Occupation Actor; musician Years active 1945–present | Name Conrad Janis Role Musician | |
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Born February 11, 1928 (age 96) ( 1928-02-11 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Spouse Maria Grimm (m. 1987), Ronda Copland (m. 1979–1983), Vicki Quarles (m. 1948–1957) Parents Sidney Janis, Harriet Grossman Janis Similar People Elizabeth Kerr, Pam Dawber, Melvin Frank, Tom Poston, Robin Williams | ||
Conrad janis interview pt 1
Conrad Janis (born February 11, 1928) is an American jazz musician (trombone) and also a theatre, film, and television actor.
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Conrad Janis Interview - Pt 3
Early life
He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Harriet, a writer, and Sidney Janis, an art dealer and writer, and he has a brother named Carroll.
Career
In 1946, he portrayed "Johnniekins" in the Technicolor film Margie with Jeanne Crain. The following year, he starred in the film noir The Brasher Doubloon (1947) with George Montgomery.
In 1953, he played eldest son Edward on the NBC sitcom Bonino . He later appeared in an episode of Get Smart playing a KAOS agent, guest starred as a dance marathon emcee on The Golden Girls and appeared in the sci-fi sitcom Quark. He was featured in The Buddy Holly Story and in the Goldie Hawn comedy The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox. He also made a brief appearance as himself in the jazz bar scene from Nothing in Common.
Janis is best known for playing Mindy McConnell's father Frederick on Mork & Mindy, an American TV series that ran for four seasons (1978-1982) and starred Robin Williams and Pam Dawber.
Throughout his life, Janis has striven to keep traditional jazz alive. In 1949, Janis put together a band of aging jazz greats ("all of the guys that I idolized"), consisting of James P. Johnson (piano), Henry Goodwin (trumpet), Edmond Hall (clarinet), Pops Foster (bass), and Baby Dodds (drums), with Janis on trombone. In the late 1970s, Janis' formed the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, which appeared multiple times on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and made eight sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall.
Family
Janis's third wife is actress Maria Grimm.
Filmography
Actor
2012
Bad Blood as
Lawrence
2009
Maneater as
Doc Gramm
2002
Another Pretty Face (TV Movie) as
Walter Flynn
1997
Frasier (TV Series) as
Albert
- Proxy Prexy (2002) - Albert
- Mother Load: Part 2 (2002) - Albert
- Perspectives on Christmas (1997) - Albert
2000
Family Law (TV Series) as
Judge Clarence Franklin
- Media Relations (2000) - Judge Clarence Franklin
1999
L.A. Heat (TV Series) as
Prof. Larry Benton / Gary Benton
- Professor Benton (1999) - Prof. Larry Benton / Gary Benton
1998
Last Night
1998
Addams Family Reunion (TV Movie) as
Hotel Bar Patron (uncredited)
1998
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) as
Fred McCarren
- Food Fight (1998) - Fred McCarren
1997
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (TV Movie) as
Harvey
1996
Baywatch (TV Series) as
Lester Beeber
- Buried (1996) - Lester Beeber
1996
The Cable Guy as
Father 'Double Trouble'
1995
The Feminine Touch (Video) as
Frank Donaldsonn
1993
Crazy Hong Kong as
Jack
1992
Mr. Saturday Night as
Director
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Jason O'Connell / Miles Hatcher / Dr. Yambert
- Lines of Excellence (1991) - Jason O'Connell
- A Little Night Work (1988) - Miles Hatcher
- Death Casts a Spell (1984) - Dr. Yambert
1990
Shades of LA (TV Series) as
Pressman
- Concrete Evidence (1990) - Pressman
1989
Caddie Woodlawn as
Rev. Tanner
1989
Sonny Boy as
Doc Bender
1987
The Golden Girls (TV Series) as
Announcer
- One for the Money (1987) - Announcer
1986
You Again? (TV Series) as
Garfield
- Henry the Kissinger (1986) - Garfield
1986
Nothing in Common as
Conrad Janis
1985
George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series) as
Baker
- Christmas Carol II: The Sequel (1985) - Baker
1985
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) as
C.J. Barabbas
- The Devil and Jonathan Smith (1985) - C.J. Barabbas
1985
Brewster's Millions as
Businessman in Car
1985
V (TV Series) as
Dr. David Atkins
- War of Illusions (1985) - Dr. David Atkins
1985
Remington Steele (TV Series) as
Maxwell Donahue / Atomic Man
- Stronger Than Steele (1985) - Maxwell Donahue / Atomic Man
1984
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) as
Peter's Lawyer / Prosecuting Attorney
- Cramming (1984) - Peter's Lawyer
- Hearing (1984) - Prosecuting Attorney
1984
The Red-Light Sting (TV Movie) as
Bowman
1984
Mama's Family (TV Series) as
Dwight Nettles
- Ask Aunt Fran (1984) - Dwight Nettles
