Jeff Conaway
Biografia
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
Filmografia
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Serial • 2015
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Dark Games
Film • 2011
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Film • 2010
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Film • 2008
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Naked Movie
Film • 2008
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Serial • 2008
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The Utah Murder Project
Film • 2006
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1 vs. 100
Serial • 2006
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The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Film • 2006
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Living the Dream
Film • 2006
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The Tyra Banks Show
Serial • 2005
The Pool 2
Film • 2005
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Celebrity Fit Club
Serial • 2005
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The Tony Danza Show
Serial • 2004
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Living in TV Land
Serial • 2004
Y.M.I.
Film • 2004
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Film • 2003
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Curse of the Forty-Niner
Film • 2002
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The Biz
Film • 2002
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She Spies
Serial • 2002
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Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
Film • 2001
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Człowiek z księżyca
Film • 1999
jako Self (uncredited)
Where Are They Now?
Serial • 1999
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Babylon 5: Alarm dla Ziemi
Film • 1999
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S Club 7
Serial • 1999
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Cukiereczek
Film • 1999
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Babylon 5: Rzeka dusz
Film • 1998
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Babylon 5: Trzecia Przestrzeń
Film • 1998
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Film • 1998
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George & Leo
Serial • 1997
The Last Embrace
Film • 1997
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Serial • 1996
The Russian Godfather
Film • 1996
Hope and Gloria
Serial • 1995
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George Romero's Golden Tales 2
Film • 1995
Babylon 5
Serial • 1994
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Burke's Law
Serial • 1994
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2002: Gwałt na Edenie
Film • 1994
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The Devil's Pet
Film • 1994
Sunset Strip
Film • 1993
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L.A. Goddess
Film • 1993
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Europejska noc
Film • 1993
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Nieproszony gość
Film • 1993
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Stephen King's Golden Tales
Film • 1993
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It's Showtime
Film • 1993
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Bikini Summer II
Film • 1992
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Prawie w ciąży
Film • 1992
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Eye of the Storm
Film • 1992
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Mirror Images
Film • 1992
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A Time to Die
Film • 1991
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Total Exposure
Film • 1991
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Shades of L.A.
Serial • 1990
Bankier
Film • 1990
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The Sleeping Car
Film • 1990
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Ghost Writer
Film • 1989
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Film • 1989
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Parszywa dwunastka 4
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Monsters
Serial • 1988
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Freddy's Nightmares
Serial • 1988
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Film • 1988
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Bay Coven
Film • 1987
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Film • 1986
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Serial • 1986
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Stingray
Serial • 1985
Berrenger's
Serial • 1985
Napisała: Morderstwo
Serial • 1984
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Tales from the Darkside
Serial • 1984
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Who's the Boss?
Serial • 1984
Covergirl
Film • 1984
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Making of a Male Model
Film • 1983
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Wizards and Warriors
Serial • 1983
jako Prince Erik Greystone
Hotel
Serial • 1982
Nashville Grab
Film • 1981
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For the Love of It
Film • 1980
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The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs
Film • 1980
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Serial • 1979
jako Roy Fletcher
Taxi
Serial • 1978
jako Bobby Wheeler
Grease
Film • 1978
jako Kenickie
Pete's Dragon
Film • 1977
jako Willie
Nigdy nie obiecywałem ci ogrodu pełnego róż
Film • 1977
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Delta County, USA
Film • 1977
jako Terry Nicholas
Orzeł Wylądował
Film • 1976
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Battle of the Network Stars
Serial • 1976
Joe Forrester
Serial • 1975
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Dinah!
Serial • 1974
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Movin' On
Serial • 1974
Happy Days
Serial • 1974
Kojak
Serial • 1973
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Jennifer on My Mind
Film • 1971
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Serial • 1970
The Mike Douglas Show
Serial • 1961
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Golden Globe Awards
Serial • 1944
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