Curt Conway (May 4, 1915 – April 10, 1974) was an American actor. He was sometimes billed as Curtis Conway or Kurt Conway. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Conway appeared in a number of Broadway plays, had small parts in films. such as Hud (1963), and appeared on TV from 1960 until his death.
Curt Conway | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 4, 1915 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 10, 1974 (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1947–1974 |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Francis (m. 19??; div. 19??) Gail Burton
(m. 1970) |
| Children | 1 |
A member of the Group Theatre, and later the Actors Studio, Conway went on to found his own acting school, the Theatre Studio, in 1952. Located at 353 West 48th Street in Manhattan,[1] its faculty included, at one time or another, Nora Dunfee, Robert Alvin, and fellow Actors Studio members Lonny Chapman and David Pressman. The Actors Studio also supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, Alan Schneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett Chambers.[2][3] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he taught acting at the School of Performing Arts in San Diego and the University of California at Irvine (UCI).
Conway was married three times, including to actress Kim Stanley from 1949 to 1956, with whom he had one daughter.
Conway died from a heart attack at the age of 58.
Partial play credits
edit- Johnny Johnson* (1936)
- Marching Song* (1937)
- Casey Jones* (1938)
- The Time of Your Life* (1938)
- Quiet City* (1939)
- No for an Answer (1941)
- A View from the Bridge* / A Memory of Two Mondays* (1955)
- A Touch of the Poet* (1958)
* denotes Broadway productions
Filmography
edit| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | Singapore | Pepe | |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | Bert McAnny | Uncredited |
| 1947 | T-Men | Shorty, Informant | Uncredited |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Naked City | Detective Nick, Fingerprint Man | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Casbah | Maurice | |
| 1948 | Raw Deal | Spider | |
| 1948 | They Live by Night | Man in Tuxedo | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Jack Bernard | Uncredited |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Doctor | |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door | Ed Elkins | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | Bank Clerk | |
| 1949 | Illegal Entry | Thin-Faced Man | Uncredited |
| 1958 | The Goddess | The Writer | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Wind Across the Everglades | Perfesser | |
| 1961 | Run Across the River | Engineer | |
| 1963 | Hud | Truman Peters | |
| 1964 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | McKeever | |
| 1970 | Macho Callahan | Judge | |
| 1972 | The Man | Uncredited | |
| 1973 | Maurie | Dr. Stewart | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1949 | The Front Page | 1 episode | |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Adolf Hitler | 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Dr. Buxton | Season 2 Episode 3: "Terror at Northfield" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Lieutenant Bromley | Season 2 Episode 21: "Beast in View" |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Franklin Karlin / Dr. Philip Mendl | 2 episodes |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. Winslow | 1 episode |
| 1965-1966 | Peyton Place | Judge Irwin Jessup | 17 episodes |
| 1971-1974 | The Odd Couple | Judge / Dr. Gordon | 4 episodes, (final appearance) |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Judge | 1 episode |
References
edit- ^ Mann, William J. (2012). "Winter 1960". Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-547-36892-4.
Theatre Studio Curt Conway Group Theatre.
- ^ "Curt Conway's Theatre Studio of New York, Inc.". The Village Voice. August 28, 1957.
- ^ "Instruction". Equity News. Volumes 42-43.
External links
edit- Curt Conway at IMDb
- Curt Conway at the Internet Broadway Database
