Robert Conrad, the handsome actor who brought intensity to roles in TV series like 'The Wild, Wild West' and 'Hawaiian Eye,' has died at 84.
FILE - In this June 12, 2013, file photo, actor Robert Conrad of TV series "The Wild Wild West" poses for photographers during the 2013 Monte Carlo Television Festival, in Monaco. Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series "Hawaiian Eye" and "The Wild, Wild West," has died at age 84. A family spokesperson says the actor died Saturday morning, Feb. 8, 2020, in Malibu, Calif., from heart failure.
“He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts,” Ballard said. After five seasons with the show, Conrad went on to embrace the television craze of the time, period Westerns, but with a decidedly different twist. Conrad, meanwhile, interspersed his long, successful TV career with numerous roles in films. After a couple of small parts, his TV fame elevated him to stardom, starting in 1966 with “Young Dillinger,” in which he played Pretty Boy Floyd. Other films included “Murph the Surf,” “The Bandits” , “The Lady in Red” and “Wrong Is Right.”Throughout Hollywood, Conrad had a reputation as a tough customer and was sued more than a half-dozen times as a result of fist fights.
The show, about a group of law enforcement officers, was filmed in the High Sierra mountain range near Lake Tahoe.
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