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Conrad Janis
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Director, Actor Born: February 11, 1928 in New York City, NY Biography:A New York-based radio actor from childhood, "Conrad Janis" was 16 when he made his first Broadway appearance in "Junior Miss." Janis went on to star in the 1945 film comedy "Snafu" then played supporting roles in such 20th Century-Fox productions as "Margie" (1946) and "The Brasher Doubloon" (1947, as a teenaged murderer). His subsequent Broadway credits include "The Brass Ring" (for which he won a Theatre World Award), Time Out for Ginger and "Visit to a Small Planet". Premature baldness compelled him to switch from leading-man assignments to character roles. A veteran of some 350 TV appearances, Janis was seen on a regular weekly basis as Otto Palindrome on the 1978 sci-fi spoof "Quark", and as Mindy McConnell's dad Fred on the "Robin Williams" sitcom "Mork and Mindy". Dropped from M & M after the 1978-79 season when the producers decided to retool the program, Janis was rehired in 1980, this... Full Biography
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