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Curt Conway is a Actor American born on 4 may 1915 at Boston (USA)
Curt Conway (May 4, 1915 – April 10, 1974) was an American actor. He was sometimes billed as Curtis Conway or Kurt Conway.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Conway began his career with small parts in films of the late 1940s, but appeared principally on TV from 1960 until his death. He appeared in the film Hud (1963).
A member of the Group Theatre, and later the Actors Studio, Conway went on to found his own acting school, the Theatre Studio, in 1952. Located at 353 West 48th Street in Manhattan, its faculty included, at one time or another, Nora Dunfee, Robert Alvin, and fellow Actors Studio members Lonny Chapman and David Pressman. The Actors Studio also supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, Alan Schneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett Chambers. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he taught acting at the University of California, Irvine.
Conway was married three times, including to actress Kim Stanley from 1949 to 1956, with whom he had one daughter.
Conway died from a heart attack at the age of 58.
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Curt Conway
Nationality USA
Birth 4 may 1915 at Boston (USA)
Death 10 april 1974 (at 58 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 4 may 1915 at Boston (USA)
Death 10 april 1974 (at 58 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Conway began his career with small parts in films of the late 1940s, but appeared principally on TV from 1960 until his death. He appeared in the film Hud (1963).
A member of the Group Theatre, and later the Actors Studio, Conway went on to found his own acting school, the Theatre Studio, in 1952. Located at 353 West 48th Street in Manhattan, its faculty included, at one time or another, Nora Dunfee, Robert Alvin, and fellow Actors Studio members Lonny Chapman and David Pressman. The Actors Studio also supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, Alan Schneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett Chambers. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he taught acting at the University of California, Irvine.
Conway was married three times, including to actress Kim Stanley from 1949 to 1956, with whom he had one daughter.
Conway died from a heart attack at the age of 58.
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Maurie (1973)
, 1h53Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Bernie Casey, Bo Svenson, Maidie Norman, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Janet MacLachlan, William Walker
Roles Dr. Stewart
Rating77%
The film chronicles Twyman's and Stokes's relationship from Stokes's rookie year in the NBA up until his death. Stokes and Twyman were teammates on the Rochester Royals during the 1950s (during which time the team located to Cincinnati). Stokes fell ill three days after the last game of the 1957-58 NBA season, in Minneapolis. Stokes drove to the basket, drew contact and fell to the floor, hit his head, and was knocked unconscious. He was revived with smelling salts, and he returned to the game.
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Yul Brynner, Janice Rule, George Segal, Brad Dexter, Alfred Ryder, Pat Hingle
Roles McKeever
Rating62%
Confederate veteran Matt Weaver (George Segal) returns home to New Mexico after the Civil War and discovers his farm was sold by a banker named Brewster (Pat Hingle). His fiancee Ruth (Janice Rule) has married another man in his absence.
Hud (1963)
, 1h52Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Whit Bissell, John Ashley
Roles Truman Peters
Rating77%
Hud Bannon (Paul Newman) is ambitious and self-centered, the opposite of his deeply principled rancher father Homer (Melvyn Douglas). Also living on the Bannon ranch is Hud's teenage nephew, Lonnie (Brandon deWilde), who looks up to both men but is most impressed by Hud. Lonnie and Hud are attracted to the Bannons' middle-aged housekeeper, Alma (Patricia Neal). Although she is attracted to Hud, Alma keeps her distance because she has been mistreated in the past by men like him.
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
, 1h33Directed by Nicholas Ray, Budd Schulberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee, MacKinlay Kantor, Peter Falk, Curt Conway
Roles Perfesser
Rating65%
L'action se passe dans le Sud de la Floride à la toute fin du XIX siècle. La ville de Miami vient tout juste de naître.
The Goddess (1958)
, 1h45Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Patty Duke, Steven Hill, Bert Freed, Joan Copeland
Roles The Writer (uncredited)
Rating64%
Emily Ann Faulkner (Patty Duke) is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother (Betty Lou Holland), who does not want to be tied down by a child. When Emily Ann becomes a teenager (Kim Stanley) she remains a loner but has a sensual sexuality that attracts boys. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a world-weary GI, John Tower (Steven Hill), for Hollywood.
