Name
Morgan Conway
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-03-16
Deathday
1981-11-16 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Known For
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- 1940 Brother Orchid as Philadelphia Powell
- 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno as George Bentley
- 1946 Badman's Territory as Captain William 'Bill' Hampton
- 1943 Jack London as Richard Harding Davis
- 1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Dick Tracy
- 1942 A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen as Ray Stafford
- 1939 Blackwell's Island as Steve Cardigan
- 1940 The Saint Takes Over as Sam Reese
- 1945 Dick Tracy as Dick Tracy
- 1938 Sinners in Paradise as Harrison Brand
- 1939 Private Detective as Nat Flavin
- 1943 Tornado as Gary Linden
- 1940 A Fugitive from Justice as 'Julie' Alexander
- 1939 Sued for Libel as Albert Pomeroy
- 1946 The Truth About Murder as Lester Ashton
- 1934 Happy Landing as Frank Harland
- 1938 Crime Ring as Ray Taylor
- 1939 The Spellbinder as Mr. Carrington
- 1940 Millionaires in Prison as James Brent
- 1938 Illegal Traffic as State's Attorney Ryan
- 1939 Television Spy as Carl Venner
- 1934 Looking for Trouble as Dan Sutter
- 1938 The Nurse from Brooklyn as Inspector Donohue
- 1939 Secret Service of the Air as Henchman Ed Powell
- 1939 Wings of the Navy as Tommy - Duty Officer
- 1939 Grand Jury Secrets as Thomas Reedy
- 1942 Bells of Capistrano as Stag Johnson
- 1939 North of Shanghai as Bob Laird
- 1940 Florian as Kingston
- 1943 Canyon City as Craig Morgan
- 1946 Vacation in Reno as Joe
- 1939 Off the Record as Lou Baronette
- 1938 Smashing the Spy Ring as Professor Leonard (uncredited)
