
Jeff Conaway
Known for ActingBorn 1950-10-05Died 2011-05-27New York City, New York, USA
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 encyclopediaRead more
Movies & web series
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George & Leo
1997 · Series
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The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs
1980 · Movie
Delta County, USA
★ 10.0View details →
Delta County, USA
1977 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015 · Series
★ 9.0View details →
Celebrity Fit Club
2005 · Series
★ 9.0View details →
Nashville Grab
1981 · Movie
★ 8.4View details →
The Grease Story
2017 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Babylon 5
1994 · Series
★ 7.7View details →
She Spies
2002 · Series
Where Are They Now?
★ 7.5View details →
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
S Club 7
1999 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Happy Days
1974 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Man on the Moon
1999 · Movie
★ 7.4View details →
Who's the Boss?
1984 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
Grease
1978 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Taxi
1978 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Stingray
1985 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
The Biz
2002 · Movie
★ 7.1View details →
Monsters
1988 · Series
★ 7.1View details →
Matlock
1986 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Shades of L.A.
1990 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Kojak
1973 · Series
★ 6.9View details →
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
1999 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Wizards and Warriors
1983 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Joe Forrester
1975 · Series
★ 6.5View details →
Hollywood Demons
2025 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Dinah!
1974 · Series
★ 6.8View details →
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
★ 7.2View details →
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
★ 6.8View details →
Hotel
1982 · Series
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Babylon 5: Thirdspace
1998 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988 · Movie
★ 6.5View details →
It's Showtime
1993 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
★ 6.4View details →
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
★ 6.6View details →
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie
★ 6.4View details →
Jawbreaker
1999 · Movie
★ 6.4View details →
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998 · Movie
★ 6.3View details →
Hope and Gloria
1995 · Series
★ 6.5View details →
Movin' On
1974 · Series
★ 6.1View details →
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · Movie
★ 6.3View details →
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Movie
★ 6.2View details →
Battle of the Network Stars
1976 · Series
★ 6.0View details →
Eye of the Storm
1992 · Movie
★ 6.0View details →
For the Love of It
1980 · Movie