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Conrad Janis

Acting

Born February 11, 1928 · New York City, New York, USA

Died March 1, 2022

Biography

Conrad Janis was an American jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued acting right up until 2012. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father Frederick in 53 episodes of Mork & Mindy, and appeared in many guest-starring roles on several notable television shows throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, such as the sitcoms Maude, The Golden Girls, and Frasier. He competed in a NASCAR Grand National Series race in 1954, finishing 39th at the Linden Airport. Janis was part of an amateur sports car group and competed under the false name J. Christopher in the race to maintain his amateur status.

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Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1952

Filmography40 titles

Banacek

1972as Video Technician

Get Smart

1965as Victor

Beyond Glory

1948as Raymond Denmore, Jr.

Frasier

1993as Albert

The Golden Girls

1985as Announcer

Happy Days

1974as Mr. Kendall

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. Yambert

Mama's Family

1983

Highway to Heaven

1984as C.J. Barabbas

The Jeffersons

1975

The Buddy Holly Story

1978as Ross Turner

Kojak

1973as D. A. Lynn

L.A. Heat

1999

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Fred McCarren

V

1984as Dr. David Atkins

Remington Steele

1982as Maxwell Donahue / Atomic Man

Mork & Mindy

1978as Fred McConnell

Laverne & Shirley

1976

The Waltons

1972as Judge Graham Thornbury

Police Story

1973

Barnaby Jones

1973as Marty

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Dave Breen

Stoney Burke

1962as Penn Hudson

Brewster's Millions

1985as Businessman in Car

The Love Boat

1977as Byron Horner

My Favorite Martian

1963as Chad Foster

The Cable Guy

1996as Father ('Double Trouble')

Baywatch

1989

Mr. Saturday Night

1992as Director

Nothing in Common

1986as Self

Airport 1975

1974as Arnie

St. Elsewhere

1982as Peter's Lawyer

Maneater

2009as Doc Gramm

Oh, God! Book II

1980as Charles Benson, School Principal

That Hagen Girl

1947as Dewey Koons

Sonny Boy

1989as Doc Bender

Roseland

1977as George

Suspense

1949as Richard

The Happy Hooker

1975as Fred