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    Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84


    Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84
    2:23 PM PST 2/8/2020

    Renowned for doing his own stunts, he also starred on such shows as 'Hawaiian Eye' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and on the miniseries 'Centennial.'

    Robert Conrad, the athletic, two-fisted actor who starred as Secret Service agent James West and did his own spectacular stunts on the 1960s futuristic CBS Western The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84.

    "He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," family spokesman Jeff Ballard told People magazine. No other details of his death were immediately available.

    Conrad, among the actors employed by Warner Bros. Television to appear on the studio's stable of shows starting in the 1950s, first gained attention for playing Tom Lopaka, a partner in a detective agency, on ABC's Hawaiian Eye.

    The Chicago native also was known for starring as real-life World War II pilot Maj. Greg "Pappy" Boyington on NBC's 1976-78 period drama Baa Baa Black Sheep (later known in syndication as Black Sheep Squadron), one of the first series created by Stephen J. Cannell.

    Conrad, though, always said that the performance he was most proud of was his turn as the French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel in James Michener's Centennial, the 16 1/2-hour, 12-episode miniseries about the evolution of the American West that aired on NBC in 1978-79.

    He said Michener was on the set during production and told him that he "played the character better than he had written it," Conrad noted during a 2006 chat for the website The Interviews: An Oral History of Television....


    Robert Conrad Dead: 'Wild Wild West' Action Star Was 84 | Hollywood Reporter




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    Wild Wild West and Baa Baa Blacksheep were two of my favorite shows as a kid. I always liked his acting.

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    I never could get interested in Wild Wild West and I am a lover of westerns. Conrad was one of my favourites back then.

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    I never could get interested in Wild Wild West and I am a lover of westerns. Conrad was one of my favourites back then.
    I didn't care for it much when it first came out but did enjoy it later when it went into syndication.

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    I always enjoyed it and my dad did too. He was the 007 of the west with all his trick gadgets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    I always enjoyed it - He was the 007 of the west with all his trick gadgets.
    Ditto!

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    I loved the intro too.


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    I probably saw more of WWW in syndication as Mr Curly liked the show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    I probably saw more of WWW in syndication as Mr Curly liked the show.
    One of the retro networks is carrying it.

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    I might look for it.

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