1950-10-05 ( 74 years old ) in New 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.
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Movies
The Grease Story
2017-11-05
Dante's Hell Animated
2013-11-25
Dark Games
2011-07-11
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03
Wrestling
2008-06-03
Naked Movie
2008-02-24
The Utah Murder Project
2006-11-10
The Pool 2
2005-04-01
Y.M.I.
2004-03-05
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003-09-04
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01
The Biz
2002-08-28
Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
2001-03-04
Man on the Moon
1999-12-22
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1999-10-25
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
1999-05-12
Jawbreaker
1999-01-30
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998-12-20
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
1998-07-17
Shadow of Doubt
1998-04-09
The Last Embrace
1997-01-01
The Russian Godfather
1996-01-01
2002: The Rape of Eden
1994-01-01
The Devil's Pet
1994-01-01
Sunset Strip
1993-09-07
L.A. Goddess
1993-05-12
European Night
1993-03-19
Alien Intruder
1993-02-24
It's Showtime
1993-01-01
Bikini Summer II
1992-12-16
Almost Pregnant
1992-06-22
Eye of the Storm
1992-06-01
Mirror Images
1992-02-17
A Time to Die
1991-12-05
Total Exposure
1991-10-29
The Sleeping Car
1990-02-02
The Banker
1989-12-20
Ghost Writer
1989-12-07
Tale of Two Sisters
1989-05-01
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988-11-10
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988-09-30
Bay Coven
1987-10-25
The Patriot
1986-07-25
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1985-10-19
Covergirl
1984-01-13
Making of a Male Model
1983-10-09
Nashville Grab
1981-10-18
For the Love of It
1980-09-26
The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs
1980-05-19
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979-09-05
Grease
1978-07-07
Pete's Dragon
1977-11-03
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977-07-14
Delta County, USA
1977-05-20
The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24
Jennifer on My Mind
1971-11-10
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