Pat Conway
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Pat Conway | |
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 Conway as Clay Hollister, 1958. | |
| Born | Patrick Douglas Conway January 9, 1931 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 24, 1981 (aged 50) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Dionyse (Dee) Humphrey
(div. 1955)Nancy Sprigg Roe (m. 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
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Patrick Douglas Conway (January 9, 1931 – April 24, 1981) was an American actor best known for starring as Sheriff Clay Hollister on the Western television series Tombstone Territory (1957–1960).
Early years[]
Conway was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 9, 1931. His father was Patrick (Pat) Douglas Conway a Hollywood actor, director, and producer. His mother was Virginia C. Bushman Conway, daughter of silent movie star Francis X. Bushman. His brother was Michael Everley Conway, and his sister was Rosemary Conway Foster Miller.[citation needed]
Conway grew up on the family's 125-acre Pacific Palisades ranch, All Hallows Farm, where he learned horsemanship and cattle herding. Conway graduated from Menlo Junior College in San Francisco. After college, he took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse, then studied acting at the London Shakespearean theater at The Old Vic. He served in the US Marine Corps, and after his service, he received an acting contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood. Conway's father directed films from 1925 to 1948 at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Career[]
Conway's first role was in the 1951 movie Westward the Women as Sid Cutler. Conway was Tim Dooley in the 1955 movie An Annapolis Story.[1][2]
In Tombstone Territory, Conway played Tombstone Sheriff Clay Hollister, set in Arizona Territory. The series ran from October 16, 1957, to July 1960. He also played many guest roles in Western serials, including Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Bonanza. He also had parts in two movies: Geronimo in 1962 and Brighty of the Grand Canyon in 1967. His final roles were in The Streets of San Francisco TV show in 1975, the made-for-television movie The Abduction of Saint Anne that aired on American Broadcasting Company, The Bullet in 1972, and The Endgame in 1973. [3]
Highway patrol. 1959. Main character. Episode radioactive
Death[]
Conway died in Santa Barbara County, California on April 24, 1981, at the age of 50.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ palipost.com, Old Palisades Real Estate: The Story of All Hallows Farm and Its Celebrity Owners, By the Palisadian-Post, March 9, 2017
- ^ TV Guide, Patrick Conway
- ^ Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary, By Everett Aaker
External links[]
- Pat Conway at IMDb
- 1931 births
- 1981 deaths
- People from Greater Los Angeles
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American male actors
- Western (genre) television actors