Michael Conrad

Acting

1925-10-16 · New York City, New York, USA

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

Fire on the Mountain

1981 · Movie

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981 · Movie

Bordello

1981 · Movie

Hill Street Blues

1981 · Series

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980 · Movie

Paris

1979 · Series

Working Stiffs

1979 · Series

A Cry for Justice

1979 · Movie

Donovan's Kid

1979 · Movie

Vega$

1978 · Series

The Meanest Men in the West

1978 · Movie

The Incredible Hulk

1977 · Series

CHiPs

1977 · Series

Soap

1977 · Series

How the West Was Won

1977 · Series

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Series

Delvecchio

1976 · Series

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976 · Movie

Baby Blue Marine

1976 · Movie

Timothy and the Angel

1976 · Movie

Starsky & Hutch

1975 · Series

Long Way Home

1975 · Movie

Gone with the West

1975 · Movie

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

1975 · Movie

Starsky & Hutch

1975 · Movie

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975 · Movie

Bronk

1975 · Series

S.W.A.T.

1975 · Series

Barney Miller

1975 · Series

Satan's Triangle

1975 · Movie

The Rangers

1974 · Movie

The Rockford Files

1974 · Series

Planet of the Apes

1974 · Series

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Series

The Longest Yard

1974 · Movie

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 · Series

The Third Girl from the Left

1973 · Movie

Scream Blacula Scream

1973 · Movie

Police Story

1973 · Series

Un Flic

1972 · Movie

Thumb Tripping

1972 · Movie

The Bob Newhart Show

1972 · Series

The Waltons

1972 · Series

Temperatures Rising

1972 · Series

Emergency!

1972 · Series

The Todd Killings

1971 · Movie

All in the Family

1971 · Series

Alias Smith and Jones

1971 · Series

Monte Walsh

1970 · Movie

The Immortal

1970 · Series

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · Movie

Love, American Style

1969 · Series

Castle Keep

1969 · Movie

Three Guns for Texas

1968 · Movie

The Outcasts

1968 · Series

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Series

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968 · Movie

Sol Madrid

1968 · Movie

It Takes a Thief

1968 · Series

The Desperate Hours

1967 · Movie

Mannix

1967 · Series

Garrison's Gorillas

1967 · Series

Ironside

1967 · Series

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Series

Felony Squad

1966 · Series

That Girl

1966 · Series

The War Lord

1965 · Movie

The F.B.I.

1965 · Series

Laredo

1965 · Series

Lost in Space

1965 · Series

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964 · Series

Daniel Boone

1964 · Series

Flipper

1964 · Series

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Series

My Favorite Martian

1963 · Series

The Fugitive

1963 · Series

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962 · Movie

The Virginian

1962 · Series

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961 · Series

Ben Casey

1961 · Series

Tallahassee 7000

1961 · Series

Route 66

1960 · Series

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Series

Bonanza

1959 · Series

Rawhide

1959 · Series

Naked City

1958 · Series

Perry Mason

1957 · Series

Wagon Train

1957 · Series

Gunsmoke

1955 · Series

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Series

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Series

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 · Series