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person_profile-Morgan Conway

Morgan Conway Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Morgan Conway

Date of Birth:

Mar 16, 1903

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 16, 1981

Biography of

Morgan Conway

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Morgan Conway (March 16, 1903 in Newark, New Jersey – November 16, 1981 in Livingston, New Jersey) was an American actor, best known for his portrayals of Dick Tracy.

    Born Sydney Conway, he was educated at Columbia University in New York City. He arrived in Hollywood just in time to get on the ground floor of the industry's burgeoning labor movement. Conway was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. His first film appearance was in the 1934 film Looking for Trouble.

    For many years he freelanced, working for various studios in bits or supporting roles. His most familiar appearance from this period is probably in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939).

    By the mid-1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, and he was chosen to portray Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball. RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to emulate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although this screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy physically, Conway's dramatic interpretation was faithful; he gave the role an understated, businesslike quality totally in keeping with a police procedural. Morgan Conway is considered by many (including Dick Tracy writer Max Allan Collins) to be the best screen Dick Tracy.

    Morgan/Sydney Conway left the motion picture industry and returned to New Jersey, where he died of lung cancer at the age of 78.

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Filmography of

Morgan Conway

Found 32 Movies in total

Vacation in Reno

Joe ( Actor )

... 1946

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Dick Tracy ( Actor )

... 1946

Badman's Territory

Captain William 'Bill' Hampton ( Actor )

... 1946

The Truth About Murder

Lester Ashton ( Actor )

... 1946

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy ( Actor )

... 1945

Jack London

Richard Harding Davis ( Actor )

... 1943

Canyon City

Craig Morgan ( Actor )

... 1943

Tornado

Gary Linden ( Actor )

... 1943

Bells of Capistrano

Stag Johnson ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

Millionaires in Prison

James Brent ( Actor )

... 1940

A Fugitive from Justice

'Julie' Alexander ( Actor )

... 1940

The Saint Takes Over

Sam Reese ( Actor )

... 1940

Brother Orchid

Philadelphia Powell ( Actor )

... 1940

Florian

Kingston ( Actor )

... 1940

Private Detective

Nat Flavin ( Actor )

... 1939

Sued for Libel

Albert Pomeroy ( Actor )

... 1939

Television Spy

Carl Venner ( Actor )

... 1939

The Spellbinder

Mr. Carrington ( Actor )

... 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Thomas Reedy ( Actor )

... 1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

George Bentley ( Actor )

... 1939

Secret Service of the Air

Henchman Ed Powell ( Actor )

... 1939

Wings of the Navy

Tommy - Duty Officer ( Actor )

... 1939

Blackwell's Island

Steve Cardigan ( Actor )

... 1939

North of Shanghai

Bob Laird ( Actor )

... 1939

Off the Record

Lou Baronette ( Actor )

... 1939

Illegal Traffic

State's Attorney Ryan ( Actor )

... 1938

Crime Ring

Ray Taylor ( Actor )

... 1938

Sinners in Paradise

Harrison Brand ( Actor )

... 1938

The Nurse from Brooklyn

Inspector Donohue ( Actor )

... 1938

Happy Landing

Frank Harland ( Actor )

... 1934

Looking for Trouble

Dan Sutter ( Actor )

... 1934