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Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway
Kevin Conway
Born: May 29, 1942 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, History
Career Highlights: One Good Cop, Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 1, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
First Major Screen Credit: Paradise Alley (1978)
17 Videos for Kevin Conway
Ken Burns' The War [TV Documentary Series] (2007) Mercury Rising (1998) Rambling Rose (1991)
Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (2007) Calm at Sunset (1996) Homeboy (1988)
Gods and Generals (2003) Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War (1996) Jesse (1988)
Black Knight (2001) Streets of Laredo (1995) The Funhouse (1981)
Thirteen Days (2000) The Quick and the Dead (1995) The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
Two Family House (2000) Gettysburg (1993)
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Biography:

American actor Kevin Conway's first credited screen role was as Weary in the 1971 Kurt Vonnegut derivation Slaughterhouse Five. Subsequent film assignments included supporting roles in two 1978 Sylvester Stallone vehicles, Paradise Alley and F.I.S.T (1978), and the part of The Kid in the Burt Reynolds cop caper Shamus (1973).

Conway had the second lead in 1980's Lathe of Heaven, the first TV movie produced for the PBS network; and, also for public television, he appeared as Roger Chillingworth in a 1979 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter. The actor was seen on a regular basis in the 1970 TV soap opera A World Apart.

The actor's most celebrated stage role was as Dr. Frederick Treves in the original Broadway production of {~The Elephant Man}, a role he re-created for television in 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.