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Jack Conway (I) (1887–1952)

Director | Actor | Producer

Jack Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors (others included Sam Wood and Robert Z. Leonard), who forsook any pretence to a specific individual style in favour of working within the strictures set forth by studio management -- as embodied by Irving Thalberg and his production supervisors... See full bio »

Born:

Hugh Ryan Conway
in Graceville, Minnesota, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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1948 Julia Misbehaves
 
1947 Desire Me (uncredited)
 
1947 The Hucksters
 
1947 High Barbaree
 
1944 Dragon Seed
 
1943 Assignment in Brittany
 
1942 Crossroads
 
1941 Honky Tonk
 
1941 Love Crazy
 
1940 Boom Town
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (director: additional scenes - uncredited)
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle
 
1938 A Yank at Oxford
 
1937 Saratoga
 
1937 A Star Is Born (uncredited)
 
1936 Libeled Lady
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities
 
1935 One New York Night
 
1934 The Gay Bride
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri
 
1934 Tarzan and His Mate (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 Viva Villa!
 
1933 The Solitaire Man
 
1933 The Nuisance
 
1933 Hell Below
 
1932 Red-Headed Woman
 
1932 -But the Flesh Is Weak
 
1932 Arsène Lupin
 
1931 Just a Gigolo
 
1931 The Easiest Way
 
1930 New Moon
 
1930 The Unholy Three
 
1930 They Learned About Women
 
1929 Untamed
 
1929 Our Modern Maidens
 
1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine
 
1928 While the City Sleeps
 
1928 Bringing Up Father
 
1928 The Smart Set
 
1927 Twelve Miles Out
 
1927 The Understanding Heart
 
1926 Brown of Harvard
 
1925 Soul Mates
 
1925 The Only Thing
 
1925 The Hunted Woman
 
1924 The Roughneck
 
1924 The Heart Buster
 
1924 The Trouble Shooter
 
1923 Lucretia Lombard
 
1923 Sawdust
 
1923 What Wives Want
 
1923 Trimmed in Scarlet
 
1923 Quicksands
 
1923 The Prisoner
 
1922 Another Man's Shoes
 
1922 The Long Chance
 
1922 Don't Shoot
 
1922 Step on It!
 
1922 Across the Deadline
 
1921/I A Daughter of the Law
 
1921 The Millionaire
 
1921 The Rage of Paris
 
1921 The Kiss
 
1921 The Servant in the House
 
1921 The Killer
 
1921 The Lure of the Orient
 
1921 The Spenders
 
1920 The U.P. Trail
 
1920 The Money Changers
 
1920 The Dwelling Place of Light
 
1920 Riders of the Dawn (as Hugh Ryan Conroy)
 
1919 Lombardi, Ltd.
 
1918 A Diplomatic Mission
 
1918 Desert Law
 
1918 You Can't Believe Everything
 
1918 Her Decision
 
1918 Little Red Decides
 
1917 Because of a Woman
 
1917 Bond of Fear
 
1917 The Charmer
 
1917 The Little Orphan
 
1917 Come Through
 
1917 The Smashing Stroke (short)
 
1917 A Jewel in Pawn
 
1917 Polly Redhead
 
1917 Her Soul's Inspiration
 
1916 The Mainspring
 
1916 The Measure of a Man
 
1916 The Doctor's Decision (short)
 
1916 The Torment (short)
 
1916 The Social Buccaneer
 
1916 The Beckoning Trail
 
1916/I The Silent Battle
 
1916 Bitter Sweet (short)
 
1916 Judgment of the Guilty
 
1915 The Penitentes
 
1915 The Way of a Mother (short)
 
1915 The Mystic Jewel (short)
 
1915 The Old High Chair (short)
 
1914 The Wrong Prescription (short)
 
1913 The Long Portage (short)
 
1913 An Indian's Honor (short)
 
1913/III The Struggle (short)
 
1913 When Sherman Marched to the Sea (short)
 
1913 The Old Armchair
 
1912 In the Long Run (short)
 
1912 The House of Pride (short)
 
1912 His Only Son (short)
 
1912 Her Indian Hero (short)
 
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1935 Roof Tops of Manhattan (short)
Pa O'Shea
 
