Conrad Roberts

Conrad Roberts is an Antiguan-American actor whose career in film and television has spanned four decades. He began in March 1968 with the role of Edward Stark on The Doctors, playing more than one hundred episodes before leaving the show in 1969. He then spent fifteen years working in film productions, and he also contributed a spoken word piece to the closing track of Miles Davis's 1971 album Live-Evil. In the 1980s he became best known for The Mosquito Coast (1986) and for a smaller part in The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), a cult horror film. In 1989 he took a recurring role as Police Commissioner Williford on Miami Vice, appearing in two episodes before returning to films. Other credits include The Mask of Zorro, a guest spot on The X-Files, a major supporting role in The Scorpion King (2002), guest roles on NCIS, The Unit and The River, and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).