My Take
Robert Conrad was the kind of television star who made the whole thing look effortless — compact, coiled, and radiating a kind of blue-collar Chicago toughness that no acting coach could ever teach. His turn as James West in The Wild Wild West is genuinely underrated; he was basically doing a steampunk James Bond on a network TV budget in the mid-sixties, and he committed to every punch, every stunt, every ridiculous gadget with total sincerity. What set him apart was that he actually did most of his own stunt work — this was not a vanity claim, it was legitimately true, and you could feel it in the physicality of his performances. He never quite became a movie star in the traditional sense, but as a television presence he was magnetic and utterly real. Gone in February 2020, but anyone who grew up watching him knows exactly what that era of TV heroism felt like.
Overview
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Conrad
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・コンラッド
- Reading
- ろばーと・こんらっど
- Born
- March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / television actor / film actor / stunt performer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.