Jeff Conaway
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1950
- Died
- May 27, 2011 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Dante's Inferni
Movie · as Circles Introduction (archive audio)
Hollywood Demons
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Grease Story
Movie · as Kenickie (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
TV · as Kenickie (archive footage) · 1 ep
Dante's Hell Animated
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Dark Games
Movie · as Tom Doyle
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie · as (archive footage)
Naked Movie
Movie · as Self
Wrestling
Movie · as Franklin Conner
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
TV · as Self · 19 eps
The Utah Murder Project
Movie · as Sheriff Dan Patterson
Living the Dream
Movie · as Dick
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Movie · as Self – Kenickie
1 vs. 100
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pool 2
Movie · as Agent Frank Gun
The Tyra Banks Show
TV · 1 ep
Celebrity Fit Club
TV · as Self - Contestant · 8 eps
Y.M.I.
Movie · as Digger's Dad
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Living in TV Land
TV · 7 eps
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie · as Self
The Biz
Movie · as Gavin Elliots
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Movie · as Reverend Sutter
She Spies
TV · as Zachary Mason · 1 ep
Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
Movie · as Agent Owen Sacker
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
Movie · as Zack Allen
Jawbreaker
Movie · as Marcie's Father
Man on the Moon
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Where Are They Now?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
S Club 7
TV · as Jerry Parker · 1 ep
Shadow of Doubt
Movie · as Bixby
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Movie · as Zack Allen
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Movie · as Zack Allen
The Last Embrace
Movie · as Jagger
George & Leo
TV · 1 ep
The Russian Godfather
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
TV · 1 ep
Golden Tales 2
Movie
Hope and Gloria
TV · as Bud Green · 1 ep
2002: The Rape of Eden
Movie · as Reverend
The Devil's Pet
Movie
Babylon 5
TV · as Zack Allan · 74 eps
Burke's Law
TV · as Alex Kenyon · 1 ep
Alien Intruder
Movie · as Borman
L.A. Goddess
Movie · as Sean
Sunset Strip
Movie · as Tony
European Night
Movie · as Werner Soehnen
Golden Tales
Movie · as Peter Prentice
It's Showtime
Movie · as Rinaldi
Almost Pregnant
Movie · as Charlie Alderson
Mirror Images
Movie · as Jeffrey Blair
Bikini Summer II
Movie · as Stu Stocker
Eye of the Storm
Movie · as Tom Edwards
A Time to Die
Movie · as Frank
Total Exposure
Movie · as Peter Keynes
The Banker
Movie · as Cowboy
The Sleeping Car
Movie · as Bud Sorenson
Shades of L.A.
TV · 1 ep
Tale of Two Sisters
Movie · as Taxi driver
Ghost Writer
Movie · as Tom Farrell
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Movie · as Travis
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie · as Sgt. Holt
Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Buddy Powers · 1 ep
Monsters
TV · as Phil · 1 ep
Bay Coven
Movie · as Josh McGwin
The Patriot
Movie · as Mitchell
Matlock
TV · as Daniel Ward, Slick / Waiter · 1 ep
Stingray
TV · 1 ep
Berrenger's
TV · 12 eps
Covergirl
Movie · as T.C. Sloane
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Nolan Walsh, Tom Powell, Howard Griffin · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Peter Prentice · 1 ep
Who's the Boss?
TV · 1 ep
Mike Hammer
TV · as Owen Goddard · 1 ep
Making of a Male Model
Movie · as Chuck Lanyard
Wizards and Warriors
TV · as Prince Erik Greystone · 8 eps
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Nashville Grab
Movie · as Buddy Walker
For the Love of It
Movie · as Russ Moran
The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs
Movie
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Movie · as Roy Fletcher
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
TV · as Roy Fletcher · 2 eps
Grease
Movie · as Kenickie
Taxi
TV · as Bobby Wheeler · 69 eps
Pete's Dragon
Movie · as Willie
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie · as Lactamaeon
Delta County, USA
Movie · as Terry Nicholas
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie · as Frazier
Battle of the Network Stars
TV · 1 ep
Joe Forrester
TV · as Cliff · 1 ep
Movin' On
TV · 1 ep
Happy Days
TV · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kojak
TV · as Bert Gaines · 1 ep
Jennifer on My Mind
Movie · as Minstrel #2
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep