1935-2020
Robert Conrad passed away today at age 84. Best known for portraying "Jim West", the suave Secret Service agent in the hit TV series The Wild Wild West, Mr. Conrad made one of his first TV appearances in 1959 as "Davie Barrows"(shown above) in the "Yellow River" episode of Maverick with Jack Kelly.
In 1962, while starring as "Tom Lopaka" in the Hawaiian Eye series, he acted with JK in the short anti-Communist film Freedom and You (a.k.a. Red Nightmare):
Incidentally, The Wild Wild West is currently (2020) airing on Family Entertainment Television (FETV).
JK and RC also appeared as cohorts in a daring train robbery scheme in the 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre episode "Four Into Zero" (also starring Martha Hyer):
Caption on the reverse of photo: "'Suspense' Trio--Jack Kelly, left, Martha Hyer, and Robert Conrad are seen in 'Four Into Zero', drama about stolen currency plates to be presented on 'Suspense Theatre', in color Thursday night [2/18/1965] at 10 o'clock. In the segment, Kelly plays an ex-ski instructor who bolsters his ego by staging a $1 million dollar money-making scheme."
Rest in peace, Mr. Conrad.
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