1983
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as
Bill Williams
- Forget Me Not (1983) - Bill Williams
1982
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (TV Series) as
Frederick McConnell
- Muddle in a Huddle (1982) - Frederick McConnell (voice)
- Every Doing Has His Day (1982) - Frederick McConnell (voice)
- Mork Man vs. Ork Man (1982) - Frederick McConnell (voice)
- To Ork or Not to Ork (1982) - Frederick McConnell (voice)
1982
Insight (TV Series) as
Ned
- Every Ninety Seconds (1982) - Ned
1978
Mork & Mindy (TV Series) as
Fred McConnell
- The Mork Report (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Gotta Run: Part 3 (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Gotta Run: Part 2 (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Gotta Run: Part 1 (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Cheerleader in Chains (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Midas Mork (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Mork, Mindy, and Mearth Meet MILT (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- I Don't Remember Mama (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Drive, She Said (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Metamorphosis - The TV Show (1982) - Fred McConnell
- Present Tense (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Pajama Game II (1982) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- P.S. 2001 (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Alienation (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Rich Mork, Poor Mork (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Long Before We Met (1981) - Fred McConnell
- My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Mama Mork, Papa Mindy (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Three the Hard Way (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- The Honeymoon (1981) - Fred McConnell
- The Wedding (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Limited Engagement (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Reflections and Regrets (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mindy and Mork (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- I Heard It Through the Morkvine (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Old Muggable Mork (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mork and the Family Reunion (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mork and Mindy Meet Rick and Ruby (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Mork the Swinging Single (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Mindy, Mindy, Mindy (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Meets Robin Williams (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- There's a New Mork in Town (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Twelve Angry Appliances (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mindy Gets Her Job (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Mork and the Bum Rap (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Alas, Poor Mork, We Knew Him Well (1981) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Mork's New Look (1981) - Fred McConnell
- Gunfight at the Mor-Kay Corral (1980) - Fred McConnell
- Mork, the Monkey's Uncle (1980) - Fred McConnell
- Mork the Prankster (1980) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Dueling Skates (1980) - Fred McConnell
- Mork in Never-Never Land (1980) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- Putting the Ork Back in Mork: Part 2 (1980) - Fred McConnell
- Putting the Ork Back in Mork: Part 1 (1980) - Fred McConnell
- The Way Mork Were (1980) - Fred McConnell
- A Mommy for Mindy (1980) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's Best Friend (1979) - Fred McConnell (credit only)
- It's a Wonderful Mork (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Runs Down (1979) - Fred McConnell
- In Mork We Trust (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's Night Out (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's Mixed Emotions (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Goes Erk (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Skyflakes Keep Falling on My Head (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Young Love (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork the Tolerant (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork and the Immigrant (1979) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's First Christmas (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Old Fears (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's Greatest Hits (1978) - Fred McConnell
