Robert Conrad

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AKA: Conrad Robert Falk
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/01/1935
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

biography

A ruggedly handsome leading man for over three decades on American television, Robert Conrad first gained audiences’ attention as detective Tom Lopaka on the light-hearted crime series “Hawaiian Eye” (ABC, 1959-1963). But his true breakout series came as the 19th-century secret agent James T. West in the tongue-in-cheek Western adventure “The Wild, Wild West” (CBS, 1965-69). The series helped to establish Conrad as an actor who enjoyed doing his own stunts – occasionally to his own physical detriment. In the 1970s, Conrad starred as real-life World War II flying ace Gregory “Pappy” Boyington Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
1999-1999
Himself
1999
Officer Hummell
1996
General Wombat
John Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Sang in Chicago nightclubs while working as a milk truck driver
 
Actor Nick Adams helped Conrad to obtain a contract at Warner Bros.
1958 
Earliest feature film appearances include a role in "Thundering Jets"
1959 
Co-starred in the ABC detective series "Hawaiian Eye"
 
Toured with a nightclub act; appeared in USA, Australia and Mexico
Continued

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