Michael Conrad
American actor (1925-1983) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 58
Michael Conrad was an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of veteran cop Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues - a role for which he won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1981 and 1982.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Hill Street BluesSeries, 1981Phil Esterhaus
BordelloFilm, 1981Spencer1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesFilm, Janor1979
A Cry for JusticeFilm, Johnny Badchuik1978
The Meanest Men in the WestFilm1976
Charlie's AngelsSeries, Ed Slocum1975
Barney MillerSeries, Col. Charles Dundee
Delancey Street: The Crisis WithinFilm, 1975Robert John Holtzman1974
The Longest YardFilm, Nate Scarboro1973
Scream Blacula ScreamFilm, Sheriff Harley Dunlop1972
Emergency!Series, Bob Hurley
Thumb TrippingFilm, 1972Diesel1971
The Todd KillingsFilm, Detective Shaw1970
Monte WalshFilm, Dally Johnson1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Kira Johnson1968
Blackbeard's GhostFilm, Pinetop Purvis1967
IronsideSeries, Tracy
The Desperate HoursFilm, 1967Sam Robish1965
The F.B.I.Series, Paul Hogan
The War LordFilm, 1965Rainault1962
The VirginianSeries, John White
Requiem for a HeavyweightFilm, 1962Ma Greeny's Thug1959
BonanzaSeries, Hank Kelly1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries, Charles Bowdre1925Born16 October 1925People around Michael
Close ties
Sydney Pollack Directed They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Don Mitchell Also in Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Mickey Rooney Also in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Jean-Pierre Melville Directed Un flic (1973)
Franklin J. Schaffner Directed The War Lord (1965)
Robert Aldrich Directed The Longest Yard (1975)
Mark Rydell Directed Harry and Walter Go to New York (1977)- Ted Kotcheff Directed The Desperate Hours (1967)
- Robert Stevenson Directed Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Ralph Nelson Directed Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Brian G. Hutton Directed Sol Madrid (1968)
Richard Quine Directed W (1974)
Irwin Winkler Produced They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)- Albert S. Ruddy Produced The Longest Yard (1975)
- George Murdock Also in Blackbeard's Ghost and The Todd Killings
William A. Fraker Directed Monte Walsh (1970)
Allyn Ann McLerie Also in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)- Bill Walsh Produced Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
- Hall Bartlett Produced Sol Madrid (1968)
- John Calley Produced Castle Keep (1972)
- Martin Ransohoff Produced Castle Keep (1972)
Robert Dorfmann Produced Un flic (1973)- Bernard McEveety Directed Donovan's Kid (1979)
- Walter Seltzer Produced The War Lord (1965)
Known for
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962
The Longest Yard 1974
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968
Un Flic 1972
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 33
106 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
Among his other credits were the short-lived television series Delvecchio (1976-1977); and the films The War Lord (1965), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Todd Killings (1971), and The Longest Yard (1974). "Let's be careful out there." was Michael Conrad's signature salute at the end of every daily roll call, at the beginning of every Hill Street Blues episode.