- A Mommy for Morky (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork the Gullible (1978) - Fred McConnell
- To Tell the Truth (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Goes Public (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork's Seduction (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork in Love (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Runs Away (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Mork Moves In (1978) - Fred McConnell
- Pilot (1978) - Fred McConnell
1981
Here's Boomer (TV Series) as
Phil
- Boomer in the Pound (1981) - Phil
1980
Oh, God! Book II as
Charles Benson, School Principal
1980
The Gossip Columnist (TV Movie) as
Ivan Bock
1980
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) as
The Conducter
- Murder on the Moose Jaw Express: Part 1 (1980) - The Conducter
1980
House Calls (TV Series) as
Fiskerson
- Beast of Kensington (1980) - Fiskerson
1979
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Byron Horner
- Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day (1979) - Byron Horner
1979
California Fever (TV Mini Series) as
Lippman
- The Girl from Somewhere (1979) - Lippman
1978
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Marty
- The Picture Pirates (1978) - Marty
1978
Husbands, Wives & Lovers (TV Series) as
Bennett Porter
- Murray Gets Sacked and Paula Gets Hired (1978) - Bennett Porter
1978
The Buddy Holly Story as
Ross Turner
1978
Danny and the Mermaid (TV Movie) as
Psychiatrist
1977
Quark (TV Series) as
Palindrome
- Vanessa 38-24-36 (1978) - Palindrome
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2 (1978) - Palindrome
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (1978) - Palindrome
- Goodbye, Polumbus (1978) - Palindrome
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ficus (1978) - Palindrome
- The Old and the Beautiful (1978) - Palindrome
- May the Source Be with You (1978) - Palindrome
- Quark (1977) - Palindrome
1978
Kojak (TV Series) as
D. A. Lynn
- The Captain's Brother's Wife (1978) - D. A. Lynn
1977
Roseland as
George (The Hustle)
1977
The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (TV Movie) as
Mr. Kreel
1977
There's Always Room (TV Movie) as
Stewart Dennis
1977
Dog and Cat (TV Series)
- Dead Skunk (1977)
1977
The Jeffersons (TV Series) as
Stratton
- Jefferson Airplane (1977) - Stratton
1976
Police Story (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Needles
- Monster Manor (1976) - Lieutenant Needles
1976
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Dave Breen
- In Case of Madness (1976) - Dave Breen
1976
Happy Days (TV Series) as
Mr. Kendall
- A Place of His Own (1976) - Mr. Kendall
1976
Maude (TV Series) as
Lyle Bellamy
- The Game Show (1976) - Lyle Bellamy
1976
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Judge Graham Thornbury
- The First Edition (1976) - Judge Graham Thornbury
1976
The Rear Guard (TV Movie) as
German Captain
1976
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox as
Gladstone
1975
The Invisible Man (TV Series) as
Homer
- The Klae Resource (1975) - Homer
1975
The Happy Hooker as
Fred
1975
Baretta (TV Series) as
Latour
- Walk Like You Talk (1975) - Latour
1975
The Manhunter (TV Series) as
Dutch Weller
- Trial by Terror (1975) - Dutch Weller
1974
Cannon (TV Series) as
Larry Warshaw
- Daddy's Little Girl (1974) - Larry Warshaw
1974
Virginia Hill (TV Movie) as
Halley
1974
Airport 1975 as
Arnie
1973
Miracle on 34th Street (TV Movie) as
Dr. Pierce
1972
Banacek (TV Series) as
Video Technician
- Let's Hear It for a Living Legend (1972) - Video Technician
1966
My Favorite Martian (TV Series) as
Chad Foster
- TV or Not TV (1966) - Chad Foster
1965
Get Smart (TV Series) as
Victor
- My Nephew the Spy (1965) - Victor
1963
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) as
Charlie Noyes
- You Could Die Laughing (1963) - Charlie Noyes
1962
Stoney Burke (TV Series) as
Penn Hudson
- A Matter of Pride (1962) - Penn Hudson
1960
The Robert Herridge Theater (TV Series)
- The Summer of the Insistent Voices (1960)
1955
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Bill Adams / Tap-Out / Peter
- Shame the Devil (1960) - Bill Adams
- Ashton Buys a Horse (1955) - Tap-Out
- The Seventh Veil (1955) - Peter
1960
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Sticks
- The Mark of Cain (1960) - Sticks
1960
Full Speed for Anywhere (TV Movie) as
Ensign Jones
1959
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Eddie Velasquez
- Raid in Beatnik Village (1960) - Eddie Velasquez
- The Monkey Ride (1959)
1958
Let's Rock as
Charlie
1956
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Ben Gracie
- The Long Road Home (1956) - Ben Gracie
1956
Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
- Are You Listening? (1956)
1955
