Jeff Conaway
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
Credits
- 2017 · The Grease Story as Kenickie
- 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 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- 2008 · Wrestling as Franklin Conner
- 2008 · Naked Movie as Self
- 2008 · Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew as Self
- 2006 · The Utah Murder Project as Sheriff Dan Patterson
- 2006 · 1 vs. 100 as Himself
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 2005 · The Pool 2 as Agent Frank Gun
- 2005 · Celebrity Fit Club as Self - Contestant
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Living in TV Land as
- 2004 · Y.M.I. as Digger's Dad
- 2003 · Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as Self
- 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 · George Romero's Golden Tales 2 as
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · Babylon 5: A Call to Arms as Zack Allen
- 1999 · S Club 7 as Jerry Parker
- 1999 · Jawbreaker as Marcie's Father
- 1998 · Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Zack Allen
- 1998 · Babylon 5: Thirdspace as Zack Allen
- 1998 · Shadow of Doubt as Bixby
- 1997 · George & Leo as
- 1997 · The Last Embrace as Jagger
- 1996 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as
- 1996 · The Russian Godfather as
- 1995 · Hope and Gloria as Bud Green
- 1994 · Babylon 5 as Zack Allan
- 1994 · Babylon 5 as Self
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Alex Kenyon
- 1994 · The Devil's Pet as
- 1994 · 2002: The Rape of Eden as Reverend
- 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 · Shades of L.A. as
- 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 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Sgt. Holt
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Buddy Powers
- 1988 · Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Travis
- 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
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1985 · Berrenger's as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Nolan Walsh
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Tom Powell
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Howard Griffin
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Peter Prentice
- 1984 · Who's the Boss? as
- 1984 · Covergirl as T.C. Sloane
- 1983 · Making of a Male Model as Chuck Lanyard
- 1983 · Wizards and Warriors as
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · Nashville Grab as Buddy Walker
- 1980 · For the Love of It as Russ Moran
- 1979 · Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Roy Fletcher
- 1978 · Taxi as Bobby Wheeler
- 1978 · Grease as Kenickie Murdoch
- 1977 · Pete's Dragon as Willie
- 1977 · I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Lactamaeon
- 1977 · Delta County, USA as Terry Nicholas
- 1976 · The Eagle Has Landed as Frazier
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1975 · Joe Forrester as
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1974 · Happy Days as
- 1973 · Kojak as Bert Gaines
- 1971 · Jennifer on My Mind as Minstrel #2
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as