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Jeff Conaway

Acting
Known For

60 Years Old

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

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 5th October 1950

Died

27th May 2011

All Credits

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