1921 The Killer
William Sanborn
 
1921 The Lure of the Orient
 
1919 A Royal Democrat
Lord Erstmere
 
1919 Restless Souls
Hugh Gregory
 
1917 The Little Orphan
David Clark
 
1917 The Smashing Stroke (short)
 
1916 Macbeth
Lennox
 
1916 Bitter Sweet (short)
 
1915 The Mystic Jewel (short)
 
1915 The Man of It (short)
Tom Hood - Surveyor
 
1915 Added Fuel (short)
Jane's Brother
 
1915 Captain Macklin
Captain Royal Macklin
 
1915 The Outcast
Graves - the Bowery Sport
 
1915/II What Might Have Been (short)
Charlie Jackson
 
1914 The Old Fisherman's Story (short)
Ned
 
1914 In Fear of His Past (short)
John Burton
 
1914 The Old Maid (short)
 
1914 The Old Good-for-Nothing (short)
George Denby
 
1914 Even Unto Death
Walter Gordon
 
1914 The Chechako
Smoke Bellew
 
1914 The Folly of Anne (short)
The Heartless Publisher
 
1914 The Price of Crime
Jack Conway
 
1914 The Wrong Prescription (short)
Dr. Frank Hunter
 
1914 The Revenue Officer's Deputy (short)
Collins
 
1914 False Pride Has a Fall (short)
 
1914 The Wireless Voice (short)
Hastings - the Young Inventor
 
1914 How the Kid Went Over the Range (short)
 
1914 Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
Joe Hines
 
1914 The Sheriff's Choice (short)
 
1914 The Valley of the Moon
Billy Roberts
 
1914 The Mistress of the Air (short)
 
1913 The Long Portage (short)
 
1913 The Claim Jumper (short)
Doyle, the Claim Jumper
 
1913 In the End (short)
Flash Jack - the Lover
 
1913 Patsy's Luck (short)
Patsy
 
1913 The Trail of the Lonesome Mine (short)
Joe
 
1913 Good-for-Nothing Jack (short)
Jack
 
1913/III The Struggle (short)
 
1913 The Madcap (short)
John
 
1913 Soldiers Three (short)
Frank
 
1913/I Birds of Prey (short)
Jim - a Young Workman
 
1913 When Sherman Marched to the Sea (short)
 
1913 Brought to Bay (short)
Steve Bonner - May's Sweetheart
 
1913 A Child of War (short)
John Judson - the Blacksmith
 
1913 Will o' the Wisp (short)
 
1913 The Twelfth Juror (short)
Clarence Morton
 
1913 The Telltale Hatband (short)
 
1913 When Lincoln Paid (short)
Bob Porter - the General's Son
 
1913 The Mosaic Law (short)
 
1913 The Old Armchair
 
1912 The Civilian (short)
 
1912 Mary of the Mines (short)
Jack Norton
 
1912 His Only Son (short)
 
1912 The Boomerang (short)
Jack, John Curtis's Son
 
1912 Sundered Ties (short)
 
1912 Uncle Bill (short)
Joe, Bill's Nephew
 
1912 The Alibi (short)
John Wilton
 
1912 How Steve Made Good (short)
Captain Steve
 
1912 The Obligation (short)
Jack
 
1912 The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (short)
 
1912 The Undoing of Slim Bill (short)
Slim Bill
 
1912 A Gentleman of Fortune (short)
Phil Wilding
 
1912 The Bugler of Battery B (short)
 
1912 Hard Luck Bill (short)
Jim
 
1912 Reaping the Whirlwind (short)
 
1912 The Land of Might (short)
John Anderson
 
1912 The Squatter's Child (short)
Ned Colby - the Land Owner's Son
 
1912 The Mountain Daisy (short)
Jack Spencer
 
1912 The Scalawag (short)
Lem - the Scalawag
 
1912 The Sheriff's Round-Up (short)
Chester Brown - the Tenderfoot
 
1912 The Counting of Time (short)
Jack Conway - First Brother
 
1912 The Thespian Bandit (short)
Harry - The Thespian Bandit
 
1912 The Everlasting Judy (short)
Jed
 
1912 The Post Telegrapher (short)
 
1912 The Little Nugget (short)
John - Father of the 'Little Nugget'
 
1912 The Love Trail (short)
First Suitor
 
1912 Her Indian Hero (short)
Hal Benton
 
1912 Two Men and the Law (short)
Tim - an Outlaw
 
1912 Across the Sierras (short)
John Webster
 
1912 A Pair of Jacks (short)
Jack King - the Second Jack
 
1912 The Fighting Chance (short)
Trego Bill
 
1912 The Battle of the Red Men (short)
 
1912 The Empty Water Keg (short)
The Cowboy
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short)
Compte de Florac
 
1911/II The Chief's Daughter (short)
 
1911 A Painter's Idyl (short)
 
1911/I Coals of Fire (short)
Noel Clayton
 
1911 John Oakhurst, Gambler (short)
George Clarry
 
1911 Arizona Bill (short)
Arizona Bill
 
1911 The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (short)
 
1911 A Sheepman's Triumph (short)
Ben (unconfirmed)
 
1911 Kit Carson's Wooing (short)
Kit Carson
 
1911 The Totem Mark (short)
An Ojibway Warrior
 
1911 The Sheriff of Tuolomne (short)
Joe Standing - a Young Miner
 
1910 Her Indian Mother (short)
Stephen Moore
 
1910 The Indian Scout's Vengeance (short)
 
1909 The Old Soldier's Story (short)
 
1908 The Scarlet Letter (short)
 
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1934 The Girl from Missouri (producer)
 
1933 Hell Below (producer - uncredited)
 
1931 Just a Gigolo (producer - uncredited)
 
1929 Our Modern Maidens (producer - uncredited)
 
1928 The Smart Set (producer)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (second assistant director: Babylon story - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1934 Stamboul Quest (director of pick-ups - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Himself - a Director
 

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Stage actor and film director.

Alternate Names:

Hugh Ryan Conroy | John Conway
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Trivia:

Brother-in-law of art director Bruce Bushman, actor Ralph Bushman, Lenore Bushman and Josephine Bushman. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer