Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad (born March 1, 1929) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965-1969 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. He was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before he started acting. He hosts a weekly two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio. Conrad was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jackie Smith, first publicity director of Mercury Records, who married Chicago disk jockey and radio personality Eddie Hubbard in 1948. Hubbard and Smith reportedly had at least one child together (born 1949) but split up by 1958. Signed to Warner Bros. as an actor, Conrad took advantage of Warner's recording division. He eventually released several recordings issued on a variety of LPs, EPs, and SPs 33 and a third and 45 rpm records during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a minor Billboard hit song in "Bye Bye Baby" which reached #113. Before The Wild Wild West, Conrad played Tom Lopaka in