Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1903-03-16
Day of Death
1981-11-16
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Morgan Conway
Biography
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.
Filmography (33)
Vacation in Reno
1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
Badman's Territory
1946
The Truth About Murder
1946
Dick Tracy
1945
Jack London
1943
Canyon City
1943
Tornado
1943
Bells of Capistrano
1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
Millionaires in Prison
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
Brother Orchid
1940
The Saint Takes Over
1940
