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Michael Conrad was an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of veteran cop Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, in which he ended the introductory roll call to each week's show with "Let's be careful out there". He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Hill Street Blues in 1981 and 1982.
Born
Friday, 16 October 1925
Died
Tuesday, 22 November 1983
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Disappearance of Shere Hite | Self | 2023 |
| The Brief | Billy Hayes | 1984 |
| Fire on the Mountain | Desalius / Col. Desalius | 1981 |
| Bordello | Spencer | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus / Phil Esterhaus | 1981 |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Engineer | 1980 |
| Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Janor | 1980 |
| Paris | Sam Beecher | 1979 |
| Working Stiffs | Uncle Harry | 1979 |
| Time Express | 'Sully' Sullivan | 1979 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Disappearance of Shere Hite | Self | 2023 |
| The Brief | Billy Hayes | 1984 |
| Fire on the Mountain | Desalius / Col. Desalius | 1981 |
| Bordello | Spencer | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Sgt. Phil Esterhaus / Phil Esterhaus | 1981 |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Engineer | 1980 |
| Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Janor | 1980 |
| Paris | Sam Beecher | 1979 |
| Working Stiffs | Uncle Harry | 1979 |
| Time Express | 'Sully' Sullivan | 1979 |
| Bad Men of the West | Harge Talbot Sr. | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Albert Brown | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Emerson Fletcher | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Karl Maddox / Mr. Chambers | 1977 |
| Soap | 'Boomer' David | 1977 |
| Delvecchio | Lt. Macavan / Lieutenant Macavan | 1976 |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | Billy Gallagher | 1976 |
| Baby Blue Marine | Drill Instructor | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Ed Slocum | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Marshal Russell / Marshall Russell | 1976 |
| The Family Holvak | Ham | 1975 |
| Gone With the West | Smithy | 1975 |
| The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | Graham | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Capt. Mike Ferguson | 1975 |
| Bronk | Captain M. Neilson | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Vince | 1975 |
| Satan's Triangle | Lt. Cmdr. Pagnolini | 1975 |
| Planet of the Apes | Janor | 1974 |
| The Longest Yard | Nate Scarboro | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Col. Charles Dundee | 1974 |
| W | Lt. Whitfield | 1974 |
| Lucas Tanner | Mr. Farnsworth | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Broder | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | George Macklan | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Jimbo / Boris Retsky | 1974 |
| The Third Girl from the Left | Hugh | 1973 |
| Scream Blacula Scream | Sheriff Harley Dunlop | 1973 |
| Police Story | Johnny Badchuik | 1973 |
| Thumb Tripping | Diesel | 1972 |
| A Cop | Louis Costa | 1972 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Mr. Trevesco | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Matt Sarver | 1972 |
| Search | Sam Donner | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Livingston | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Bob Hurley / Bob Stecker | 1972 |
| The Todd Killings | Detective Shaw | 1971 |
| Head On | Mike | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Uncle Casimir | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Mike McCloskey | 1971 |
| Monte Walsh | Dally Johnson | 1970 |
| The Silent Force | Max Fredericks | 1970 |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Rollo | 1969 |
| The Immortal | Monte Loomis | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Rossi (segment "Love and the See-Through Mind") | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Ernie Mapes | 1969 |
| Castle Keep | Sgt. DeVaca | 1969 |
| Three Guns for Texas | Ranger Willy G. Tinney | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Sergeant McCracken | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Kira Johnson / Arthur | 1968 |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Pinetop Purvis | 1968 |
| Sol Madrid | Scarpi | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Anton | 1968 |
| Mannix | Dave Tremble / Rick | 1967 |
| Ironside | Frank O'Neill / Tracy | 1967 |
| Cowboy in Africa | Jorge | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Samson | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Ralph Davies | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Zackary / Steve | 1966 |
| That Girl | Mr. Johnson / Chuck Powers | 1966 |
| The War Lord | Rainault | 1965 |
| Laredo | Willie G. Tinney | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Roger Tetlow / Paul Hogan | 1965 |
| I Spy | Morton / Dinat | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | Creech | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Sergeant Arthur Henchley | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Sharben | 1964 |
| Flipper | Conlon | 1964 |
| My Favorite Martian | A.C. | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | McWhorter | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Hogan | 1963 |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight | Ma Greeny's Thug | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Russo | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Sam Marish / John White | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Bernie Stern / Mr. Mack | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Rocky Courtney | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Construction Foreman / Smasher | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Kryhoski / Herbert Jaffee | 1961 |
| 'Way Out | Nighttime Paul | 1961 |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Haines | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Deputy Sam Harris / Al Jenkins | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | Deputy Sheriff Harper | 1959 |
| Deadline | Baby Joe | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Hank Kelly | 1959 |
| Brenner | Chick Arnel | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Jerry Munson | 1959 |
| The Mugger | Guy Throwing Craps | 1958 |
| Naked City | Firing Range Officer / Hartog / Pierce | 1958 |
| The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | Charles | 1958 |
| Harbourmaster | Man with Spear Gun | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Felton Grimes | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Luke Moss | 1957 |
| The Edge of Night | Frank Dubeck | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | Cash McLean / Dick / Paul Douglas | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Pinetop Purvis / Silas Rumford | 1954 |
| Demetrius and the Gladiators | Gladiator | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Bigfoot | 1952 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Doorman | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Lee Bolton | 1949 |
| Studio One | Citizen / Bill Rork / The Caller | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Charles Bowdre | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
