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