Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad (born either Conrad Robert Falk or Konrad Robert Falkowski on March 1 in Chicago, although the year is still subject to question), is an American film and TV actor and director. Image File history File links http://www. ... Image File history File links http://www. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

He is primarily known for the 1965-1970 television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the title character, James West. The Will Smith movie update was based on this series. The Wild Wild West Season 1 VHS The Wild Wild West was an American TV show that ran on CBS from September 17, 1965 to September 7, 1970. ... Will Smith in the 2005 romantic comedy Hitch. ... For the 1960s television series, see The Wild Wild West. ...

Before The Wild Wild West, he played Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye. In the mid-1970s he played World War II fighter ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep. His half-brother, Larry Manetti, also appeared in this series. Hawaiian Eye was an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Fighter Ace is an online multiplayer computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots. ... Then-Major Gregory Pappy Boyington during World War II Colonel Gregory Pappy Boyington (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was an American fighter ace who flew with the American Volunteer Group in China and later was the Commanding Officer of the VMF-214 (The Black Sheep Squadron) during World War... Baa Baa Black Sheep was a television series that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978. ... Larry Manetti as Orville Rick Wright. ...

In the late 1970s, he served as the captain of the NBC team for six editions of Battle of the Network Stars. NBC, formerly called the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Battle of the Network Stars was the name of a number of U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC. The ABC specials were first broadcast in November 1976, with subsequent episodes airing...

Robert Conrad is the only actor to be inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.

He is the father of eight children by two marriages. Conrad lives in Bear Valley, California in the High Sierras with his current wife, LaVelda, and their children. Bear Valley is a census-designated place located in Alpine County, California. ...

He is a fiscally conservative Republican in politics.

Has been out of the public eye since 2003, when he was in a devastating car crash.

Trivia

Speaks Spanish.

External links

• Robert Conrad at The Internet Movie Database
• Robert Conrad at Brian's Drive-In Theater