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Conrad Brooks was born as Conrad Biedrzycki on January 3, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of Polish immigrants, with a baker father, and had seven brothers and sisters. At seventeen, along with his brothers Henry and Ted, he went to Hollywood, California. Brooks first encountered legendary Grade-Z filmmaker Ed Wood in a donut shop. Conrad first collaborated with Wood on the fifteen minute short movie "Range Revenge." Brooks had three roles in Wood's "Glen or Glenda." He achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity as Patrolman Jamie in "Plan 9 from Outer Space." Conrad briefly popped up in the uproariously awful cheapie clunker "The Beast of Yucca Flats."
He was an American character actor primarily known for his extensive work in low-budget B-movies, particularly within the films directed by Ed Wood.
He is best known for his appearances in cult classics such as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Glen or Glenda, as well as for appearing in the 1994 biographical film Ed Wood.
He primarily appeared in independent low-budget horror and comedy films, often associated with the grindhouse and cult cinema movements spanning from the 1950s through the 2000s.