# RIP Robert Conrad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 9, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655 "2020-02-09T00:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/1 "2020-02-09T00:47:20Z")
[Dead at the age of 84.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/robert-conrad-star-of-television-series-the-wild-wild-west-dies-at-84/ar-BBZNgR0) The Wild Wild West was a do-not-miss for me, regardless of how many heel lifts Conrad had to wear to see Artemus Gordon eye-to-eye. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/2 "2020-02-09T00:50:37Z")
Black Sheep Squadron was in regular reruns recently. Brian ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/3 "2020-02-09T00:52:55Z")
I watched every episode of Baa Baa Black Sheep. Robert Conrad played tough guys really well. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen anything about him. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/4 "2020-02-09T01:30:58Z")
He was really good in his _Columbo_ episode: 1974’s “An Exercise in Fatality.” Very convincing as a murderous heavy–the sort of role he rarely played. > **["Columbo" An Exercise in Fatality (TV Episode 1974) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072802/)** > > An Exercise in Fatality: Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. With Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington Jr.. A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/5 "2020-02-09T03:08:20Z")
Take care Jim West, and thanks for the many, many hours you’ve given me. Give my best to Artie. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/6 "2020-02-09T04:15:03Z")
Centennial is how I remember him ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/7 "2020-02-09T05:31:36Z")
I remember _Baa Baa Black Sheep_, and a bit of _Wild Wild West_, but what really stuck with me was his spy series _A Man Called Sloane_ (just 12 episodes, but I remember they were good cheesy fun). May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/8 "2020-02-09T06:11:33Z")
_We are poor little sheep who have lost their way Baa Baa Baa_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/9 "2020-02-09T07:48:05Z")
He’s now hangin’ around the Spoonin’ Tree, hangin’ around impatiently. RIP, Jim. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/10 "2020-02-09T07:49:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _A Man Called Sloane_ (just 12 episodes, but I remember they were good cheesy fun). “Hi. I’m Torque.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/11 "2020-02-09T08:29:25Z")
I just watched all of Baa Baa Black Sheep recently, and for a cheesy 70’s war sitcom it had some surprisingly deep episodes, I was surprised at just how good the whole thing is. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/12 "2020-02-09T12:09:21Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > I just watched all of Baa Baa Black Sheep recently, and for a cheesy 70’s war sitcom it had some surprisingly deep episodes, I was surprised at just how good the whole thing is. Can’t tell if its a joke or not. But it wasn’t a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/13 "2020-02-09T12:10:25Z")
I had just screwed up the courage to knock that battery off his shoulder and this goes an happens. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/14 "2020-02-09T12:49:53Z")
I remember him having an epic meltdown when Gabe Kaplan smoked him in a race on one of those cheesy battle of the network things they used to have in the seventies. Good actor, bad loser. Still, it would be a funny world if we were all the same. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/15 "2020-02-09T13:00:07Z")
Was about to say that I remember him for being a really bad sport on Battle of the Network Stars. RIP, tough guy. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/16 "2020-02-09T13:37:06Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > [Dead at the age of 84.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/robert-conrad-star-of-television-series-the-wild-wild-west-dies-at-84/ar-BBZNgR0) > > The Wild Wild West was a do-not-miss for me, regardless of how many heel lifts Conrad had to wear to see Artemus Gordon eye-to-eye. Conrad always claimed he was 5’ 8" but I have my doubts. It’s particularly noticeable in some scenes from “Hawaiian Eye.” OTOH, he did virtually all his own stunts and was obviously very strong and agile. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/17 "2020-02-09T14:41:53Z")
My dad wouldn’t watch my favorite show (Baa, Baa Black Sheep) with me when I was a kid because he was still bugged about the animated Jim West punching a woman. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/18 "2020-02-09T14:48:05Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Conrad always claimed he was 5’ 8" but I have my doubts. It’s particularly noticeable in some scenes from “Hawaiian Eye.” OTOH, he did virtually all his own stunts and was obviously very strong and agile. Surprised that _Hawaiian Eye_ wasn’t mentioned earlier. He was on 104 episodes. The same number as _TWWW_ (which also had a reunion movie). On _TBBS_ for only 36 episodes. Obligatory IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001066/). Worked steadily up until 2002 and then nada. Outlived Ross Martin by quite a bit. He died in 1981. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/19 "2020-02-09T15:12:00Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Surprised that _Hawaiian Eye_ wasn’t mentioned earlier. He was on 104 episodes. The same number as _TWWW_ (which also had a reunion movie). On _TBBS_ for only 36 episodes. Two reunion movies, I think. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655/20 "2020-02-09T16:20:59Z")
“Jingle All The Way,” was one long Who-IS-That moment for me with Conrad playing the cop who gets blowed up real good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655.md?page=2)