This version with William Conrad is a faster paced show that the A&E shows. William Conrad became a television star relatively late in his career. Countdown. In fact, the former Army Air Corps World War II fighter pilot began his screen career playing heavies. 1-month free trial! Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Birth Name: John William Cann Jr. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992. Profession: Actor, Director. No late fees. central (on most M e TV stations) Add to Favorites Remind Me After his wife and child are killed in a car bomb meant for him, Frank Cannon (William Conrad), detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, resigns from the force to become a private investigator. Created by Edward Hume. I think you're confusing two tv shows. William Conrad, actor, producer and director: born Louisville, Kentucky 27 September 1920; married (one son); died California 11 February 1994. William Conrad guest-starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first Barnaby Jones episode, "Requiem for a Son", and the 1975 two-part crossover episodes, "The Deadly Conspiracy". Died: February 11, 1994. Rent William Conrad Movies and TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series. With William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman, Charles Bateman. Learn more about William Conrad at TVGuide.com with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. This series consists of one hour shows versue the 90 minute A&E shows. Fast, free delivery. "Fatman" McCabe in "Jake and the Fatman".
It was in the series Jake and the Fatman where McCabe had the English bulldog, Max. He was Max, one of The Killers (1946) hired to finish off Burt Lancaster in his dingy lodgings. William Conrad played both police detective Frank Cannon in "Cannon" and district attorney J.L.
The series was produced by QM Productions (with Woodruff Productions in the final two seasons). William Conrad (born in Louisville, John William Cann Jr.September 1920 – February was an American actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film. and television. Frank Cannon is an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures; he becomes a high-priced private investigator. William Conrad- narrator for Rocky & Bullwinkle show Credits: Cannon, Jake & The Fatman, etc William Conrad, Actor: Cannon. In this 1971-76 crime drama, William Conrad (Marshall Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" and narrator for TV's "The Fugitive" and "Rocky & Bullwinkle") plays moustache, rotund, pipe smoking private investigator Frank Cannon. Learn more about William Conrad at TVGuide.com with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more.
... and in 2007 was listed as one of Time's 100 Best TV Shows of All Time. Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. There's lots of details overlooked when compared to the A&E shows because there is simply no time to incorporate them.