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Gary Conway is a Actor and Writer American born on 4 february 1936 at Boston (USA)

Gary Conway

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Birth name Gareth Monello Carmody
Nationality USA
Birth 4 february 1936 (88 years) at Boston (USA)

Gary Conway (born February 4, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter.

Conway was born Gareth Monello Carmody in Boston, Massachusetts. His most notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series, Burke's Law, from 1963-1965, who remained close friends, until Barry's death, late in 2009. In addition, he starred in the Irwin Allen sci-fi series Land of the Giants from 1968-1970.

Conway has been married for many years to Marian McKnight, who is Miss America, 1957. They first met while students at the University of California, Los Angeles, where Conway studied art. The couple have two children. They have worked together in film production and writing and own a winery called Carmody McKnight.

Conway's early film credits include the cult horror films I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) as the monster, and How to Make a Monster (1958), In 1958, he was cast with Richard Beymer in the episode "Man Hunt" of the western aviation television series, Sky King, with Kirby Grant and Gloria Winters.

In 1960, Conway appeared as Lt. Charles Williams in the episode "Absent Without Leave" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. Tyler McVey was in the guest cast as Col. Ben Williams, and Steve Brodie also appeared in the episode. He also appeared in 1960 in three episodes under the names of different characters on the ABC/WB crime drama, Bourbon Street Beat, starring Andrew Duggan. In 1966 Conway made an unsuccessful television pilot Assault! a spinoff from Combat! about the US Marine Corps in the Pacific.

Conway starred with Bette Davis in the 1972 television movie The Judge and Jake Wyler. In 1973, Conway was featured in Playgirl magazine's August issue.

His other film credits include Young Guns of Texas (1962), Black Gunn (1972), The Farmer (1977), Once Is Not Enough (1975), American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) and Liberty & Bash (1989). He also starred in Woman's Story (2000), which he also wrote and directed.

While he seldom continues to act, Gary Conway and his wife manage a winery they created years back, which is still in business. (Ironically, he played the murder victim in an episode of the TV series "Columbo": Any Old Port in a Storm, about feuding winemaker brothers). Gary and his wife have two children, Gareth and Kathleen.

Best films

Over the Top (1987)
(Story)

Usually with

Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan
(2 films)
Yoram Globus
Yoram Globus
(2 films)
Steve James
Steve James
(2 films)
Avi Lerner
Avi Lerner
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gary Conway (10 films)

