Russ Conway (actor)

Russ Conway
Russ Conway in The Screaming Skull
Born	(1913-04-25)25 April 1913 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Died	12 January 2009(2009-01-12) (aged 95) Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Russ Conway (born Russell Zink; April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Fenton Hardy, the father of The Hardy Boys in the 1956-7 The Mickey Mouse Club serial.

Early years

Conway graduated from UCLA in 1937, and later earned a master’s in theater arts and a teaching credential from UCLA. During World War II, Conway was in an Army special services unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at Ft. Ord before serving in the Philippines and later in Japan, where he worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio.

Career

He started acting in Hollywood in 1947. His film appearances included “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949), “War of the Worlds” (1953), “Love Me Tender” (1956) and “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane” (1962). His television guest spots included roles on “The Fugitive,” “Mod Squad,” “Barnaby Jones,” “Mission Impossible,” “Sea Hunt”, "The Lone Ranger" and “The Untouchables.”

Conway's Broadway credits include Prologue to Glory (1938), The American Way (1939), Stop Press (1939), The Land Is Bright (1941), Johnny 2 X 4 (1942), and A Roomful of Roses (1955).

Death

Conway died on January 12, 2009, in Laguna Woods, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Medic	Uncredited
	The Web	Mike - Fingerprint Man	Uncredited
	T-Men	Code Expert	Uncredited
	A Double Life	Reporter	Uncredited
1948	Black Bart	Wells Fargo Agent Clayton	Uncredited
	The Naked City	Ambulance Doctor	Uncredited
	Mr. Reckless	Al - a Wise Guy	Uncredited
	The Winner's Circle	Jockey	Uncredited
	One Touch of Venus	Reporter	Uncredited
	Larceny	Detective
	An Innocent Affair	George Haskins	Uncredited
	An Act of Murder	Wilson	Uncredited
1949	Flamingo Road	Johnson - Reporter	Uncredited
	Calamity Jane and Sam Bass	Baggage Man	Uncredited
	Arctic Manhunt	Landers	Uncredited
	I Was a Male War Bride	Cmdr. Willis - Chaplain	Uncredited
	Trapped	Chief Agent Gunby
	The Heiress	Quintus
	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Constable	Uncredited
	Twelve O'Clock High	Operations Officer	Uncredited
1950	Woman in Hiding	Russell - Reporter	Uncredited
	Backfire	Police Broadcaster	Uncredited
	When Willie Comes Marching Home	Maj. J.A. White	Uncredited
	Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang	Capt. Bagby	Uncredited
	The Lawless	Eldredge
	Three Secrets	Captain	Uncredited
	The Fuller Brush Girl	Police Detective	Uncredited
	Prisoners in Petticoats	Detective Blake
	Highway 301	Detective at Phillips Shooting Scene	Uncredited
1951	Call Me Mister	Maj. T.S. McCall	Uncredited
	Tomahawk	Maj. Horton
	Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Newspaperman
	I Was a Communist for the FBI	Frank Cvetic	Uncredited
	Father Takes the Air	Policeman	Uncredited
	Let's Go Navy!	Lt. Moss	Uncredited
	You Never Can Tell	Cop	Uncredited
	Flight to Mars	Astronomer #1	Uncredited
1952	Colorado Sundown	John T. Stocker	Uncredited
	Fort Osage	Mr. Whitley	Uncredited
	My Six Convicts	Dr. Hughes
	Jet Job	Stanley Reid
	My Son John	FBI Agent	(scenes deleted)
	Young Man with Ideas	Prosecuting Attorney	Uncredited
	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Vigilante	Uncredited
	Jumping Jacks	Full Colonel	Uncredited
	Diplomatic Courier	Bill	Uncredited
	Fearless Fagan	Maj. Barnes	Uncredited
	The Rose Bowl Story	Referee Jamison	Uncredited
	Battle Zone	Major	Uncredited
	Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation	Cmdr. Fordise - Naval Attache	Uncredited
	The Turning Point	Reporter	Uncredited
	Because of You	First FBI Man	Uncredited
1953	Girls in the Night	Sergeant	Uncredited
	The War of the Worlds	Rev. Bethany	Uncredited
	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars	Second Policeman at Bank	Uncredited
	One Girl's Confession	Police Officer
	Safari Drums	Sgt. Collins
	Vice Squad	Reporter	Uncredited
	Vicki	Detective	Uncredited
	Jennifer	Gardener
1954	Killer Leopard	Sgt. Maitland
1955	Top of the World	Col. Nelson
	The Looters	Maj. Knowles
	Tall Man Riding	Marshal Jim Feathergill
1956	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Capt. Grifton	Uncredited
	Love Me Tender	Ed Galt
1957	The Midnight Story	Det. Sgt. Sommers
	Bernardine	Mr. Mason	Uncredited
	Portland Exposé	Phil Jackman
	Escapade in Japan	Airliner Co-Pilot	Uncredited
	Bombers B-52	Gen. Tyler	Uncredited
1958	Flood Tide	Bill Holleran
	The Screaming Skull	Rev. Edward Snow
	Fort Dobbs	Sheriff of Largo
	Voice in the Mirror	Owens - Tavern Owner	Uncredited
	Johnny Rocco	Police Lt. Fred Garron
1960	The Bramble Bush	Sheriff Larson Witt
	Twelve Hours to Kill	Police Captain Willie Long
	The Great Impostor	Sgt. Wilkerson	Uncredited
1962	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Police Officer #1
1964	The Lively Set	Dave Moody
	Guns of Diablo	Dr. McPheeters
1966	Our Man Flint	American General
1967	C'mon, Let's Live a Little	John W. Grant
	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	Interrogator	Uncredited
1968	Never a Dull Moment	Police Capt. Jacoby	Uncredited
1973	The World's Greatest Athlete	Judge with Stopwatch
	Interval	Fraser

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	The Tom Ewell Show	Sawyer	1 episode
1961	Rawhide	Colonel Henroy	S3:E25, "Incident of the Running Man"
1963	Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Custom Border Patrolman	1 episode
1963	The Lieutenant	COL Curtis Morley, USMC	1 episode
1967	The Fugitive	Sheriff Matt Thornton	1 episode
1968-1972	Mission: Impossible	Civilian / Dr. Walter Manning / Harry Kellem / Dr. David Walters	4 episodes
1969-1970	The Mod Squad	Dr. Jay Milton	2 episodes

External links

• Russ Conway at IMDb