1903-03-16 ( 122 years old ) in Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Morgan Conway (March 16, 1903 in Newark, New Jersey – November 16, 1981 in Livingston, New Jersey) was an American actor, best known for his portrayals of Dick Tracy.
Born Sydney Conway, he was educated at Columbia University in New York City. He arrived in Hollywood just in time to get on the ground floor of the industry's burgeoning labor movement. Conway was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. His first film appearance was in the 1934 film Looking for Trouble.
For many years he freelanced, working for various studios in bits or supporting roles. His most familiar appearance from this period is probably in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939).
By the mid-1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, and he was chosen to portray Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball. RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to emulate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although this screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy physically, Conway's dramatic interpretation was faithful; he gave the role an understated, businesslike quality totally in keeping with a police procedural. Morgan Conway is considered by many (including Dick Tracy writer Max Allan Collins) to be the best screen Dick Tracy.
Morgan/Sydney Conway left the motion picture industry and returned to New Jersey, where he died of lung cancer at the age of 78.
Movies
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023-02-10
Vacation in Reno
1946-12-10
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946-11-22
Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
The Truth About Murder
1946-04-01
Dick Tracy
1945-12-01
Jack London
1943-12-24
Canyon City
1943-11-24
Tornado
1943-08-09
Bells of Capistrano
1942-09-15
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942-05-07
Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12
A Fugitive from Justice
1940-06-15
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
Florian
1940-06-05
Private Detective
1939-12-09
Sued for Libel
1939-10-27
Television Spy
1939-10-20
The Spellbinder
1939-07-28
Grand Jury Secrets
1939-06-23
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939-06-16
Secret Service of the Air
1939-03-04
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Blackwell's Island
1939-01-24
North of Shanghai
1939-01-24
Off the Record
1939-01-21
Illegal Traffic
1938-11-02
Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Sinners in Paradise
1938-05-19
The Nurse from Brooklyn
1938-04-29
Happy Landing
1934-09-01
Looking for Trouble
1934-03-28
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