Michael Conrad (October 16, 1925 – November 22, 1983) was an American actor, primarily on television. Conrad had a long acting career in television from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1963 he played Felton Grimes, the title character and murder victim in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse." He played far left-wingMichael Stivic's, Uncle Casimir on All in the Family, and gave bigoted Archie Bunker as good as he got. He had a memorable role in the 1974 film, The Longest Yard, playing Nate Scarboro, a retired NFL tight end (New York Giants) who was also the head coach for the Mean Machine, the team of prisoners put together by Burt Reynolds' character Paul Crewe to play the team of guards (Reynolds himself would later play the role of Scarboro in the 2005 remake starring Adam Sandler.) During the 1976-1977 season of Delvecchio, Conrad was a regular, as he played the role of Lt. Macavan. Conrad may be best known for his portrayal of veteran cop Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, in which he ended the introductory roll call to each week's show with "Let's be careful out there". He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Hill Street Blues in 1981 and 1982.

Filmography

• 1981Bordello — Spencer
• 1981Cattle Annie and Little Britches — Engineer
• 1981Fire on the Mountain — Col. Desalius
• Hill Street Blues — Phil Esterhaus
• 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes — Janor
• 1979A Cry for Justice — Johnny Badchuik
• 1979Donovan's Kid — Silas Rumford
• Paris
• Working Stiffs
• 1978The Meanest Men in the West
• Vega$
• CHiPs — Karl Maddox, Mr. Chambers
• How the West Was Won — Marshal Russell, Marshall Russell
• Soap — 'Boomer' David
• The Incredible Hulk
• 1976Baby Blue Marine — Drill Instructor
• Charlie's Angels — Ed Slocum
• Delvecchio — Macavan
• 1976Harry and Walter Go to New York — Billy Gallagher
• 1976Timothy and the Angel
• Barney Miller — Col. Charles Dundee
• Bronk — Captain M. Neilson
• 1975Delancey Street: The Crisis Within — Robert John Holtzman
• 1975Gone with the West — Smithy
• 1975Long Way Home — Ham
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975Satan's Triangle — Lt. Cmdr. Pagnolini
• 1975Starsky & Hutch — Cannell
• Starsky & Hutch
• 1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant — Graham
• Little House on the Prairie — Broder
• Planet of the Apes — Janor
• 1974The Longest Yard — Nate Scarboro
• 1974The Rangers — Frank
• The Rockford Files — George Macklan
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Jimbo, Boris Retsky
• 1974W — Lt. Whitfield
• Police Story
• 1973Scream Blacula Scream — Sheriff Harley Dunlop
• 1973The Third Girl from the Left — Hugh
• Emergency! — Bob Hurley
• Search
• Temperatures Rising — Livingston
• The Bob Newhart Show — Mr. Trevesco
• The Waltons
• 1972Thumb Tripping — Diesel
• 1972Un Flic — Louis Costa
• Alias Smith and Jones
• All in the Family — Uncle Casimir
• 1971The Todd Killings — Detective Shaw
• 1970Monte Walsh — Dally Johnson
• The Immortal
• 1969Castle Keep — Sgt. DeVaca
• Hawaii Five-O — Kira Johnson, Arthur
• Love, American Style — Rossi
• 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Rollo
• 1968Blackbeard's Ghost — Pinetop Purvis
• It Takes a Thief — Anton
• 1968Sol Madrid — Scarpi
• The Outcasts
• 1968Three Guns for Texas — Ranger Willy G. Tinney
• Garrison's Gorillas
• Ironside — Tracy
• Mannix
• 1967The Desperate Hours — Sam Robish
• Felony Squad
• Mission: Impossible
• That Girl
• Laredo
• Lost in Space — Creech
• The F.B.I. — Paul Hogan, Roger Tetlow
• 1965The War Lord — Rainault
• Daniel Boone — Sharben
• Flipper
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• My Favorite Martian — A.C.
• The Fugitive — Hogan
• 1962Requiem for a Heavyweight — Ma Greeny's Thug
• The Virginian — John White, Sam Marish
• Ben Casey
• Tallahassee 7000
• The Dick Van Dyke Show — Mr. Mack
• Route 66 — Al Jenkins
• Bonanza — Hank Kelly
• Rawhide — Jerry Munson
• The Twilight Zone — Deputy Sheriff Harper
• Naked City — Hartog, Pierce, Firing Range Officer (uncredited)
• Perry Mason — Felton Grimes
• Wagon Train — Luke Moss
• Gunsmoke — Dick, Cash McLean, Paul Douglas
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Silas Rumford
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Charles Bowdre

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Bob Hope Show — Self