom TullyEscape 530906 199 Train from OebisfeldeEscape 530913 200 The Abominable SnowmanEscape 531004 203 Zero HourEscape 531011 204 ElementalsEscape 540318 206 Violent NightEscape 540506 211 The AdversaryEscape 540814 222 The CowardLux Radio Theater 47-11-17 (590) Nobody Lives ForeverLux Radio Theater 48-11-22 (633) The Big ClockLux Radio Theater 49-04-25 (655) When My Baby Smiles for MeLux Radio Theater 50-01-09 (684) Sorry Wrong NumberLux Radio Theater 51-01-22 (730) Broken ArrowLux Radio Theater 51-01-29 (731) Treasure IslandLux Radio Theater 51-09-17 (756) Sunset BoulevardLux Radio Theater 52-11-03 (801) Viva Zapat