Jeff Conaway

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1950-10-05

Deathday 2011-05-27 (60 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Jeffery Charles William Michael Conaway, Jeff Conway

Jeff Conaway

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

Known For

Actor

2017
The Grease Story

as Kenickie (archive footage)

2015
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

as Kenickie (archive footage)

2013
Dante's Hell Animated

as Circles Introduction (voice)

2011
Dark Games

as Tom Doyle

2010
2008
Wrestling

as Franklin Conner

2008
Naked Movie

as Self

2006
The Utah Murder Project

as Sheriff Dan Patterson

2006
1 vs. 100

as Self

2005
The Pool 2

as Agent Frank Gun

2005
Celebrity Fit Club

as Self - Contestant

2004
Y.M.I.

as Digger's Dad

2002
Curse of the Forty-Niner

as Reverend Sutter

2002
The Biz

as Gavin Elliots

2002
She Spies

as Zachary Mason

2001
Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

as Agent Owen Sacker

1999
Man on the Moon

as Self (uncredited)

1999
1999
Jawbreaker

as Marcie's Father

1999
S Club 7

as Jerry Parker

1998
Babylon 5: Thirdspace

as Zack Allen

1998
1997
1995
Hope and Gloria

as Bud Green

1994
1994
Babylon 5

as Zack Allan

1994
Babylon 5

as Self

1994
Burke's Law

as Alex Kenyon

1993
Sunset Strip

as Tony

1993
L.A. Goddess

as Sean

1993
European Night

as Werner Soehnen

1993
Alien Intruder

as Borman

1993
It's Showtime

as Rinaldi

1992
Bikini Summer II

as Stu Stocker

1992
Almost Pregnant

as Charlie Alderson

1992
Eye of the Storm

as Tom Edwards

1992
Mirror Images

as Jeffrey Blair

1991
A Time to Die

as Frank

1991
Total Exposure

as Peter Keynes

1990
The Sleeping Car

as Bud Sorenson

1989
The Banker

as Cowboy

1989
Ghost Writer

as Tom Farrell

1989
Tale of Two Sisters

as Taxi driver

1988
Freddy's Nightmares

as Buddy Powers

1987
Bay Coven

as Josh McGwin

1986
The Patriot

as Mitchell

1986
Matlock

as Daniel Ward

1985
Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Peter Prentice

1984
Covergirl

as T.C. Sloane

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Nolan Walsh

1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Peter Prentice

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Tom Powell

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Howard Griffin

1983
Making of a Male Model

as Chuck Lanyard

1982
1981
Nashville Grab

as Buddy Walker

1980
For the Love of It

as Russ Moran

1979
1978
Grease

as Kenickie Murdoch

1978
Taxi

as Bobby Wheeler

1977
Pete's Dragon

as Willie

1977
Delta County, USA

as Terry Nicholas

1976
1973
Kojak

as Bert Gaines

1971
Jennifer on My Mind

as Minstrel #2

Writer

1992
Bikini Summer II

as Original Story

Director

1992
Bikini Summer II

as Director