
Acting
Michael Conrad (October 16, 1925 β November 22, 1983) was an American actor, primarily on television. Conrad had a long acting career in television from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1963 he played Felton Grimes, the title character and murder victim in theΒ Perry MasonΒ episode, "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse." He played far left-wingMichael Stivic's, Uncle Casimir onΒ All in the Family, and gave bigotedΒ Archie BunkerΒ as good as he got. He had a memorable role in theΒ 1974 film,Β The Longest Yard, playing Nate Scarboro, a retired NFL tight end (New York Giants) who was also the head coach for the Mean Machine, the team of prisoners put together byΒ Burt Reynolds' character Paul Crewe to play the team of guards (Reynolds himself would later play the role of Scarboro in the 2005 remake starringΒ ...