Knock on Any Door (1949)
, 3h20Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts, Mickey Knox, Barry Kelley
Roles Ed Elkins (uncredited)
Rating65%
Against the wishes of his law partners, lawyer Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart) takes the case of Nick Romano (John Derek), a troubled young man from the slums, partly because he himself came from the same slums, and partly because he feels guilty for botching the criminal trial of Nick's father years earlier (he was innocent). Nick is on trial for viciously killing a policeman point-blank and faces execution if convicted (the event is shown in a dark opening scene, but the killer's face is not seen).
A Woman's Secret (1949)
, 1h24Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams, Victor Jory, Mary Philips
Roles Doctor
Rating59%
In a story told in a series of flashbacks, singer Marian Washburn (O'Hara) loses her voice. Aided by her piano player, Luke Jordan (Douglas), they promote a young singer, Susan Caldwell (Grahame). When Susan decides to quit the business, she is shot and seriously wounded in the Park Avenue apartment in New York that she and Marian share. When the police arrive, Marian confesses.
The Lady Gambles (1949)
, 1h39Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett, John Hoyt, John Harmon
Roles Bank Clerk
Rating65%
When his estranged wife Joan is found badly beaten after using loaded dice in a back-alley game, David Boothe looks back on how she came to this sorry state.
Casbah (1948)
, 1h34Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén, Hugo Haas, Thomas Gomez
Roles Maurice
Rating59%
Casbah is a musical remake of the 1938 film Algiers, which was in turn an American English-language remake of the 1936 French film Pépé le Moko. The plot, which follows that of the 1938 film rather faithfully, deals with Pépé le Moko (Tony Martin), who leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne De Carlo), his girl friend, is infuriated when Pépé flirts with Gaby (Marta Toren), a French visitor, but Pépé tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre) is trying to lure Pépé out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain (Thomas Gomez) captures Pépé in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pépé has fallen in love with Gaby and intends to follow her to Europe. Slimane knows the same and uses her as the bait to lure Pépé out of the Casbah.
The Naked City (1948)
, 1h36Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Ted de Corsia, David Opatoshu, James Gregory
Roles Det. Nick (Uncredited)
Rating74%
In the late hours of a hot New York summer night, a pair of men subdue and kill Jean Dexter, an ex-model, by knocking her out with chloroform and drowning her in her bathtub. When one of the murderers, conscience-stricken, gets drunk, the other kills him, then lifts his body into the air and throws it into the East River.
The Saxon Charm (1948)
, 1h28Directed by Claude Binyon
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne, Audrey Totter, Harry Morgan, Cara Williams
Roles Jack Bernard
Rating65%
In a hospital, theatrical producer Matt Saxon is introduced to writer Eric Busch, and ends up offering to produce Eric's new play with financing from millionaire Zack Humber.
Raw Deal (1948)
, 1h19Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr, Whit Bissell
Roles Spider
Rating71%
Prisoner Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe), who has "taken the fall" for an unspecified crime, breaks jail with the help of his girl, Pat (Claire Trevor). Neither Joe nor Pat is aware that the escape has been facilitated as a set-up by mobster Rick Coyle (Raymond Burr), a sadistic pyromaniac, who has arranged for Joe to be killed during the break-out in order to avoid confronting him and paying Joe his agree-upon share of $50,000 for the crime. When the break-out scheme succeeds, contrary to Rick's expectations, Rick decides that he must have Joe done in some other way, by somebody else.
A Double Life (1947)
, 1h44Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Millard Mitchell
Roles Reporter (uncredited)
Rating69%
Celebrated stage actor Anthony John (Ronald Colman) has driven away his actress wife Brita (Signe Hasso) with his erratic temper. However, they star together in the play Othello. Gradually, his portrayal of a jealous murderer undermines his sanity, and he kills his mistress, Pat Kroll (Shelley Winters).
Singapore (1947)
, 1h19Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez
Roles Pepe (as Kurt Conway)
Rating63%
Pearl smuggler Matt Gordon (MacMurray) finds romance with Linda Grahame (Gardner) just before the start of World War II. He proposes to her, and she accepts. However, when the Japanese attack Singapore, the church where she is waiting to marry him is bombed; Gordon searches frantically in the wreckage, but cannot find her. He is forced to sail away on his schooner.
T-Men (1947)
, 1h32Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Faux-monnayeur
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Reed Hadley
Roles Shorty - Informant (uncredited)
Rating68%
The story is about two U.S. Treasury agents who go undercover in an attempt to break a counterfeiting ring.