fiction.wikisort.org - ActorHugh Ryan "Jack" Conway (July 17, 1887 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century.
Film director, actor
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For other people with the same name, see Jack Conway (disambiguation).
Jack Conway |
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Conway in 1937 |
Born | Hugh Ryan Conway (1887-07-17)July 17, 1887
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Died | October 11, 1952(1952-10-11) (aged 65)
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1909–1948 |
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Spouse(s) | Viola Barry (1911–1918) (divorced) 2 children Virginia Bushman (1926–1952) (his death) 2 children |
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Biography
He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, USA. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films, and in 1911, became a member of D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in Westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: Boom Town (1940), Honky Tonk (1941), and The Hucksters (1947) – all solid box-office hits.
Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management. A thoroughly competent craftsman, he delivered commercially successful entertainment, on time, and within budget.
In his most famous film, A Tale of Two Cities (1935), he used 17,000 extras for the Paris mob scenes alone. This spectacular adaptation of the Dickens classic is still regarded by many as the definitive screen version.[citation needed]
Another popular hit was the sophisticated all-star comedy Libeled Lady (1936), with the New York Times reviewer commenting on Conway's "agile direction". Conway also directed Viva Villa!, a hit MGM film starring Wallace Beery that was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Conway and director Edmund Goulding share the distinction of directing the most Best Picture-nominated films without ever being nominated for Best Director, with three apiece. Conway's nominated films were Viva Villa!, A Tale of Two Cities, and Libeled Lady.
Private life
His first marriage was to silent film actress Viola Barry. Together, they had two children, including writer Rosemary Conway. His second marriage was to Virginia Bushman, daughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman. They had two children, as well, including the actor Pat Conway. They resided in Pacific Palisades, California, in a house designed by architect Allen Siple (1900–1973).[1] A street in Pacific Palisades, Jacon Way, is named for Conway. He retired from films in 1948 and died four years later at his home from pulmonary disease.[2]
Filmography
Director
Actor
- Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935)
- The Killer (1921)
- A Royal Democrat (1919)
- Restless Souls (1919)
- The Little Orphan (1917)
- Macbeth (1916)
- Bitter Sweet (1916)
- Big Jim's Heart (1915)
- Added Fuel (1915)
- Captain Macklin (1915)
- The Outcast (1915)
- What Might Have Been (1915)
- The Wrong Prescription (1914)
- The Wireless Voice (1914)
- Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914)
- Valley of the Moon (1914)
- The Chechako (1914)
- The Old Maid (1914)
- The Claim Jumper (1913)
- In the End (1913)
- Patsy's Luck (1913)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Mine (1913)
- Good-for-Nothing Jack (1913)
- The Struggle (1913)
- Soldiers Three (1913)
- Birds of Prey (1913)
- When Sherman Marched to the Sea (1913)
- Brought to Bay (1913)
- A Child of War (1913)
- Will o' the Wisp (1913)
- The Twelfth Juror (1913)
- When Lincoln Paid (1913)
- The Old Armchair (1913)
- The Civilian (1912)
- His Only Son (1912)
- The Boomerang (1912)
- Sundered Ties (1912)
- Uncle Bill (1912)
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- The Alibi (1912)
- How Steve Made Good (1912)
- The Obligation (1912)
- The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (1912)
- The Undoing of Slim Bill (1912)
- The Bugler of Battery B (1912)
- A Gentleman of Fortune (1912)
- Hard Luck Bill (1912)
- The Land of Might (1912)
- The Squatter's Child (1912)
- The Mountain Daisy (1912)
- The Scalawag (1912)
- The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912)
- The Counting of Time (1912)
- The Thespian Bandit (1912)
- The Everlasting Judy (1912)
- The Post Telegrapher (1912)
- The Little Nugget (1912)
- The Love Trail (1912)
- Her Indian Hero (1912)
- Two Men and the Law (1912)
- Across the Sierras (1912)
- A Pair of Jacks (1912)
- The Fighting Chance (1912)
- The Battle of the Red Men (1912)
- The Empty Water Keg (1912)
- George Warrington's Escape (1911)
- A Painter's Idyl (1911)
- Coals of Fire (1911)
- John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911)
- Arizona Bill (1911)
- The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911)
- Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)
- The Totem Mark (1911)
- The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911)
- Her Indian Mother (1910)
- The Indian Scout's Vengeance (1910)
- The Old Soldier's Story (1909)
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Producer
- The Girl from Missouri (1934)
- Hell Below (1933)
- Just a Gigolo (1931)
- Our Modern Maidens (1929)
References
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Hugh Ryan Conway (17 de julio de 1887 – 11 de octubre de 1952), conocido como Jack Conway, fue un actor, realizador y productor cinematográfico estadounidense.
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