Trailer for "The Brasher Doubloon" (1947) · Public domain

Conrad Janis had two careers running in parallel: a working jazz trombonist and a television actor who appeared across five decades, best known for playing Mindy's father Frederick on Mork & Mindy for 53 episodes and for guest roles on Maude, The Golden Girls, and Frasier. Few actors managed to sustain a serious parallel career as a professional musician the way Janis did.