Men Of Character Character Actors
Russ Conway
Safari Drums/ Sgt. Collins
Love Me Tender/ Ed Galt
Tall Man Riding/ Marshall Jim Feathergill
The Screaming Skull/ Reverend Edward Snow
Russ Conway was a popular character actor in films and television.
He was born Russell Zink at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1913. He was the brother of another Canadian born actor, Donald Woods.
Mr. Conway earned a B. A. degree in 1937 from the University Of California. A number of years later he procured a masters degree in performing arts from UCLA as well as teaching credentials.
Conway totaled up 239 credits in the mediums of films and television in a career that lasted from 1947 through 1977.
His film debut came in 1947 in an non credited role in the film Buck Privates Come Home.
Some of the film roles of Russ Conway were:
Buck Privates Come Home (1947) as A Medic
The Web (1947) as Mike The Fingerprint Man
T-Men (1947) as Code Expert
Black Bart (1948) as Wells Fargo Agent
The Winner's Circle (1948) as Jockey
One Touch Of Venus (1948) as Reporter
Larceny (1948) as Detective
An Innocent Affair (1948) as George Haskins
An Act Of Murder (1948) as Wilson
Flamingo Road (1949) as Reporter Johnson
Arctic Manhunt (1949) as Landers
I Was A Male War Bride (1949) as Commander Willis - Chaplain
Trapped (1949) as Chief Agent Gunby
The Heiress (1949) as Quintus
Twelve O'Clock High ( 1949) as Operations Officer
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) as Major White
Woman In Hiding (1950) as Russell, A Reporter
Military Academy With That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950) as Captain Bagby
The Lawless (1950) as Eldredge
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Police Detective
Prisoners In Petticoats (1950) as Detective Blake
Three Secrets (1950) as Captain
Call Me Mister (1951) as Major McCall
Tomahawk (1951) as Major Horton
Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible man (1951) as Newspaperman
I Was A Communist For The FBI (1951) as Frank Cvetic
Father Takes The Air (1951) as Policeman
Let's Go Navy (1951) as Lt. Moss
Flight To Mars (1951) as Astronomer #1
Colorado Sundown (1952) as John T. Stocker
Fort Osage (1952) as Major Whitley
My Six Convicts (1952) as Dr. Hughes
Jet Job (1952) as Stanley Reed
Young Man With Ideas (1952) as Prosecuting Attorney
The Outcasts Of Poker Flats (1952) as Vigalante
Jumping Jacks (1952) as Colonel
Diplomatic Courier (1952) as Bill
Fearless Fagan (1952) as Major Barnes
The Rose Bowl Story (1952) as Referee Jamison
Battle Zone (1952) as Major
The Turning Point (1952) as Reporter
Because Of You (1952) as FBI man
Girls In The Night (1953) as Sergeant
One Girl's Confession (1953) as Police Officer
Abbott And Costello Go To Mars (1953) as Second Policeman At Bank
Ma And Pa Kettle On Vacation (1953) as Commander Fordise
Safari Drums (1953) as Sgt. Collins
The War Of The Worlds (1953) as Rev. Bethany
Vice Squad (1953) as Reporter
Vicki (1953) as Detective
Jennifer (1953) as Gardener
Killer Leopard (1954) as Sgt. Maitland
Top Of The World (1955) as Colonel Nelson
The Looters (1955) as Major Knowles
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) as Capt. Grifton
Love Me Tender (1956) as Ed Galt
The Midnight Story (1957) as Detective Sgt. Summers
Bernadine (1957) as Mr. Mason
Portland Expose (1957) as Phil Jackman
Bombers B-52 (1957) as General Tyler
The Screaming Skull (1958) as Rev. Edward Snow
Flood Tide (1958) as Bill Holleran
Fort Dobbs (1958) as Sheriff Of Largo
Voice In The Mirror (1958) as Tavern Owner Owens
Johnny Rocco (1958) as Police Lt. Fred Garron
Beach Patrol (1959) as Capt. Bronson
The Bramble Bush (1960) as Sheriff Larson Witt
Twelve Hours To Kill (1960) as Police Captain Long
The Great Impostor (1961) as Sgt. Wilkerson
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) as Police Officer
The Lively Set (1965) as Dave Moody
Guns Of Diablo (1965) as Dr. McPheeters
Our Man Flint (1966) as American General
C'mon, Let's Live A Little (1967) as John W. Grant
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Interrogator
Never A Dull Moment (1968) as Police Capt. Jacoby
The Silent Gun (1969-TV) as First Sheriff
Vanished (1071-TV) as Admiral Fairclough
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) as Judge With Stopwatch
Interval (1973) as Fraser
Washington Behind Closed Doors (1977-TV) as Attorney General Arthur
As you can see from his filmography Conway run the gamut of law officials: policemen, detectives, various ranks of police officials as well as sheriffs and attorneys.
He also assayed a fair number of news reporters as well.
Russ Conway was very active on television appearing in such programs as Boston Blackie, Craig Kennedy Criminologist, Dragnet, Hopalong Cassidy, Your Favorite Story, The Cisco Kid, Mr & Mrs. North, Fireside Theater, The Lone Wolf, Mr. District Attorney, City Detective, Waterfront, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, The Whistler, The Man Behind The Badge, Studio 57, Stage 7, Treasury Men In Action, Public Defender, The Lone Ranger, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, You Are There, Science Fiction Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Four Star Playhouse, Screen Directors Playhouse, The Hardy Boys -The Mystery Of The Applegate Treasure, Navy Log, Ethel Barrymore Theater, The Gray Ghost, Crossroads, The Sheriff Of Cochise, The Web, Have Gun Will Travel, M Squad, Casey Jones, The Millionaire, Maverick, Cheyenne, The Jack Benny Program, Climax! Goodyear Theater, Alcoa Theater, State Trooper, The Lineup, Zane Grey Theater, Trackdown, Man With A Camera, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Tombstone Territory, The Californians, The Rough Riders, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Bourbon Street Beat, Laramie, Fury, The Texan, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Richard Diamond Private Detective, General Electric Theater, The Aquanauts, Surfside 6, Boris Karloff's Thriller, The Untouchables, Lawman, Sea Hunt, Alcoa Premiere, Ripcord, Checkmate, The Tall Man, Rawhide, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, Kraft Mystery Theater, Hawaiian Eye, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Wagon Train, Arrest And Trial, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Channing, Temple Houston, My Three Sons, The Lieutenant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Branded, The Munsters, Slattery's People, Daniel Boone, Petticoat Junction, The Time Tunnel, The Fugitive, The Virginian, The Invaders, Iron Horse, The Christophers, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Bonanza, Judd For The Defense, Death Valley Days, Mod Squad, The Young Lawyers, Ifronside, Adam-12, O'Hara U S Treasury, Mannix, Mission Impossible, The FBI, Chase, Cannon and Switch among others.
Conway appeared eight times on Lloyd Bridges' Sea Hunt, four times on Bonanza and three times on Rawhide . There were a number of TV series that he appeared on multiple times in different episodes
He retired from acting in 1977 and spent the last 33 years of his life away from the acting profession.
He was married to Muriel Morrison from 1946 to 2006 which was the time of her death. The couple had two children.
Russ Conway passed away in December, 2009 in his sleep at age 95 of natural causes.
I enjoyed Mr. Conway in his many TV guest appearances as well as the films War Of The Worlds, Safari Drums, Tomahawk, Love Me Tender, The Screaming Skull, Fort Dobbs, Tall Man Riding, Killer Leopard and My Six Convicts.
Louie The Movie Buff