Michael Conrad
Born: 1925-10-16 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1983-11-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael Conrad (October 16, 1925 – November 22, 1983) was an American actor, primarily on television. Conrad had a long acting career in television from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1963 he played Felton Grimes, the title character and murder victim in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse." He played far left-wingMichael Stivic's, Uncle Casimir on All in the Family, and gave bigoted Archie Bunker as good as he got. He had a memorable role in the 1974 film, The Longest Yard, playing Nate Scarboro, a retired NFL tight end (New York Giants) who was also the head coach for the Mean Machine, the team of prisoners put together by Burt Reynolds' character Paul Crewe to play the team of guards (Reynolds himself would later play the role of Scarboro in the 2005 remake starring Adam Sandler.) During the 1976-1977 season of Delvecchio, Conrad was a regular, as he played the role of Lt. Macavan. Conrad may be best known for his portrayal of veteran cop Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, in which he ended the introductory roll call to each week's show with "Let's be careful out there". He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Hill Street Blues in 1981 and 1982.
Filmography
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Phil Esterhaus
- Bordello as Spencer
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Engineer
- Fire on the Mountain as Col. Desalius
1980
1979
- Donovan's Kid as Silas Rumford
- A Cry For Justice as Johnny Badchuik
- Paris
- Working Stiffs
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- Soap as 'Boomer' David
- How the West Was Won as Marshal Russell
- CHiPs as Karl Maddox
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Ed Slocum
- Delvecchio as Macavan
- Baby Blue Marine as Drill Instructor
- Harry and Walter Go to New York as Billy Gallagher
- Timothy and the Angel
1975
- Barney Miller as Col. Charles Dundee
- Starsky & Hutch
- Bronk as Captain M. Neilson
- S.W.A.T.
- Starsky & Hutch as Cannell
- Delancey Street: The Crisis Within as Robert John Holtzman
- Satan's Triangle as Lt. Cmdr. Pagnolini
- Long Way Home as Ham
- The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant as Graham
- Gone with the West as Smithy
1974
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Rockford Files as George Macklan
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Jimbo
- The Rangers as Frank
- Planet of the Apes
- W as Lt. Whitfield
- The Longest Yard as Nate Scarboro
1973
- Police Story
- Scream Blacula Scream as Sheriff Harley Dunlop
- The Third Girl from the Left as Hugh
1972
- The Waltons
- Emergency!
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Temperatures Rising as Livingston
- Thumb Tripping as Diesel
- Search
- A Cop as Louis Costa
1971
- All in the Family as Uncle Casimir
- Alias Smith and Jones
- The Todd Killings as Detective Shaw
1970
- Monte Walsh as Dally Johnson
- The Immortal
1969
- Love, American Style as Rossi
- Castle Keep as Sgt. DeVaca
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rollo
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Kira Johnson
- It Takes a Thief as Anton
- Blackbeard's Ghost as Pinetop Purvis
- The Outcasts
- Three Guns for Texas as Ranger Willy G. Tinney
- Sol Madrid as Scarpi
1967
- Ironside
- Mannix
- Garrison's Gorillas
- The Desperate Hours as Sam Robish
1965
- Lost in Space as Creech
- The F.B.I. as Paul Hogan
- Laredo
- The War Lord as Rainault
1964
- Daniel Boone as Sharben
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Flipper
1963
- The Fugitive as Hogan
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- My Favorite Martian as A.C.
1962
- The Virginian as John White
- Requiem for a Heavyweight as Ma Greeny's Thug
1961
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mr. Mack
- Ben Casey
- Tallahassee 7000
1960
1959
- Bonanza as Hank Kelly
- The Twilight Zone as Deputy Sheriff Harper
- Rawhide as Jerry Munson
1958
- Naked City as Hartog
1957
- Perry Mason as Felton Grimes
- Wagon Train as Luke Moss
1955
- Gunsmoke as Dick
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Silas Rumford
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Charles Bowdre