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Onest Conley‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1906-12-25

Popularity

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Onest Conley

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Onest Conley

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1906-12-25

Popularity

star2.5

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Born in Evanston, Illinois, his mother was the pioneering African-American film actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan (née Nellie Crawford) and his father was Robert Reed Conley. He had two brothers; Odel and Otto. His father abandoned the family shortly after Conley's birth, leaving his actress mother to raise the three boys. Like his mother, Onest Conley gravitated toward the acting profession and began taking bit parts in films. His first film appearance was a minor role in the 1926 Frank Borzage-directed The Dixie Merchant, a film adaptation of the Barry Benefield novel The Chicken-Wagon Family. The film starred Jack Mulhall and Madge Bellamy. Despite limitations for African-American actors within the film industry during the 1920s and 1930s, Onest Conley appeared in films during the era, often typecast in stereotypical roles as "natives" and "shoeshine boys". Conley appeared alongside his brother Odel as "warriors" in the 1933 box-office hit King Kong, in which their mother also appeared in an uncredited role as a "native handmaiden". Conley also appeared alongside his mother in the 1930 Richard Thorpe-directed film The Thoroughbred as the character Ham Tolliver. His most recognizable roles include George Harris in the 1933 Cecil B. DeMille-directed crime-drama This Day and Age, Neptune in the 1935 John S. Robertson-directed romantic drama Grand Old Girl and Mose in the 1935 Sam Newfield-directed adventure film Racing Luck. By the early 1940s, however, Conley's career faltered and he received fewer and fewer roles. His last appearance as an actor was on an episode of the 1950s television series Soldiers of Fortune as a "voodoo drummer".

Movie Credits

Vengeance

Vengeance‌
star3.5
calendar 1930

The Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred‌
star4.6
calendar 1930

Racing Luck

Racing Luck‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Grand Old Girl

Grand Old Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

Golden Boy

Golden Boy‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Jungle Goddess

Jungle Goddess‌
star2.6
calendar 1948

This Day and Age

This Day and Age‌
star1.0
calendar 1933

The Dixie Merchant

The Dixie Merchant‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

King Kong

King Kong‌
star7.6
calendar 1933

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

Princess O'Hara

Princess O'Hara‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

The Thrill of Brazil

The Thrill of Brazil‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

The Foxes of Harrow

The Foxes of Harrow‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Diamond Handcuffs

Diamond Handcuffs‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

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