Conrad Hurtt

Conrad Hurtt is a former actor who appeared as a Tau Cygna V colonist in the third season episode . As a background actor he received no credit for this appearance.
== Personal information ==
Hurtt was born in Tainan, Taiwan and moved to the United States a few years later. His mother Julia Montrond was a stage actress in New York. He attended several dependent schools on military bases in Taiwan, Morocco, Turkey and Spain, the Berkeley High School between 1974 and 1978 and the U.C. Berkeley between 1978 and 1982 where he graduated in Dramatic Arts. At the U.C. Berkeley he was part of the gymnastics team for two years. Later, he was one of the acrobats in the Puccini Opera "Turandot" with . He studied acting under Ryszard Cieslak and Leonard Pitt and martial arts under Sifu Daniel Lee. Hurtt was also a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Stuntman's Association for six months. Today, Hurtt is working as writer and teacher. 
== Acting ==
=== Television ===
Hurtt's first television appearance was the pilot episode of the comedic drama series Up and Coming in 1980, which was not picked up. Robert DoQui was one of the stars of this series. He then appeared in over twenty television series throughout the 1980s, mostly cast as background cop, paramedic, bar patron or military guy. Among these series are (1983, with Michael Spound and Michael Durrell), Still the Beaver (1985, with Chad Allen and Ray Walston), MacGrouder and Loud (1985), (1985, with Joan Collins, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Charles Parks, and Debra Dilley), The Love Boat (1985, with Teri Hatcher), (1985, with Gary Kasper, Lawrence Tierney, Jay Louden, and Bud Davis), Life with Lucy (1986), (1985-1986, starring William Daniels and Patricia McPherson, with Robert Pine, Joshua Gallegos, Andy Epper, and Tony Epper), (1986, with Fran Bennett, Bud Davis, and Richard Gilbert-Hill), (1986, with David Ruprecht, Joseph Ruskin, and Christopher McDonald), (1986, with John de Lancie), and Stingray (1986, with Barbara Williams and David Froman).
Hurtt had recurring background roles as police officer in (1985-1986, starring Charles Hallahan), Blacke's Magic (1986), (1985-1987, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, Bob Bryan, Ilona Wilson, Adrian Tafoya, Darrell Burris, Cassandra Foster, and Gene Cross), (1986-1988, starring Mary Carver), (1986-1989, with Daniel Roebuck, David Froman, and Michael Durrell), and (1986-1989, with recurring actor William Windom). Other television series he appeared in several episodes in include (1986-1987), (1987-1988), Houston Knights (1987-1988), (1987-1988, with Robert Foxworth, Dana Sparks, Brett Cullen, Ellen Geer, and Ian Abercrombie), CBS Summer Playhouse (1987-1989), (1987-1989, starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), and General Hospital (1987-1990).
In 1986, he was featured in the television drama Pros & Cons. Further television work includes episodes of (1986, with William Shatner and James Darren), The Wizard (1986, starring David Rappaport), (1986), Easy Street (1986, with James Cromwell), (1987, with Susan Howard, William Smithers, Glenn Corbett, Joshua Harris, and Brenda Strong), Ohara (1987, with Madge Sinclair, Roxann Dawson, and Marco Rodriguez), (1987, with Michael Cavanaugh, Julie Cobb, and Barry Jenner), Hard Copy (1987, with Erich Anderson and Fionnula Flanagan), Mike Hammer (1987), (1987), Growing Pains (1987), (1988), (1988, with Jeff Kober, Robert Picardo, Concetta Tomei, Megan Gallagher, Jana Marie Hupp, and Bruce Beatty), (1986 and 1988, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, and Bebe Neuwirth), (1989, with Barbara Bosson, Kathleen Garrett, and John Staible), (1989, with Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Ron Fassler, William Frankfather, Tim Russ, Jeff Austin, Aaron Lustig, Tierre Turner, and Noon Orsatti), Life Goes On (1989, with Bill Smitrovich and Laura Walsh), (1989, with Lawrence Pressman, James B. Sikking, Thelma Lee, Lucy Boryer, and Conroy Gedeon), and Christine Cromwell (1989, with Ellen Albertini Dow, Theodore Bikel, James Cromwell, John de Lancie, Constance Towers, and Rudolph Willrich).
Among his last known television work are episodes of Generations (1990, with Christopher Michael and Heather Lauren Olson), (1990, with Stan Ivar and Bruce Gray), and Carol & Company (1991).
=== Film ===
His first film work was the short film Lost Love in 1981. Further film work as background and featured actor include the drama Breach of Contract (1982), the crime drama Under Arrest (1983), and (1984, with Gregory Itzin, Bill Mumy, Michael Canavan, and Eddie Hice). In 1985, Hurtt appeared in , which featured fellow Trek alumni David Graf and Arthur Batanides.
Following a background part in (1989, with Corbin Bernsen and Bill E. Rogers), Hurtt was featured in (1988, with Jenette Goldstein, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Patrick Kilpatrick, Clay Wilcox, Jophery C. Brown, Allan Graf, Frank Orsatti, and John Staible), the horror film Project Vampire (1993, with Kim Robert Koscki) and in the drama The Pit: Emergency Room (1995, with David Jean Thomas).
== Behind the camera ==
In addition to his work as an actor, Hurtt worked as stand-in and photo double on several projects including (1985), Stingray (1986), and (1987-1989), (1989, with David Renan), (1990, with Jack Gwaltney, Tim Ransom, Wallace Langham, Jeanne Mori, and Angelo Tiffe), and (1990, with Joseph Campanella, Clynell Jackson III, and Dyanna Lynn).
Hurtt worked as trainee assistant director on the 1990 television thriller Murder in Paradise with Cary-Hiroyuki and Richard E. Butler and as camera production assistant on the short film Blackbird Fly (1991, with Whoopi Goldberg).
== External links ==
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