Mork & Mindy actor Conrad Janis dies aged 94
Mork & Mindy star Conrad Janis passes away at age 94
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Mork & Mindy star Conrad Janis has passed away at age 94.
Dean A. Avedon, his business manager, confirmed his death to the New York Times.
Janis appeared opposite Robin Williams in the sitcom Mork & Mindy, playing Fred McConnell, the father of Mindy McConnell (played by Pam Dawber).
Janis played the character for 70 episodes from 1978 to 1982.
Mork & Mindy star Conrad Janis has passed away at age 94; Conrad pictured far L
The actor was born February 11, 1928 to Sidney and Harriet Janis, well known art collectors and gallerists in New York, according to Deadline.
Janis’ acting career began in the mid-1940s, when he landed a role in the 1945 production of Dark Of The Moon. It would be the first of 12 Broadway shows he would appear in during his career.
He also starred in the 1945 wartime comedy Snafu, followed by roles in Margie, The Brasher Doubloon, That Hagen Girl and Beyond Glory.
In addition to his work as an actor, Janis was also an accomplished jazz trombonist who performed with the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, even at the peak of his Mork & Mindy fame, according to Deadline.
Janis appeared opposite Robin Williams in the sitcom Mork & Mindy, playing Fred McConnell, the father of Mindy McConnell (played by Pam Dawber)
Janis played the character for 70 episodes from 1978 to 1982
According to the New York Post, Janis was a voracious listener of trombonist Kid Ory and his New Orleans jazz band in the 1940s, leading to his lifelong passion for music.
‘In the course of going eight or nine months and listening to him every night, I inadvertently memorized every one of his solos,’ he said in an interview with film historian Alan K. Rode in 2012.
‘When I finally got hold of a trombone [sometime later], I started playing and could play — very badly and stumbling — but I had it in my ear.’
In addition to his acting career, Conrad was also an accomplished jazz trombonist
