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Jeff Conaway‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1950-10-05

Popularity

star4.5

Jeff Conaway

New York City, New York, USA

Jeff Conaway

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1950-10-05

Popularity

star4.5

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

Movie Credits

Grease

Grease‌
star7.4
calendar 1978

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt‌
star4.5
calendar 1998

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Babylon 5: The River of Souls‌
star6.3
calendar 1998

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Babylon 5: Thirdspace‌
star6.6
calendar 1998

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark‌
star6.6
calendar 1988

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Dante's Hell Animated

Dante's Hell Animated‌
star5.4
calendar 2013

The Banker

The Banker‌
star4.4
calendar 1989

Jennifer on My Mind

Jennifer on My Mind‌
star3.8
calendar 1971

Almost Pregnant

Almost Pregnant‌
star4.9
calendar 1992

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star‌
star5.0
calendar 2003

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker‌
star6.3
calendar 1999

A Time to Die

A Time to Die‌
star4.6
calendar 1991

Mirror Images

Mirror Images‌
star3.8
calendar 1992

The Sleeping Car

The Sleeping Car‌
star5.0
calendar 1990

Bikini Summer II

Bikini Summer II‌
star4.1
calendar 1992

Nashville Grab

Nashville Grab‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

The Utah Murder Project

The Utah Murder Project‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Y.M.I.

Y.M.I.‌
star2.0
calendar 2004

Bay Coven

Bay Coven‌
star4.2
calendar 1987

2002: The Rape of Eden

2002: The Rape of Eden‌
star2.9
calendar 1994

The Biz

The Biz‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Tale of Two Sisters

Tale of Two Sisters‌
star3.2
calendar 1989

For the Love of It

For the Love of It‌
star3.0
calendar 1980

Ghost Writer

Ghost Writer‌
star4.2
calendar 1989

Making of a Male Model

Making of a Male Model‌
star4.3
calendar 1983

Alien Intruder

Alien Intruder‌
star3.8
calendar 1993

L.A. Goddess

L.A. Goddess‌
star4.0
calendar 1993

Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip‌
star2.3
calendar 1993

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm‌
star2.0
calendar 1992

Naked Movie

Naked Movie‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

The Patriot

The Patriot‌
star3.7
calendar 1986

Wrestling

Wrestling‌
star2.5
calendar 2008

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon‌
star7.3
calendar 1999

Curse of the Forty-Niner

Curse of the Forty-Niner‌
star4.4
calendar 2002

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do‌
star4.0
calendar 1979

European Night

European Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift‌
star6.6
calendar 2010

The Last Embrace

The Last Embrace‌
star1.0
calendar 1997

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

George Romero's Golden Tales 2‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Total Exposure

Total Exposure‌
star2.0
calendar 1991

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?‌
star3.7
calendar 2001

The Russian Godfather

The Russian Godfather‌
star3.0
calendar 1996

The Devil's Pet

The Devil's Pet‌
star2.0
calendar 1994

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Stephen King's Golden Tales‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

The Grease Story

The Grease Story‌
star8.3
calendar 2017

Covergirl

Covergirl‌
star4.6
calendar 1984

It's Showtime

It's Showtime‌
star6.0
calendar 1993

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden‌
star6.2
calendar 1977

Dark Games

Dark Games‌
star10.0
calendar 2011

Delta County, USA

Delta County, USA‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

The Pool 2

The Pool 2‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Movin' On

Movin' On‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

Who's the Boss?

Who's the Boss?‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Taxi

Taxi‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

Matlock

Matlock‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show‌
star4.3
calendar 2005

Happy Days

Happy Days‌
star7.7
calendar 1974

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Kojak

Kojak‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

Babylon 5

Babylon 5‌
star8.1
calendar 1994

Freddy's Nightmares

Freddy's Nightmares‌
star7.1
calendar 1988

Stingray

Stingray‌
star7.3
calendar 1985

Monsters

Monsters‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith‌
star5.7
calendar 1996

Celebrity Fit Club

Celebrity Fit Club‌
star10.0
calendar 2005

Wizards and Warriors

Wizards and Warriors‌
star6.8
calendar 1983

Berrenger's

Berrenger's‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew‌
star3.7
calendar 2008

Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?‌
star7.5
calendar 1999

Shades of L.A.

Shades of L.A.‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Joe Forrester

Joe Forrester‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

Living in TV Land

Living in TV Land‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Babylon 5

Babylon 5‌
star8.1
calendar 1994

1 vs. 100

1 vs. 100‌
star5.7
calendar 2006

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.7
calendar 1994

Hope and Gloria

Hope and Gloria‌
star5.0
calendar 1995

S Club 7

S Club 7‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

George & Leo

George & Leo‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

She Spies

She Spies‌
star7.1
calendar 2002

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984