William Conrad

Final feature credit, narrator of "Hudson Hawk"

Final TV voice credit, provided the narration for "Of Moose and Men: The Rocky and Bullwinkle Story", a PBS special

Played the recurring role of Art Patterson on "Hotel"

Played the recurring role of District Attorney Brackett on "Matlock"

Starred as Rex Stout's literary detective "Nero Wolfe" on an NBC detective series

Recreated his most celebrated role for "The Return of Frank Cannon", a CBS TV-movie

Hosted and narrated "Tales of the Unexpected", a QM-produced suspense anthology

Final producing credit, executive produced "Countdown", the first studio-backed fiction film directed by Robert Altman

Feature executive producing debut, "An American Dream", based on a Norman Mailer novel

Final directing credit, "Two on a Guillotine", a Gothic melodrama (also produced)

Feature directing debut, "The Man From Galveston", a Western

Feature producing debut, "The Ride Back", a Western

TV debut, narrated the CBS-TV version of the anthology radio series, "Escape"

Feature acting debut, "The Killers"

Directed 35 episodes of "General Electric True Theater/General Electric True/True", a dramatic anthology series that emphasized true suspense stories

Introduced the sci-fi series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"

Narrated "The Invaders", a QM-produced sci-fi series

Narrated the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of "The Bullwinkle Show"

Narrated the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" segments of ABC's cartoon classic, "Rocky and His Friends"

Narrated the hugely successful drama series, "The Fugitive"; first work in a Quinn Martin (QM) Production

Produced some seasons of "77 Sunset Strip", a popular detective series on ABC from the late 50s through the mid-60s

Provided the voice of the Lone Ranger on "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour", an action-packed Saturday morning cartoon

Reprised TV role on "Jake and the Fatman"

Returned to radio and became a mainstay of network radio drama

Served as a producer-director for the Armed Forces Radio Service

Served in WWII with the US Air Force as a fighter pilot; eventually attained the rank of captain

Spent 15 years under contract as a producer-director for Warner Bros.

Starred as J L 'Fatman' McCabe, a tough district attorney who teamed with a smooth private investigator on the CBS series "Jake and the Fatman"

Starred as Marshall Matt Dillon for the 11-year run of the CBS radio series, "Gunsmoke" (dates approximate)

TV producing and directing debut, "Klondike", a period adventure series set in Alaska

TV series debut as a star, "Cannon", a QM production about a suave private investigator

Worked as a writer-announcer-director at L.A. radio station KMPC