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Conrad Janis was an actor and jazz musician known for roles including Fred McConnell, Mindy’s father, on the TV sitcom “Mork & Mindy.”Janis began his acting career in his teens, working on the radio and in stage productions, including a role on Broadway in “The Dark of the Moon.” He made his movie debut in 1945’s “Snafu” and went on to become a pioneer of early television. He played roles on anthology series of the early 1950s including “Actor’s Studio,” “Starlight Theatre,” and “The Philco Television Playhouse.” As his career grew, Janis had notable guest spots on “Get Smart” and “My Favorite Martian” and a small role in “Airport 1975.”Janis was part of the “Mork & Mindy” cast for the show’s entire four seasons, playing a music store owner and the father of Pam Dawber’s character, Mindy.
Later, he had roles in movies including “Oh God! Book II” and “The Cable Guy” as well as making guest spots on “St. Elsewhere,” “The Golden Girls,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Frasier,” and many other TV shows.
Alongside his acting career, Janis was a jazz trombonist. He formed bands including the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, which was featured several times on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and regularly played at the Beverly Hills nightclub the Ginger Man during the years when he was starring in “Mork & Mindy.”“It was an exciting time because everything was live.
You had to memorize the entire show for the night of broadcast. We’d do 1-hour shows six or seven nights a week, with very little time for rehearsal.
If people forgot their lines or a prop gun didn’t fire, you just had to adlib your way out of it.” —from a 2015 interview for the SpectrumRIP Conrad Janis, dead at 94. His first film role was in 1945, but he hit
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Conrad Janis, most known for his role on "Mork & Mindy" and who was also a successful jazz trombonist, has died at the age of 94, Fox News Digital can confirm. Janis died on March 1, his business manager, Dean A. Avedon, told Fox News Digital.The actor was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on Feb.
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