Jeff Conaway

Jeff Conaway

Birthday: 1950-10-05

Deathday: 2011-05-27

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Jeffery Charles William Michael Conaway, Jeff Conway

imdb_id: nm0001063

Biography:

Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. He also directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer 2. Jeff spent some of his time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961.Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. Conaway worked as a child model, and attended high school at the Quintano School for Young Professionals. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and later transferred to New York University. While at NYU, he appeared in television commercials and had the lead in a school production of The Threepenny Opera. He made his movie debut in the 1971 romantic drama Jennifer on My Mind, which also featured future stars Robert De Niro and Barry Bostwick. The following year Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical Grease, as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by guest spots in several other TV shows, and three more movies including Grease, he was cast as aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978. Conaway starred in the short-lived 1983 fantasy-spoof series Wizards and Warriors. He made guest appearances on such shows as Barnaby Jones, George & Leo and Murder, She Wrote. He appeared inJawbreaker, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Do You Wanna Know a Secret? He also played Mick Savage on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1994 to 1999, he played Zack Allan on Babylon 5. In addition to acting, Conaway dabbled in music. In the mid-1960s, he was the lead singer and guitarist for a rock band, The 3 1/2, which recorded four singles for Cameo Records in 1966 and 1967. On May 11, 2011, Conaway was found unconscious from what was initially described as an overdose of substances believed to be pain medication and was treated in Encino, California, where he was listed in critical condition. The actor was suffering not from a drug overdose but rather from pneumonia with sepsis, for which he was placed into an induced coma. On May 26, 2011, Conaway's family took him off life support after doctors determined they could do nothing to revive him. Conaway died the following morning at the age of 60. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Played in movies:

The Grease Story

Score: 8.4

Grease

Score: 7.4

Man on the Moon

Score: 7.2

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Score: 6.9

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Score: 6.7

The Eagle Has Landed

Score: 6.6

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Score: 6.6

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Score: 6.4

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Score: 6.4

Jawbreaker

Score: 6.4

Pete's Dragon

Score: 6.3

Dark Games

Score: 6.0

It's Showtime

Score: 6.0

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Score: 5.9

Dante's Hell Animated

Score: 5.4

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

Score: 5.2

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Score: 5.1

The Sleeping Car

Score: 4.7

Shadow of Doubt

Score: 4.7

Almost Pregnant

Score: 4.7

Ghost Writer

Score: 4.4

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Score: 4.4

A Time to Die

Score: 4.4

Making of a Male Model

Score: 4.3

The Banker

Score: 4.3

Curse of the Forty-Niner

Score: 4.2

Bay Coven

Score: 4.0

Covergirl

Score: 4.0

The Patriot

Score: 3.7

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

Score: 3.6

Mirror Images

Score: 3.5

Bikini Summer II

Score: 3.4

Alien Intruder

Score: 3.4

Jennifer on My Mind

Score: 3.3

L.A. Goddess

Score: 3.2

Tale of Two Sisters

Score: 3.2

The Russian Godfather

Score: 3.0

For the Love of It

Score: 3.0

2002: The Rape of Eden

Score: 2.9

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Score: 2.6

The Last Embrace

Score: 2.5

Wrestling

Score: 2.5

Sunset Strip

Score: 2.1

Living the Dream

Score: 2.0

The Devil's Pet

Score: 2.0

Naked Movie

Score: 2.0

Eye of the Storm

Score: 2.0

Y.M.I.

Score: 2.0

Total Exposure

Score: 1.5

European Night

Score: 1.0

Dante's Inferni

Score: 0.0

The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs

Score: 0.0

The Pool 2

Score: 0.0

Delta County, USA

Score: 0.0

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

Score: 0.0

The Biz

Score: 0.0

The Utah Murder Project

Score: 0.0

Nashville Grab

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Celebrity Fit Club

Score: 10.0

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Score: 9.0

Babylon 5

Score: 8.0

Happy Days

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Score: 7.5

Where Are They Now?

Score: 7.5

She Spies

Score: 7.4

S Club 7

Score: 7.4

Who's the Boss?

Score: 7.4

Taxi

Score: 7.3

Battle of the Network Stars

Score: 7.2

Stingray

Score: 7.2

Tales from the Darkside

Score: 7.2

Freddy's Nightmares

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

Monsters

Score: 7.1

Kojak

Score: 7.0

Joe Forrester

Score: 7.0

Wizards and Warriors

Score: 6.8

Hotel

Score: 6.8

Burke's Law

Score: 6.7

The Tony Danza Show

Score: 6.1

Shades of L.A.

Score: 6.0

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Score: 5.8

1 vs. 100

Score: 5.7

Movin' On

Score: 5.2

Hope and Gloria

Score: 5.0

Berrenger's

Score: 5.0

The Tyra Banks Show

Score: 4.8

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

Score: 3.7

George & Leo

Score: 0.0

Living in TV Land

Score: 0.0