Michael Conrad
Acting • Born 1925-10-16 – Died 1983-11-22
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
106 credits
The Longest Yard
Movie • 1974
Nate Scarboro
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie • 1969
Rollo
Scream Blacula Scream
Movie • 1973
Sheriff Harley Dunlop
The War Lord
Movie • 1965
Rainault
A Cop
Movie • 1972
Louis Costa
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Dally Johnson
Thumb Tripping
Movie • 1972
Diesel
Gone with the West
Movie • 1975
Smithy
Satan's Triangle
Movie • 1975
Lt. Cmdr. Pagnolini
The Rangers
Movie • 1974
Frank
Sol Madrid
Movie • 1968
Scarpi
The Todd Killings
Movie • 1971
Detective Shaw
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie • 1975
Graham
Starsky & Hutch
Movie • 1975
Cannell
The Meanest Men in the West
Movie • 1978
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Movie • 1975
Robert John Holtzman
Castle Keep
Movie • 1969
Sgt. DeVaca
W
Movie • 1974
Lt. Whitfield
Fire on the Mountain
Movie • 1981
Col. Desalius
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Janor
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Movie • 1962
Ma Greeny's Thug
Three Guns for Texas
Movie • 1968
Ranger Willy G. Tinney
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie • 1968
Pinetop Purvis
Bordello
Movie • 1981
Spencer
Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1979
Silas Rumford
The Desperate Hours
Movie • 1967
Sam Robish
Long Way Home
Movie • 1975
Ham
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Movie • 1976
Billy Gallagher
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Engineer
The Third Girl from the Left
Movie • 1973
Hugh
A Cry For Justice
Movie • 1979
Johnny Badchuik
Baby Blue Marine
Movie • 1976
Drill Instructor
Timothy and the Angel
Movie • 1976
Planet of the Apes
TV • 1974
Janor
Garrison's Gorillas
TV • 1967
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Karl Maddox
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Paul Hogan
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Kira Johnson
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Uncle Casimir
That Girl
TV • 1966
Route 66
TV • 1960
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Naked City
TV • 1958
Hartog
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Ed Slocum
Mannix
TV • 1967
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Phil Esterhaus
Flipper
TV • 1964
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Creech
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Dick
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Felton Grimes
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Deputy Sheriff Harper
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Soap
TV • 1977
'Boomer' David
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Ironside
TV • 1967
Laredo
TV • 1965
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
The Immortal
TV • 1970
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Livingston
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Jerry Munson
Vega$
TV • 1978
The Outcasts
TV • 1968
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Sharben
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Hogan
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
Search
TV • 1972
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Charles Bowdre
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Delvecchio
TV • 1976
Macavan
Paris
TV • 1979
Working Stiffs
TV • 1979
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Hank Kelly
Tallahassee 7000
TV • 1961
Naked City
TV • 1958
Pierce
Naked City
TV • 1958
Firing Range Officer (uncredited)
Route 66
TV • 1960
Al Jenkins
The Virginian
TV • 1962
John White
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Roger Tetlow
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Cash McLean
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Paul Douglas
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Jimbo
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Arthur
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Boris Retsky
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
George Macklan
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sam Marish
Ironside
TV • 1967
Tracy
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Mr. Chambers
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Marshal Russell
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Marshall Russell
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Rossi
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Mr. Mack
My Favorite Martian
TV • 1963
A.C.
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Col. Charles Dundee
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Silas Rumford
Bronk
TV • 1975
Captain M. Neilson
It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Anton
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Luke Moss