Michael Conrad (October 16, 1925 - November 22, 1983) was an American actor, primarily on television.

Career

Conrad had a long acting career in television from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1962 he appeared in the television series Car 54, Where Are You? in an uncredited part as a construction worker. 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 Michael 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.

Death

Conrad died from urethral cancer in November 1983 during the fourth season of Hill Street Blues. The show's writers wrote his death into the show.

Spouses

• Emilie Demille (30 October 1963 - February 1967; divorced)
• Sima Goldberg (27 January 1974 - 22 November 1983; his death)

Television and filmography

• Alias Smith and Jones
• All in the Family
• Baby Blue Marine (1976)
• Barney Miller
• Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
• Bonanza
• Brenner
• Car 54, Where Are You?
• Castle Keep (1969)
• Charlie's Angels
• CHiPs
• Daniel Boone
• Dick Van Dyke Show
• Emergency!
• Felony Squad
• Flipper
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Gone with the West (1975)
• Gunsmoke
• Harbormaster
• Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
• Hawaii Five-O (1975? - Diary of a Gun?)
• Hill Street Blues (1981-1984, per HSB website)
• How the West Was Won
• I Spy
• Ironside
• It Takes a Thief
• Laredo
• Little House on the Prairie
• Lost in Space
• Love, American Style
• Lucas Tanner
• Mannix
• Mission: Impossible
• Monte Walsh (1970)
• My Favorite Martian
• Perry Mason
• Planet of the Apes
• Rawhide
• Route 66 (TV series) - The Man on the Monkey Board
• S.W.A.T.
• Satan's Triangle (1975)
• Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
• Soap
• Sol Madrid (1968)
• Starsky and Hutch
• That Girl
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• The F.B.I.
• The Fugitive
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Longest Yard (1974)
• The Rockford Files
• The Silent Force (episode "Cry in Concrete") (1970)
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• The Todd Killings (1971)
• The Twilight Zone (episode "Black Leather Jackets")
• The Virginian (Season 7, Episode 26, The Stranger)
• The Waltons
• The War Lord (1965)
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
• Thumb Tripping (1972)
• Un Flic (1972)
• Vega$
• W (1974)
• Wagon Train

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