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Jeff Conaway

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

  • Nacimiento: 1950-10-05, New York City, New York, USA
  • Fallecimiento: 2011-05-27
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,3 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Grease (1978) — Kenickie
  • Babylon 5 (1994) — Zack Allan
  • Elvira, la reina de las tinieblas (1988) — Travis
  • Taxi (1978) — Bobby Wheeler
  • Caramelo asesino (1999) — Marcie's Father
  • Pedro y el dragón Elliot (1977) — Willie
  • Se ha escrito un crimen (1984) — Nolan Walsh / Tom Powell / Howard Griffin
  • Babylon 5: Llamada a las armas (1999) — Zack Allen

Filmografía

  • Dante's Inferni (2025) — Circles Introduction (archive audio)
  • Dark Games (2011) — Tom Doyle
  • Wrestling (2008) — Franklin Conner
  • The Utah Murder Project (2006) — Sheriff Dan Patterson
  • Living the Dream (2006) — Dick
  • The Pool 2 (2005) — Agent Frank Gun
  • Y.M.I. (2004) — Digger's Dad
  • La maldición del cuarenta y nueve (2002) — Reverend Sutter
  • The Biz (2002) — Gavin Elliots
  • Superespías (2002) — Zachary Mason
  • ¿Quieres que te cuente un secreto? (2001) — Agent Owen Sacker
  • Babylon 5: Llamada a las armas (1999) — Zack Allen
  • S Club 7 (1999) — Jerry Parker
  • Caramelo asesino (1999) — Marcie's Father
  • Babylon 5 - El río de las almas (1998) — Zack Allen
  • Babylon 5: Tercer Espacio (1998) — Zack Allen
  • Sombras de sospecha (1998) — Bixby
  • George & Leo (1997)
  • The Last Embrace (1997) — Jagger
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
  • The Russian Godfather (1996)
  • Hope and Gloria (1995) — Bud Green
  • George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1995)
  • Babylon 5 (1994) — Zack Allan
  • Burke's Law (1994) — Alex Kenyon
  • 2002: The Rape of Eden (1994) — Reverend
  • The Devil's Pet (1994)
  • Sunset Strip (1993) — Tony
  • L.A. Goddess (1993) — Sean
  • European Night (1993) — Werner Soehnen
  • Alien Exterminador (1993) — Borman
  • Stephen King's Golden Tales (1993) — Peter Prentice
  • It's Showtime (1993) — Rinaldi
  • Bikini Summer II (1992) — Stu Stocker
  • Estoy Preñadísima (1992) — Charlie Alderson
  • Eye of the Storm (1992) — Tom Edwards
  • Una imagen en el espejo (1992) — Jeffrey Blair
  • A Time to Die (1991) — Frank
  • Total Exposure (1991) — Peter Keynes
  • Shades of L.A. (1990)
  • Una noche con el Banquero (1990) — Cowboy
  • Presagio de muerte (1990) — Bud Sorenson
  • La escritora fantasma (1989) — Tom Farrell
  • Dos hermanas (1989) — Taxi driver
  • Doce del patíbulo 4: Misión fatal (1988) — Sgt. Holt
  • Monstruos (1988) — Phil
  • Las pesadillas de Freddy (1988) — Buddy Powers
  • Elvira, la reina de las tinieblas (1988) — Travis
  • La bahía de la muerte (1987) — Josh McGwin
  • Rescate mortal (1986) — Mitchell
  • matlock (1986) — Daniel Ward / Slick / Waiter
  • Stingray (1985)
  • Berrenger's (1985)
  • Se ha escrito un crimen (1984) — Nolan Walsh / Tom Powell / Howard Griffin
  • Historias del más allá (1984) — Peter Prentice
  • ¿Quién es el jefe? (1984)
  • Covergirl (1984) — T.C. Sloane
  • Making of a Male Model (1983) — Chuck Lanyard
  • Wizards and Warriors (1983) — Prince Erik Greystone
  • Hotel (1982)
  • Nashville Grab (1981) — Buddy Walker
  • For the Love of It (1980) — Russ Moran
  • The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs (1980)
  • Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979) — Roy Fletcher
  • Taxi (1978) — Bobby Wheeler
  • Grease (1978) — Kenickie
  • Pedro y el dragón Elliot (1977) — Willie
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) — Lactamaeon
  • Delta County, USA (1977) — Terry Nicholas
  • Ha llegado el águila (1976) — Frazier
  • Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
  • Joe Forrester (1975) — Cliff
  • Movin' On (1974)
  • Días felices (1974)
  • Kojak (1973) — Bert Gaines
  • Jennifer on My Mind (1971) — Minstrel #2
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)