Morgan Conway

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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 industrys 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 mid1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures and he was chosen to portray Chester Goulds comicstrip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs Cueball RKOs earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile hoping to emulate Goulds squarejawed caricatures Although this screen Tracy didnt resemble the print Tracy physically Conways 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 MorganSydney 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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