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Morgan Conway

Morgan Conway

Birthday: 1903-03-16 | Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morgan Conway (March 16, 1903 in Newark, New Jersey – November 16, 1981 in Livingston, New Jersey) was an American actor, best known for his portrayals of Dick Tracy. Born Sydney Conway, he was educated at Columbia University in New York City. He arrived in Hollywood just in time to get on the ground floor of the industry's burgeoning labor movement. Conway was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. His first film appearance was in the 1934 film Looking for Trouble. For many years he freelanced, working for various studios in bits or supporting roles. His most familiar appearance from this period is probably in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939). By the mid-1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, and he was chosen to portray Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball. RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to emulate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although this screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy physically, Conway's dramatic interpretation was faithful; he gave the role an understated, businesslike quality totally in keeping with a police procedural. Morgan Conway is considered by many (including Dick Tracy writer Max Allan Collins) to be the best screen Dick Tracy. Morgan/Sydney Conway left the motion picture industry and returned to New Jersey, where he died of lung cancer at the age of 78.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1946
Badman's Territory

as    Captain William 'Bill' Hampton

1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as    Dick Tracy

1946
The Truth About Murder

as    Lester Ashton

1945
Dick Tracy

as    Dick Tracy

1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

as    Ray Stafford

1940
A Fugitive from Justice

as    'Julie' Alexander

1940
Millionaires in Prison

as    James Brent

1940
Brother Orchid

as    Philadelphia Powell

1940
The Saint Takes Over

as    Sam Reese

1939
Sued for Libel

as    Albert Pomeroy

1939
North of Shanghai

as    Bob Laird

1939
Television Spy

as    Carl Venner

1939
The Spellbinder

as    Mr. Carrington

1939
Blackwell's Island

as    Steve Cardigan

1938
Sinners in Paradise

as    Harrison Brand

1938
The Nurse from Brooklyn

as    Inspector Donohue

1938
Crime Ring

as    Ray Taylor

1934
Looking for Trouble

as    Dan Sutter