Kevin Conway
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Biography
Showing a diverse range on stage and usually cast as tough guys and working blokes on TV and film, Conway has been toiling for more than 25 years in all three media, becoming one of those faces people recognize on the street, but whose name may prove elusive. He trained with famed coach Uta Hagen, and scoring his first success in the New York and Stockbridge, MA, production of "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" (1973). He Went on to co-star in many prestigious productions including "Of Mice and Men" with James Earl Jones, "The Elephant Man" (as Dr. Treves) and "Other People's Money."
Conway made his feature film debut in the forgettable "Believe in Me" (1971) and subsequently portrayed the sullen Weary in "Slaughterhouse Five" (1972). He subsequently co-starred as gangsters opposite Sylvester Stallone in "F.I.S.T." and "Paradise Alley" (both 1978). After appearances in a few undistinguished films (e.g. "The Funhouse" 1984, "Flashpoint" 1984), he made his feature directorial debut with the political drama "El Sol y la Luna/The Sun and the Moon" (1987) which starred his wife, Mila Burnette. He was the doctor who suggested sterilization to cure Laura Dern's problems in Martha Coolidge's "Rambling Rose" (1991) and was Sgt. Buster Kilrain, one of the few non-officers featured in the epic "Gettysburg" (1993). Conway co-starred with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead" (1995).
Conway was already playing second leads in 70s TV-movies, such as "The Deadliest Season" (CBS, 1977) and "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye" (NBC, 1977), but in the 80s he became a frequent player in TV longforms with key roles in such efforts as "Sidney Sheldon's 'Rage of Angels'" (NBC, 1983) and the acclaimed "Something About Amelia" (ABC, 1984). He also played Chillingworth opposite Meg Foster's Hester Prynne in the PBS miniseries "The Scarlet Letter" (1979) and co-starred with Bruce Davison in the first PBS TV-movie "The Lathe of Heaven" (1980). He reprised his stage role of Dr. Frederick Treves opposite Philip Anglim's "The Elephant Man" (ABC, 1983). Conway won higher profile roles in the 90s with the Disney Channel movie, "The Whipping Boy" (1994) and "Larry McMurtry's 'Streets of Laredo'" (CBS, 1995).
Filmography
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Life Events
1967
Stage debut, "The Impossible Years", Denver, CO
1968
Off-Broadway debut, "Muzeeka", Provincetown Playhouse
1969
Broadway debut, "Indians"
1971
Film debut, "Believe in Me"
1973
First TV pilot "RX for the Defense" (ABC)
1977
TV-movie debut, "The Deadliest Season" (CBS)
1978
Co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in "F.I.S.T." and "Paradise Alley"
1979
PBS miniseries "The Scarlett Letter" as Roger Chillingworth
1980
Directorial debut, "Mecca"
1983
Recreated stage role of Dr Frederick Treves in "The Elephant Man" (ABC)
1987
Co-produced, starred in and directed the independent feature, "The Sun and the Moon"
1991
Played Lieutenant Danny Quinn, opposite Michael Keaton in "One Good Cop"
1995
Cast as Eugene Dred in Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead"
1995
Cast as the Control Voice in the Showtime series, "The Outer Limits"
1999
Cast as Seamus O'Reily on the HBO prison drama, "Oz"
2000
Cast in the political drama, "Thirteen Days"
2003
Cast in "Gods and Generals," a prequel to the 1993 hit "Gettysburg"
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