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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild, Wild West,” died Saturday.

Gregory Boyington served as fighter pilot in the Unites States Marine Corps in World War II. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was an American combat pilot who was active during the World War II.

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He commanded VMF-214, The Black Sheep Squadron. Gregory H. 'Pappy' Boyington, Actor: Baa Baa Black Sheep. An Idaho native, he grew up with the dream of flying.

He commanded VMF-214, The Black Sheep Squadron.

It was revived in December 1977 as “Black Sheep Squadron,” after the network’s new shows failed to find audiences. Bringing his customary intensity to the role, he even learned to fly.


That’s when he realized he had completely forgotten to switch on his gunsight and guns. Bringing his customary intensity to the role, he even learned to fly.The CBS series was enjoyed by male viewers but not so much by women and it was dropped after its first season.



His first wife handled financial matters.The show, about a group of law enforcement officers, was filmed in the High Sierra mountain range near Lake Tahoe.Conrad’s later film credits included 1996′s “Jingle All The Way” with Arnold Schwarzenegger and 2002′s “Dead Above Ground.” He also hosted a weekly radio show, "The Robert Conrad Show," on CRN Digital Talk Radio.

Here it comes.”His daughter Nancy Conrad, who appeared in some of his pictures, explained it this way: “Dad is a hard worker. His great-grandfather had emigrated from Germany, and his grandfather founded several meat shops in Chicago called Hartman’s.Conrad moved from one school to another, and at 15 he left his parents’ house for a place known only to his girlfriend and his great-grandmother who sometimes fed him.A football player in school, Conrad’s first job was loading trucks. He starts ranting and raving. He was ably assisted by Ross Martin’s Artemus Gordon, a master of disguise.The series “Baa Baa Black Sheep” followed in 1976 and was roughly based on an autobiography by Marine Corps ace and Medal of Honor recipient Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, who wrote of the raucous fliers he commanded during World War II.Conrad played Pappy Boyington, so nicknamed because he often rescued his pilots from severe punishment.

After a couple of small parts, his TV fame elevated him to stardom, starting in 1966 with “Young Dillinger,” in which he played Pretty Boy Floyd.

Then at 18 he was hired to drive milk wagons.He tried boxing and nightclub singing for a time before drifting into acting and eventually moving to Hollywood, where he found work as a stuntman.In lieu of flowers, Conrad’s family is requesting donations to the Wounded Warrior Project and The Marine Corps Scholarship FoundationConrad is survived by eight children and 18 grandchildren.© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.

"Pappy belonged to the nation," he said.

The dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron). He hired sons Shane and Christian as co-stars, daughter Joan as producer and daughter Nancy as caterer. "Robert was energetic, passionate about his work and in his later years was very much dedicated to his family and his fans who frequently connected with him on his weekly radio program," Conrad's publicist, Carlos Martinez, told USA TODAY.He was born Konrad Robert Falkowski in Chicago on March 1, 1935.





He shot down 28 Japanese aircraft, for which he received the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. A United States Marine Corps fighter ace, he was awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. It takes a while to patiently take him aside and show him why things might not be going well.”He frequently employed his offspring in his movies and TV shows.An example was the 1988 television series “High Mountain Rangers,” which Conrad had proposed, bankrolled with his own money and directed.
They operated out of a fancy office overlooking the pool at a popular Waikiki hotel.The two private eyes alternated on simple investigations with help from the island’s colorful characters, including a singer named Cricket Blake (Connie Stevens) and a ukulele-strumming taxi driver named Kazuo (Poncie Ponce).After five seasons with the show, Conrad went on to embrace the television craze of the time, period Westerns, but with a decidedly different twist.In “The Wild, Wild West,” which debuted in 1965, he was James T. West, a James Bond-like agent who used innovative tactics and futuristic gadgets (futuristic for the 1800s anyway) to battle bizarre villains. “If you’re rude to me, put your headgear on.