Actor, born
1 March 1935, as Conrad Robert Falk.
Famed for having the sexiest
butt ever on film.
Best know for his role as James
West in the 1965-1969 TV series The Wild Wild
West, in which he played a "James Bond on horseback" character.
Conrad is a gay icon due to the James
West character's costume of extraordinarily
tight matador-style pant and bollero jacket, cut high on the waste to fully reveal the
fine, 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 show ran four seasons but become un-PC due to excessive violence. Nevertheless, many a gay
boy 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 gay, and although at the time the homoeroticism may have seemed subliminal, in today's less naive world it is blatantly obvious.
Father of eight Conrad is not known to have been gay, but was well aware of the effect of the tight pants.
He is quoted as saying "That character was light years away from me. I'm not debonair. I'm not suave. I did wear tight pants, though, because I found out it worked...we merchanised conditioning and sex. It's so much sexier to be subtle, to maybe have tight pants and take your shirt off.