Appointment with Adventure (TV Series) as
Wedge Johnson
- Race the Comet (1955) - Wedge Johnson
1951
Kraft Theatre (TV Series)
- Gramercy Ghost (1955)
- One Hill, One River (1955)
- The Spring Green (1951)
1954
Danger (TV Series) as
Pete River
- Sandy River Blues (1955) - Pete River
- Road Happy (1954)
1954
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- The Day the Diner Closed (1954)
- The Dashing White Sergeant (1954)
1954
The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series)
- The Philadelphia Story (1954)
1953
Studio One (TV Series) as
Borden Crane
- Cinderella '53 (1953) - Borden Crane
1953
Omnibus (TV Series)(segment "The Raspberry Queen")
- The Raspberry Queen (1953) - (segment "The Raspberry Queen")
1953
Bonino (TV Series) as
Edward Bonino (1953)
1953
The Gulf Playhouse (TV Series)
- One Night Stand (1953)
1953
Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (TV Series) as
Jimmy Hughes
- Episode #1.9 (1953) - Jimmy Hughes
- Episode #1.8 (1953) - Jimmy Hughes
1952
The Doctor (TV Series)
- Time to Kill (1952)
1950
Suspense (TV Series) as
Richard / Sprad / Tommy
- The Debt (1952) - Sprad
- Flare Week (1952)
- Killers of the City (1951)
- Wisteria Cottage (1951) - Richard
- Halloween Hold-Up (1950)
- Wisteria Cottage (1950) - Richard
- Death of a Dummy (1950)
- The Parcel (1950) - Tommy
1952
CBS Television Workshop (TV Series)
- Careless Love (1952)
1951
The Big Story (TV Series) as
Charles W. Wells
- Charles W. Wells, Reporter (1951) - Charles W. Wells
1950
The Web (TV Series)
- Fit to Kill (1950)
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- A Husband for Mama (1950)
- Dark of the Moon (1949)
1950
Starlight Theatre (TV Series)
- Fumble (1950)
- The Witch of Woonsapucket (1950)
1949
Actor's Studio (TV Series)
- Joe McSween's Atomic Machine (1950)
- Joe McSween's Atomic Machine (1949)
1948
Beyond Glory as
Raymond Denmore, Jr.
1947
That Hagen Girl as
Dewey Koons
1947
The Brasher Doubloon as
Leslie Murdock
1946
Margie as
Johnny 'Johnikins' Green
1945
Snafu as
Ronald Stevens
Director
2012
Bad Blood
1995
The Feminine Touch (Video)
Producer
2012
Bad Blood (producer)
1993
This Joint Is Jumpin' (TV Movie) (executive producer)
Soundtrack
2008
The Wrecking Crew! (Documentary) (performer: "Kansas City", "When The Saints Go Marching In")
2002
Frasier (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Mother Load: Part 2 (2002) - (performer: "America the Beautiful" - uncredited)
Casting Director
2012
Bad Blood
Editor
2012
Bad Blood
Thanks
2023
The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) (in memoriam)
Self
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SEGAL (Documentary) (post-production) as
Self
2005
TV Land's Top Ten (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Top 10 TV Weddings (2006) - Self
- Top 10 TV Spinoffs (2006) - Self
- Top 10 TV Dynamic Duos (2006) - Self
- Holiday Moments (2005) - Self
1993
This Joint Is Jumpin' (TV Movie) as
Self
1984
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) as
Self
- The 1985 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985) - Self
- The 1984 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1984) - Self
1982
Pac Preview Party (TV Special) as
Frederick McConnell (voice)
1981
The Bert Convy Special: There's a Meeting Here Tonight (TV Special) as
Self
1980
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 August 1980 (1980) - Self
1980
Bob Hope in the Starmakers (TV Special) as
Self
1979
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actor
- Episode #19.123 (1980) - Self - Actor
- Episode #18.134 (1979) - Self - Actor
1979
Match Game PM (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode #5.1 (1979) - Self - Panelist
1979
The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Comedy Show
1976
For Better, for Worse (TV Special) as
Steve Weber
1976
Bicentennial Minutes (TV Series short) as
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.638 (1976) - Self - Narrator
1976
Dinah! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.133 (1976) - Self
1955
The Tonight Show (TV Series) as
Self - as Conrad Janis & Four / Self - Conrad Janis Quartet
- Conrad Janis & Four, Dan Tannen (1955) - Self - as Conrad Janis & Four
- Conrad Janis & Quartet, and professional roller-skaters (1955) - Self - Conrad Janis Quartet
1954
Omnibus (TV Series) as
Self (segment "Toys")
- A Maine Lobsterman (1954) - Self (segment "Toys")
Archive Footage
2022
TCM Remembers 2022 (TV Special) as
Self / actor / musician
2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1989
The Golden Girls (TV Series) as
Announcer
- We're Outta Here: Part 1 (1989) - Announcer
1984
Rock and Roll: The Early Days (Video documentary)
References
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