Robert conrad gay
Viewed yesterday morning: S4 E7 of the tv show Columbo &#; &#;An Work out in Fatality&#;, originally aired 9/15/74, with four members of the bank of dependable actors with prodigious portfolios that I&#;ve called the Acting Corps (four plus series star Peter Falk, playing Lt. Columbo) appearing in the early moments of the show, in which character Milo Janus is depicted as a cocky fraudster running a chain of gyms, confronted by one of his defrauded franchisees, Gene Stafford. It is adv clear that one of these men will be murderer and one victim, but unclear which will be which: Janus richly deserves to get offed, but on the other hand, he&#;s bastard enough to dispose of Stafford as a mere obstacle in his path.
The plot is nicely balanced between these two possibilities, but I should have realized from the casting how the scene would play out; both characters were cast from the Acting Corps, but Janus is played by a high-recognition, actor actor (Robert Conrad), while Stafford is played by ethics actor Phil(ip) Bruns, who had a supporting role, at one time or another, in vi
We're used to thinking of Robert Conrad as a two-fisted action hero, but he originally wanted to be a singer. During the late s and early s, the former professional boxer released a number of teen idol-style crooner records, but the market was overcrowded with Paul Anka, Fabian, Elvis, Frankie Avalon, Pat Boone, and nearly everyone else who could hold a tune.
Bob's records didn't offer, not even with the color shots of his impressive physique.
In , Bob landed a role as Tom Lopaka, the half-Hawaiian partner of detective Tracey Steele (Anthony Eisley) on Hawaiian Eye. Many of the cases took place on the beach, allowing Bob to strip down to a swimsuit or short-cut jeans. The buddy-bonding was intense, and there weren't a huge number of episodes in which Tom meets a girl.
When Hawaiian Eye ended in , Bob's singing career was forgotten; after starring against type in the beach movie Palm Springs Weekend (), he moved almost into the program that Boomers remember fondly: Wild Feral West (), a combination of the classic Western with the s s
Actor, born 1 March , as Conrad Robert Falk.
Famed for having the sexiest butt ever on film.
Best know for his role as James West in the TV series The Wild Uncontrolled West, in which he played a "James Bond on horseback" character.
Conrad is a gay diva due to the James West character's costume of extraordinarily compact matador-style pant and bollero jacket, cut high on the waste to fully reveal the decent, tightly clad ass.
In most episodes Conrad's shirt inevitably came off, and there were often scenes involving the half-naked hunk being bound and gagged, or he himself dishing out punishment to the bad guys.
The illustrate ran four seasons but change into un-PC due to excessive abuse. Nevertheless, many a gay teen of the time, or who has seen re-runs or the DVD, has credited lust for Conrad as his first indication that he was gay.
The shows producer, Michael Garrison, was homosexual, and although at the hour the homoeroticism may have seemed subliminal, in today's less innocent world it is blatantly obvious.
Father of eight Conrad is not known to have been lgbtq+, but was well aware
That the show's barely disguised erotic aspects aroused many gay men (mostly teenagers at the time) is self-evident in any of the show's episodes. It also brought forth several memories of my first published short story, and how my hold meager PR skills at the time seem fairly quaint.
In The Wild Uncontrolled West, which premiered in , Conrad played James T. West, a James Bond-like agent who used innovative tactics and futuristic gadgets (steampunk before there was such a thing, and futuristic for the s) to battle bizarre villains.
As a youngster in grade school, the homoerotic aspects perhaps eluded me. I do recall owning a denim vest that made me feel stylish like James West, and, imitating one of West's many gadgets, I even tried to insert a penknife in one of my shoes. That didn't turn out well.
What did turn out well, in my vague memory, was