Jeff Conaway

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1950-10-05
  • event Death Date 2011-05-27
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.8
  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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7.4

Grease

1978-07-07

4.5

Shadow of Doubt

1998-04-09

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Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

1999-05-12

6.3

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

1998-12-20

6.6

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1998-07-17

6.3

Pete's Dragon

1977-11-03

6.6

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

1988-09-30

6.6

The Eagle Has Landed

1976-12-24

5.4

Dante's Hell Animated

2013-11-25

4.4

The Banker

1989-12-20

3.8

Jennifer on My Mind

1971-11-10

4.9

Almost Pregnant

1992-06-22

5.1

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003-09-04

5

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

1988-11-10

6.3

Jawbreaker

1999-01-30

4.6

A Time to Die

1991-12-05

3.8

Mirror Images

1992-02-17

5

The Sleeping Car

1990-02-02

4.1

Bikini Summer II

1992-12-16

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Nashville Grab

1981-10-18

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The Utah Murder Project

2006-11-10

2

Y.M.I.

2004-03-05

4.2

Bay Coven

1987-10-25

2.9

2002: The Rape of Eden

1994-01-01

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The Biz

2002-08-28

3.2

Tale of Two Sisters

1989-01-01

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For the Love of It

1980-09-26

4.2

Ghost Writer

1989-12-07

4.3

Making of a Male Model

1983-10-09

3.8

Alien Intruder

1993-02-24

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L.A. Goddess

1993-05-12

2.3

Sunset Strip

1993-09-07

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Eye of the Storm

1992-06-01

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Naked Movie

2008-02-24

3.7

The Patriot

1986-07-25

2.5

Wrestling

2008-06-03

7.2

Man on the Moon

1999-12-22

4.4

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002-10-01

4

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

1979-09-05

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European Night

1993-03-19

6.6

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010-08-03

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The Last Embrace

1997-01-01

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George Romero's Golden Tales 2

1999-10-25

2

Total Exposure

1991-10-29

3.7

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

2001-03-04

3

The Russian Godfather

1996-01-01

2

The Devil's Pet

1994-01-01

5.5

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1985-10-19

8.6

The Grease Story

2017-11-05

4.6

Covergirl

1984-01-13

6

It's Showtime

1993-01-01

6.2

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977-07-14

10

Dark Games

2011-07-11

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Delta County, USA

1977-05-20

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The Pool 2

2005-04-01

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

6.8

Movin' On

1974-05-08

7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984-09-30

6.1

The Tony Danza Show

2004-09-13

7.5

Who's the Boss?

1984-09-20

7.2

Taxi

1978-09-12

7.2

Matlock

1986-03-03

4.3

The Tyra Banks Show

2005-09-12

7.7

Happy Days

1974-01-15

6.7

Hotel

1982-08-21

7.5

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970-09-19

6.9

Kojak

1973-10-24

8.1

Babylon 5

1994-01-26

7.1

Freddy's Nightmares

1988-10-09

7.3

Stingray

1985-07-14

7

Monsters

1988-10-22

7.2

Battle of the Network Stars

1976-11-13

5.7

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1996-09-20

10

Celebrity Fit Club

2005-01-09

6.8

Wizards and Warriors

1983-02-26

5

Berrenger's

1985-01-05

3.7

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

2008-01-10

7.5

Where Are They Now?

1999-06-07

6

Shades of L.A.

1990-10-10

7

Joe Forrester

1975-09-09

0

Living in TV Land

2004-08-18

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

8.1

Babylon 5

1994-01-26

5.7

1 vs. 100

2006-10-13

6.7

Burke's Law

1994-01-07

5

Hope and Gloria

1995-03-09

6.8

S Club 7

1999-04-08

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George & Leo

1997-09-15

7.1

She Spies

2002-07-20

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Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

2015-11-07

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

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