
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. He also directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer 2. Jeff spent some of his time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961.Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. Conaway worked as a child model, and attended high school at the Quintano School for Young Professionals. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and later transferred to New York University. While at NYU, he appeared in television commercials and had the lead in a school production of The Threepenny Opera. He made his movie debut in the 1971 romantic drama Jennifer on My Mind, which also featured future stars Robert De Niro and Barry Bostwick. The following year Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical Grease, as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by guest spots in several other TV shows, and three more movies including Grease, he was cast as aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978. Conaway starred in the short-lived 1983 fantasy-spoof series Wizards and Warriors. He made guest appearances on such shows as Barnaby Jones, George & Leo and Murder, She Wrote. He appeared inJawbreaker, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Do You Wanna Know a Secret? He also played Mick Savage on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1994 to 1999, he played Zack Allan on Babylon 5. In addition to acting, Conaway dabbled in music. In the mid-1960s, he was the lead singer and guitarist for a rock band, The 3 1/2, which recorded four singles for Cameo Records in 1966 and 1967. On May 11, 2011, Conaway was found unconscious from what was initially described as an overdose of substances believed to be pain medication and was treated in Encino, California, where he was listed in critical condition. The actor was suffering not from a drug overdose but rather from pneumonia with sepsis, for which he was placed into an induced coma. On May 26, 2011, Conaway's family took him off life support after doctors determined they could do nothing to revive him. Conaway died the following morning at the age of 60. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Celebrity Fit Club

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

The Grease Story

バビロン5

Happy Days

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

She Spies

ジェシカおばさんの事件簿

S Club 7

グリース

Who's the Boss?

タクシー

フロム・ザ・ダークサイド

マン・オン・ザ・ムーン

Stingray

ゴールデングローブ賞

Freddy's Nightmares

Monsters

Matlock

刑事コジャック

Joe Forrester

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Hotel

Wizards and Warriors

Burke's Law

Dinah!

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

鷲は舞いおりた

ハード・キャンディ

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Movin' On

ピートとドラゴン

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

It's Showtime

Battle of the Network Stars

Shades of L.A.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1 vs. 100

The Mike Douglas Show

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Berrenger's

Hope and Gloria

The Tyra Banks Show

Almost Pregnant

Shadow of Doubt

The Sleeping Car

Dark Games

A Time to Die

Making of a Male Model

Ghost Writer

Stephen King's Golden Tales

The Banker

Curse of the Forty-Niner

Bay Coven

Covergirl

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

Alien Intruder

Mirror Images

Bikini Summer II

The Patriot

Jennifer on My Mind

For the Love of It

The Russian Godfather

Tale of Two Sisters

L.A. Goddess

2002: The Rape of Eden

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

The Last Embrace

Y.M.I.

Sunset Strip

Eye of the Storm

Naked Movie

The Devil's Pet

Living the Dream

Total Exposure

European Night

Nashville Grab

The Biz

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

The Pool 2

The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs

Dante's Inferni

George & Leo