Kevin Conway (actor)

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Kevin Conway
Born	May 29, 1942 New York City

Kevin Conway (born May 29, 1942) is an American actor and film director.

Conway was born in New York City, the son of Helen Margaret (née Sanders), a sales representative, and James John Conway, a mechanic.^[1]

In his first major screen role, he portrayed Roland Weary in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. He also played Kahless the Unforgettable on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Conway's off-Broadway credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Elephant Man, Other People's Money, and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, for which he received the 1974 Drama Desk Award. On Broadway, he has appeared in Indians and revivals of The Plough and the Stars, Of Mice and Men (as George Milton, opposite James Earl Jones as Lennie Small), and Dinner at Eight. In 1980, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play (Mecca). In 1987, he directed the independent film The Sun and the Moon. He played the wonderfully insane mailman in the 1988 film Funny Farm. He also played General Curtis LeMay in the 2000 film Thirteen Days.

[edit] Filmography

• Portnoy's Complaint
• F.I.S.T (1978), in the role of Vince Doyle
• Paradise Alley (1978), in the role of Stitch
• The Scarlet Letter (1979), in the role of Roger Chillingworth
• The Lathe of Heaven (1980), in the role of Dr. Wiliam Haber
• The Funhouse (1981), in three roles, including that of Conrad Straker the Funhouse Barker
• Funny Farm (1988) Crum Petree, the Mailman
• Gettysburg (1993), in the role of Sgt. Buster Kilrain
• The Quick and the Dead (1995), in the role of Eugene Dred
• The Outer Limits (1995-2002), in the role of the Control Voice
• Oz (1999-2003), in the role of Seamus O'Reily
• Thirteen Days (2000), in the role of Gen. Curtis LeMay
• Black Knight (2001), in the role of King Leo
• Gods and Generals (2003), reprising the role of Sgt. Buster Kilrain
• Mystic River (2003), in the role of Theo (uncredited)
• Invincible (2006)
• The Promise (2006), in the role of Liam
• The Bronx Is Burning (2007) in the role of Gabe Paul
• Rightful Heir (1992)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kevin Conway at the Internet Movie Database
• Kevin Conway (actor) article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki