FAREWELL ROBERT CONRAD

Robert Conrad, American actor known for his role in television series

"The Mysteries of the West" and "The Burned Heads", died on February 8, 2020 at the age of 84, in Malibu.

"He has lived a wonderfully long life and while his family is saddened by his passing, he will forever live in their hearts," said Jeff Ballard, family spokesperson for Conrad, to People magazine.

After having long practiced the profession of dairy, Robert Conrad attempted a career as a singer and released several records among which I want you pretty baby.

But it was as an actor that he became known to the general public in 1959. That year, he joined the cast of the series Intrigues in Hawaii, where he played for four years the role of Tom Lopaka.

Cult TV series

He obviously played James West, the American secret service agent, (role then taken up by Will Smith in the film "Wild Wild West" in 1999) in the legendary series

"The Mysteries of the West", from 1965 to 1969. James West and his partner Artemus Gordon, master of disguise, in true western James Bond, fought against the bad guys in a nineteenth century with steampunk accents.

Robert Conrad performed almost all of his stunts there, which led him to shoot himself from an episode of the Mysteries of the West when he fell over four meters onto a cement floor.

This series served as the basis for Wild Wild West (1999), one of the most expensive films ever made, in which Will Smith plays the role of James T. Dear ones ever made, in which Will Smith plays the role of James T West.

I He also made himself famous in 1976 with the series Les Têtes britées (Baa Baa Black Sheep, then Black Sheep Squadron, in original version) in which he played Major Greg "pappy" Boyington - hero of the Pacific War who really existed - leading a squad of tough, rebellious American pilots during the war against Japan.

But the series of which he was most proud, evokes the Hollywood Reporter, is Colorado, in which he camped a Canadian trapper of the 18th and 19th centuries, named Pasquinel, alongside Barbara Carrera and Richard Chamberlain.

Cinema side

On the cinema side, the actor was seen in the films "Red for a mobster" (1979),

"Murders Live" (1982) and "The Toy Race" (1996). It was dubbed in French by actor Jacques Thébault, who also lent his beautiful deep voice to Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, George Chakiris and many American actors.

"In showbiz there are three cycles, told the actor to People magazine in an interview in 1998. They don't know you, after they love you and after you've been there so long that they hate you . Now I start all over again ”.

Robert Conrad's last appearance in a film dates back to 2002. In 2003, a serious car accident - while driving while intoxicated - left him partially paralyzed. He launched his weekly radio show in 2007 on CRN.

Father of 8 children, former sheriff of the city of Malibu, Robert Conrad lived a busy life, marked by a dozen roles in cinema and thirty on television.