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Actor

Liberty & Bash, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Lou Ferrigno, Miles O'Keeffe, Mitzi Kapture, Richard Eden, Cheryl Paris, Gary Conway
Roles Commissioner Jordan
Rating34% 1.703841.703841.703841.703841.70384
Miles O'Keeffe and Lou Ferrigno star as Vietnam war buddies Liberty and Bash, who team up to rid their community of drugs. When Jesse (Richard Eden) is murdered, Liberty hunts them down with Bash to get back what happen to Jesse. Their friendship began in a time of war, when Liberty and Bash stood united against one enemy in Central America. Now, once again, the battle lines have been drawn and another war rages. It's up to them to save their oldest friend's life.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, 1h30
Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, Steve James, Jeff Celentano, Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Mike Stone
Roles Leo 'The Lion' Burke
Rating49% 2.4572752.4572752.4572752.4572752.457275
Now promoted to Army Rangers, Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) and Curtis Jackson (Steve James) are sent to a remote Caribbean island to aid the Marine Corps in investigating the disappearance of many of its soldiers. The commanding officer, "Wild Bill" Woodward (Jeff Weston) briefs them on the situation: four marines were captured, but he doesn't know who or what they are since terrorism is out of the question. A boy named Toto (Elmo Fillis) is the only witness when he saw two soldiers get beat up by a gang and then taken by a group of men in black suits. Both men look at each other, realizing that they've been in this situation before.
Once Is Not Enough, 2h1
Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Gary Conway
Roles Hugh
Rating46% 2.3172952.3172952.3172952.3172952.317295
In the film version, Mike Wayne (Kirk Douglas) is a middle-aged motion-picture producer whose career has fallen on hard times. Try as he might, Mike no longer can get a new Hollywood project made.
Black Gunn
Black Gunn (1972)
, 1h36
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Martin Landau, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Brenda Sykes, Timothy Brown, Luciana Paluzzi, Stephen McNally
Roles Adams
Rating58% 2.9024652.9024652.9024652.9024652.902465
In Los Angeles, a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.), is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn (Jim Brown). Seeking safe haven, Scott hides out at his brother's mansion after a brief reunion.
Young Guns of Texas, 1h18
Directed by Maury Dexter
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Mitchum, Jody McCrea, Alan Ladd, Chill Wills, Gary Conway, Robert Lowery
Roles Tyler Duane
Rating49% 2.4722852.4722852.4722852.4722852.472285
Tyler Duane (Gary Conway) is expelled from West Point after the Civil War when his brother, a Union officer, is accused of stealing Army funds.
How to Make a Monster, 1h13
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Robert H. Harris, Gary Conway, Paul Brinegar, Gary Clarke, Morris Ankrum, Malcolm Atterbury
Roles Tony Mantell (Teenage Frankenstein)
Rating55% 2.7540352.7540352.7540352.7540352.754035
Pete Dumond, Chief Make-up Artist for 25 years at American International Studios, is fired after the studio is purchased by NBN Associates. The new management from the East, Jeffrey Clayton and John Nixon, plan to make musicals and comedies -- instead of the horror pictures for which Pete has created his remarkable monster make-ups and made the studio famous. In retaliaton, Pete vows to use the very monsters these men have rejected to destroy them. By mixing a numbing ingredient into his foundation cream and persuading the young actors that their careers are through unless they place themselves in his power, he hypnotizes both Larry Drake and Tony Mantell (who are playing the characters Teenage Werewolf and Teenage Frankenstein, respectively, in the picture Werewolf Meets Frankenstein,currently shooting on the lot).
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, 1h14
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Gary Conway, Robert Burton, Claudia Bryar
Roles Bob / Teenage Monster
Rating51% 2.5586552.5586552.5586552.5586552.558655
Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell), a guest lecturer from England, talks Dr. Karlton (Robert Burton) into becoming an unwilling accomplice in his secret plan to actually assemble a human being from the parts of different cadavers. After recovering a body from a catastrophic automobile wreck, Professor Frankenstein takes the body to his laboratory-morgue, where in various drawers he keeps spare parts of human beings. The Professor also enlists the aid of Margaret (Phyllis Coates), as his secretary, to keep all callers away from the laboratory.
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, 1h11
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Musical films
Actors Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Jonathan Haze, Michael Forest
Roles Jarl
Rating33% 1.6651351.6651351.6651351.6651351.665135
Dans un petit village côtier, les hommes ne sont pas rentrés de leur dernière expédition, les femmes décident donc de partir à leur recherche, elles sont rejointes par Ottar, le seul homme qui soit resté au village. Leur drakkar est attaqué par un monstre marin gardien du "Vortex". Le Vortex les précipite sur une rive inconnue, elles sont emmenés en esclavage par le peuple Grimault. Elles tentent de résister mais en vain. Le chef des Grimault, Stark convie les esclaves à un banquet où elles sont malmenées. Voulant tester la force des vikings, le fils de Stark, Senya joue une partie de bras de fer avec Desir, la leader des Vikings, Senya gagne la première manche, Desir la seconde mais les chef les empêche de jouer la belle. Stark propose aux femmes viking de venir avec eux à une partie de chasse.au cours de laquelle Senya est à deux doigts de se faire tuer par un sanglier, il est sauvé par Desir qui tue le sanglier, mais il considère ce sauvetage comme une humiliation et revendique pour lui-même la mort du sanglier. On fait visiter aux femmes vikings la grotte où les mâles sont détenus en esclavage. L'une des femmes tente de les faire évader, mais la prêtresse des vikings, la brune Enger, jalouse de Désir, prévient Stark et fait échouer l'évasion. Stark décrète la mise à mort de Désir et de son amant. Deux buchers sont allumés, et le premier qui demandera grâce aura la vie sauve, mais aucun des deux amoureux ne se décide à le faire. Enger regrette son geste et invoque Thor qui provoque un orage, qui éteint les bûchers tandis que la foudre électrocute Senya qui allait se servir de son épée. Les vikings fuit, mais sont sur le point d'être rattrapés par les Grimault, Enger prend un chemin détournée pour faire diversion et se jette de la falaise, les vikings fuient en barque poursuivi par les Grimault, Le monstre marin survient engloutissant les Grimault tandis qu'Ottar parvient à tuer le monstre d'un coup de lance.

Scriptwriter

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors David Bradley, Steve James, Marjoe Gortner, Michele B. Chan, Michael Dudikoffi, Calvin Jung
Roles Writer
Rating37% 1.8647251.8647251.8647251.8647251.864725
A powerful terrorist known as "The Cobra" (Marjoe Gortner), has infected Sean Davidson, the American ninja, with a deadly virus as human guinea pigs in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and his partners Curtis Jackson (Steve James) and Dexter (Evan J. Klisser) have no choice but to fight The Cobra and his army of genetically-engineered ninja clones led by the female ninja Chan Lee (Michele B. Chan).
Over the Top, 1h33
Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, L'enfance marginalisée, Road movies, Chase films, Films about school violence
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall, Allan Graf
Roles Story
Rating58% 2.90762.90762.90762.90762.9076
Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. Hawk's estranged wife Christina, who is very ill, asks that Hawk pick up their son Michael from military school so that the two of them can get to know each other; Hawk had left them ten years earlier. Michael's controlling grandfather Jason Cutler, a wealthy man who hates Hawk and disapproved of his daughter's relationship with him, believes that Hawk has no right to be in his grandson's life. Michael is very distrusting and bitter towards Hawk initially and treats him with contempt at every turn.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, 1h30
Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, Steve James, Jeff Celentano, Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Mike Stone
Roles Story
Rating49% 2.4572752.4572752.4572752.4572752.457275
Now promoted to Army Rangers, Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) and Curtis Jackson (Steve James) are sent to a remote Caribbean island to aid the Marine Corps in investigating the disappearance of many of its soldiers. The commanding officer, "Wild Bill" Woodward (Jeff Weston) briefs them on the situation: four marines were captured, but he doesn't know who or what they are since terrorism is out of the question. A boy named Toto (Elmo Fillis) is the only witness when he saw two soldiers get beat up by a gang and then taken by a group of men in black suits. Both men look at each other, realizing that they've been in this situation before.