Robert Conrad (born "Konrad Robert Falkowski", March 1 1935) was an American actor, singer and stuntman best known for his role as sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West on the late 1960s television series The Wild Wild West. Columbo fans will remember him for his 1974 appearance as the murderer Milo Janus in the Season 4 opener An Exercise in Fatality. On The Wild Wild West he starred opposite fellow Columbo killer Ross Martin, who played Dale Kingston in Suitable for Framing. In the 1999 Hollywood blockbuster adaptation of Wild Wild West, Conrad's role was played by Will Smith.
Conrad died of heart failure in Malibu on February 8, 2020. He was 84 years old.