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| 3 | Konrad Robert Falk (March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020), better known as [[StageNames Robert Conrad]], was an American actor, screenwriter, singer, stuntman and radio show host of German descent. |
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| 5 | In his extensive career on television from 1959 till his retirement from acting in 2000, he was perhaps best known for playing {{cowboy}} [[SpyFiction secret agent]] James "Jim" West in the UrExample for CattlePunk series, ''Series/TheWildWildWest'', alongside Creator/RossMartin as Artemus Gordon, and for portraying RealLife UsefulNotes/WorldWarII AcePilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington in ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron''. |
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| 7 | He was also a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in TheFifties and TheSixties as "Bob Conrad", and hosted a radio show (''The PM Show with Robert Conrad'') on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008. |
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| 9 | He passed away from heart failure in Malibu on February 8, 2020 at age 84. |
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| 11 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 13 | * DisownedAdaptation: Conrad was a vocal critic of [[Film/WildWildWest the film]] based off [[Series/TheWildWildWest his most popular series]], and went so far as going to the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie Awards]] ceremony and accepting every [[MedalOfDishonor award]] the film won as a form of protest. He had no involvement in the making of the film itself, however[[note]]He ''was'' offered a RemakeCameo as [[UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant President Grant]], but turned it down in disgust after reading the script[[/note]], and cannot be said to have been the rightful recipient of any of its awards, so he is usually omitted from lists of Razzie winners who have accepted their awards. |
| 14 | * [[invoked]]RealLifeRelative: Bob's sons, Shane Conrad and Christian Conrad, were his co-stars in ''High Mountain Rangers'' and the revamped series featuring the same characters, ''Jesse Hawkes''. |
| 15 | * [[invoked]]WriteWhatYouKnow: Conrad was involved with the volunteer organization Bear Valley Search and Rescue in Bear Valley, California. It inspired him to write the TV productions ''High Mountain Rangers'', ''Search and Rescue'' and ''High Sierra Search and Rescue''. Also counts as MetaCasting / ActorSharedBackground since he starred in them. |
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