Michael Conrad

Michael Conrad
Born	October 16, 1925(1925-10-16) New York City, New York U.S.
Died	November 22, 1983(1983-11-22) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937–1982

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

Career

Conrad had a long acting career in television from the 1950s to the 1980s. Conrad 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 an assistant coach for the Mean Machine, the team of prisoners put together by Burt Reynolds' character Paul Crewe to play the team of guards.

He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of veteran cop 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". Conrad 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 terminated the role of Phil Esterhaus to coincide with his death, and the episode in which the death of Sergeant Esterhaus was broadcast ("Grace Under Pressure") resulted in one of the most emotionally dramatic television moments, in no doubt largely attributable to Conrad's death.

Filmography

• Alias Smith and Jones
• All in the Family
• Barney Miller
• Bonanza
• Charlie's Angels
• CHiPs
• Daniel Boone
• Dick Van Dyke Show
• Emergency!
• Felony Squad
• Flipper
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Gunsmoke
• Harbormaster
• Hawaii Five-O
• Hill Street Blues
• 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
• My Favorite Martian
• Perry Mason
• Planet of the Apes
• Rawhide
• S.W.A.T.
• Soap
• Starsky and Hutch
• That Girl
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• The F.B.I.
• The Fugitive
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Rockford Files
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• The Twilight Zone
• The Waltons
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• Un Flic (1972)
• Vega$
• Wagon Train

External links

• Michael Conrad at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Conrad, Michael
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Date of birth	October 16, 1925
Place of birth	New York City, New York U.S.
Date of death	November 22, 1983
Place of death	Los Angeles, California U.S.