Though Robert Conrad was a man of many successes, the actor also took his failures in stride. The mark of a truly strong individual is not how one handles their victories, but how they handle their losses.

While Conrad starred in many television shows, many of those series met an untimely end, cancelled before they had been given a proper chance.

In an article, Conrad joked about his growing reputation in the industry. “You might call me the Champ of Cancellation,” Conrad said during an interview with the Washington Post. “When CBS stopped The Wild West in 1969, it was dominating its time period on Friday night. The next time I was cancelled, it was the Black Sheep Squadron, just after we had a national Nielsen share of 35 percent of the viewers...But all that’s behind us now.”

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Conrad’s positive attitude was one of the reasons he succeeded. In addition, the actor genuinely adored his craft and was more than willing to work hard at every opportunity he had been given.

While starring in The Wild Wild West, Conrad kept an upbeat attitude. “Yes, sir,” said Conrad during an interview with The State. “There’s no man any happier than Bob Conrad when he walks on the set at 8 in the morning and says hello to the 44 people connected directly with the show and the 107 connected with the project. I get a financial profit and an emotional award from what I’m doing. I can’t ask for much more than that right now.”