US actor Robert Conrad passed away at the age of 84. The former television star has appeared in numerous well-known series and films.
- The American actor Robert Conrad passed away.
- The 84-year-old died of heart failure in his home.
- Conrad became known in the 1960s through the series "Crazy Wild West".
The US actor Robert Conrad died on Saturday at the age of 84. According to media reports, the former television star died of heart failure at his home in Malibu on the California coast. Conrad became famous in the 1960s in the "Crazy Wild West" series.
Robert Conrad is dead: from milkman to Hollywood star
The actor, who was born Konrad Robert Falkowski in Chicago, spent the first few years of his professional life as a milkman and singer in a nightclub before moving to Los Angeles. Conrad's Hollywood dream came true when he first appeared in front of the camera in 1958 in the film “Thundering Jets”.
RIP my old friend. You were one of a kind. ❤️ #RobertConrad pic.twitter.com/JIXSg4nfvo
- Richard Marx (@richardmarx) February 8, 2020He got his first major role in the Hawaiian Eye crime series a year later when he played private detective Tom Lopaka. But the role that Conrad earned fame outside the United States at the time was that of secret agent James T. West in the successful series "Crazy Wild West". The series combined science fiction with elements of agent and western films.
Robert Conrad is dead: film star shot together with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Conrad was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in the series "Pacific Squadron 214" (original title: "Baa Baa Black Sheep"). The television star filmed the well-known action comedy "Promise is promised" together with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1996 (original title: "Jingle all the way"). Conrad participated in at least 80 films.
Robert Conrad died at the age of 84.
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Robert Conrad is dead: actor leaves eight children from two marriages
Conrad had eight children, five of them with his first wife, to whom he had been married for 25 years. The other three children come from Conrad's second marriage to actress LaVelda Fann, from whom he also separated. Robert Conrad also leaves 18 grandchildren.
The US actor, who starred for the last time in the film "Dead above Ground" in 2002, was honored with a star on the "Walk of Western Stars" in Newhall, California in 1984.
Robert Conrad, Star of Television Series The Wild Wild West, Dies at 84 https://t.co/9EinYOfLKK
- People (@people) February 8, 2020A well-known crime actor from the series "Rosenheim Cops" also recently died in Bavaria, and a "crime scene" actor also recently succumbed to an illness.