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Report: Actor Robert Conrad Dies At Age 84
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| Feb. 8, 2020
Posted on 02/08/2020 3:29:49 PM PST by Rastus
Actor Robert Conrad has died at the age of 84, according to a report.
The exact cause and location of his death were not immediately confirmed.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2; conrad; hollywood; robertconrad; thewildwildwest
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To: Rastus
Tman Martial Arts Magazine
Robert Conrad: -My martial arts began in 1957 and the "Wild, Wild West" went on the air in 1965. I did martial arts in 1960 with a guy named Bob Heron. I watched Toshiro Mifunes moves (famed Japanese Samurai Actor) in the "Seven Samurai" (movie) and was amazed at his agility. I had to literally search to find an instructor back then, Ed Parker was coming from Hawaii and was not well know back then. No one knew Chuck Norris yet or Bill Wallace, etc.
The martial arts started to filter in at that time and I started by watching Toshiro Mifune. If someone asked me whom I feel is the best action actor of all time I would have to say Toshiro Mifune.
Ben Smith: You did your own stunts back then
do you ever complain about actors that are in action movies not doing their own stunts?
Robert Conrad: No. I am not judgmental. I dont like to put down people and this machismo that I have was given to me by my mother, who was concerned about bringing up a boy without a father in the home. She worked on my confidence by putting me in the ring when I was six! My mother really did help me gain confidence in myself.
Ben Smith: What style did you train in?
Robert Conrad: The name of the first art I studied was "Kajukenbo", then I went into "Shotokan" and now we know there are so many different Japanese arts that evolved from "Shotokan". My original instructor was John Leone. When we did Wild, Wild West, I incorporated the styles I was introduced to as well as Flamenco dancing into a choreographed fluidity for the show and that was back in 1965.
Ben Smith: It seems dancing is very good in learning and developing balance. Bruce Lee was the Cha-Cha champion in Hong Kong when he was a teen, which proved to be as beneficial as his martial arts expertise when he got into movies.
I found the above looking for something I read or heard him say about his fighting style - that it incorporated a form of Chicago street fighting he learned growing up. A clue in the interview has his mother putting him "in the ring" at 6! Robert Conrad certainly had a unique fighting style. The time I talked to him he said his great pals were "the henchmen" on Wild Wild West. Whoever the bad guy was; his henchmen were the same guys wearing disguises.
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posted on
02/08/2020 4:56:12 PM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: newfreep
I used to love “The Wild, Wild West’’. Never missed an episode.
82
posted on
02/08/2020 4:57:22 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
To: Zirondelle76
I am a manly man indeed so that it does not hurt my masculinity to say that it is obvious why women found him attractive.
Hell’s bells, I would like to have been that good looking. LOL
83
posted on
02/08/2020 4:57:24 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: yarddog
I have seen History/Discovery channel shows that recreated the “Baghdad” battery and they showed that is was possible to electro-plate with it. Now whether it actually happened or not, that is anyone’s guess.
84
posted on
02/08/2020 4:57:37 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
To: Joe 6-pack
I think the Hellcat originally caught the Japanese by surprise. They had developed tactics for use against the Wildcat. When they tried them against the Hellcat they did not work.
85
posted on
02/08/2020 4:58:36 PM PST
by
yarddog
( For I am persuaded.)
To: MrEdd
Well, it’s Hollywood. Look what they did to Lord of the Rings and Dune.
To: Rastus
He also pulled a girls ponytail in the 3rd grade. Dont forget that.
To: yarddog
“It was one heck of a fighter but I think the Hellcat was just as successful.”
19:1
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:15:21 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
To: Rastus
89
posted on
02/08/2020 5:20:54 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: yarddog
Amazing thing is, even as propellor driven aircraft go, the Hellcat was thought to be growing obsolete as the Pacific war proceeded, and was slated to be replaced by the F8 Bearcat before the war abruptly was ended by the A-Bomb.
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:35:29 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Rastus
Guy had a chip on his shoulders for years...
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:38:58 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
“Radios Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke) has passed away! Anyone remember hearing him on radio?”
William Conrad (Cannon) had a fabulous radio voice. Remember two stupid shows from the 70’s named Automan and Manimal? That was William Conrad saying, “And now... MANIMAL!” and “And now... AUTOMAN!!”
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:40:31 PM PST
by
FXRP
(Cogito, ergo Spam!)
To: newfreep
Wonder if anyone will get my joke...
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:40:57 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: newfreep
Nobody has mentioned his starring on Hawaiian Eye ( 1959-1963 ) which is one of my fave shows from that era and I have the complete series on DVD here with me in Japan . Will watch a couple of eps. tonight in his honor . Of course loved him in Wild Wild West too when I was a kid . Never missed that show and had to fight with my 4 sisters in order to watch it as we had just one set .
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:42:55 PM PST
by
sushiman
(i)
To: MrEdd
Pappy Boyington was a total renegade in real life. Spouse met him at an airshow a long time ago and talked with him for quite awhile. Spouse is not easily impressed up or down but he was impressed with Pappy...on the downside.
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:45:50 PM PST
by
TrueFact
(Don't hang out with narcissists or dems...but I repeat myself.)
To: TrueFact
A guy I used to know told me of a conversation he had with Tex Hill. He said Boyington was not well liked by the other Flying Tigers but they did admire his flying.
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:50:21 PM PST
by
yarddog
( For I am persuaded.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
I still remember those ads.
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:51:49 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: Reily
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:52:50 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
To: gattaca
And we just watched him 2 months ago as Pasquinale on the Centennial mini series DVD set.
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:52:57 PM PST
by
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
To: FXRP
Both Conrads, Robert and William
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posted on
02/08/2020 5:54:42 PM PST
by
FXRP
(Cogito, ergo Spam!)
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