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

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. His notable credits include a co-starring role with

Gene Barry Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass; June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films '' The Atomic City'' (1952) and ''The War of the Worl ...

in the detective series '' Burke's Law'' from 1963 to 1965. In addition, he starred in the

Irwin Allen Irwin Allen (born Irwin O. Cohen; June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genr ...

sci-fi series ''

Land of the Giants ''Land of the Giants'' is a one-hour American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for two seasons, beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. ''Land of the G ...

'' from 1968 to 1970.

Life

Conway married Marian McKnight (

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is judged on competition segments with scoring percentages: ''Priva ...

, 1957). They first met while students at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

, where Conway studied art. The couple have two children, Gareth and Kathleen. Conway and McKnight have worked together in film production and writing. They owned a winery calle
Carmody McKnight
ref name=KR/> that they started in 1985. They sold it to the Wonderful Company (Justin Vineyards & Winery) in 2019.

Career

Conway's early film credits include the cult horror films ''

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein ''I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'' (U.K. title: ''Teenage Frankenstein'') is a horror film starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates and Gary Conway, released by American International Pictures (AIP) in November 1957 as a double feature with '' Blo ...

'' (1957) as the monster, '' How to Make a Monster'' (1958), and '' The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent'' (1958). In 1958, he was cast in the ''Man Hunt'' episode of the

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

aviation

television series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...

Sky King ''Sky King'' is an American radio and television series. Its lead character was Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series had strong Western elements. Cattle rancher King usually captured criminals and spies and found ...

'' with Kirby Grant,

Richard Beymer George Richard Beymer Jr. (born February 20, 1938) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist who played the roles of Tony in the 1961 film adaptation of ''West Side Story'', Peter van Daan in '' The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959), and Ben Horn ...

, and Gloria Winters. In 1960, Conway appeared as Orderly on the TV Western '' Maverick'' in the episode titled ''Thunder from the North''. In 1960, Conway appeared as Lt. Charles Williams in the episode ''Absent Without Leave'' of the ABC/

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

Western series '' Colt .45''. In 1960, he appeared in three episodes (as three different characters of the ABC/WB crime drama '' Bourbon Street Beat'', starring

Andrew Duggan Andrew Duggan (December 28, 1923 – May 15, 1988) was an American character actor. His work includes 185 screen credits between 1949 and 1987 for roles in both film and television, as well a number more on stage. Background Duggan was born i ...

. In 1966, he made an unsuccessful

television pilot A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television netwo ...

''Assault!'', made by the producers of '' Combat!'' about the US Marine Corps in the Pacific in 1942. From 1968 to 1970, Conway starred in the TV series ''

'' as Captain Steve Burton. Conway starred with

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympatheti ...

in the 1972

television movie A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestr ...

'' The Judge and Jake Wyler''. He also guest-starred as the murder victim in the 1973 ''

Columbo ''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...

'' episode "Any Old Port in a Storm". 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). In 1987, Conway had teamed up with Dean Zanetos to form a new production-distribution company, Ambush Entertainment Corporation, which started with a three-feature program, in order to contemplate icvideo and TV projects as well.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Gary 1936 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Boston UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni American wine merchants Playgirl Men of the Month