David Crawford Conrad is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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. From 2005 to 2010, he starred in the television series Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

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alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Conrad, the youngest of three boys, is the son of Jim Conrad, an engineer, and Margaret Conrad, a librarian. He is a native of Swissvale, Pennsylvania

Swissvale, Pennsylvania

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, and grew up on the border of Edgewood

Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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, both suburbs of Pittsburgh. In the early 1980s, he transferred as a sophomore

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 from Woodland Hills High School

Woodland Hills High School

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 to The Kiski School

The Kiski School

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, an all-boys preparatory school in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania

Saltsburg, Pennsylvania

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, on a scholarship.