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Born | Conrad Robert Falk March 1, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | February 8, 2020 Malibu, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
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Years active | 1953–2019 |
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Children | 8 |
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He also portrayed private investigator Tom Lopaka in Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963) and World War II ace Pappy Boyington in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978) (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron).
In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008.[1]