Russ Conway (actor)
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Conway in The Screaming Skull
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| Born |
Russell Clarence Zink April 25, 1913 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | January 12, 2009 (aged 95) Laguna Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947-1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Muriel Morrison (1946-2006) (her death) (2 children) |
Russ Conway (April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a Canadian-American character actor who appeared on film and television between 1947 and 1975. He was the younger brother of Canadian-born actor Donald Woods.
Born Russell Clarence Zink in Brandon, the second largest city of Manitoba, Canada, Conway earned a bachelor's degree in 1937 from the University of California at Los Angeles. Years later, he procured a master's in theatre arts from UCLA as well as teaching credentials.
During World War II, he served in the United States Army, attached to the Special Services unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at the since defunct Fort Ord on Monterey Bay in California before he was sent to the Philippine Islands and then Japan. He worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio.
At first, he had uncredited roles in some two dozen motion pictures from 1947–1953, beginning as a medic in Buck Privates Come Home and including The Heiress (film) appearing as Quintus SeaburyFlamingo Road, I Was a Male War Bride, Calamity Jane and Sam Bass about frontier characters Martha Jane Cannary and the bandit Sam Bass, Twelve O'Clock High, Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, and the 1952 film The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a Bret Harte short story of the same name.
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