Morgan Conway

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 industry's 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 mid-1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, and he was chosen to portray Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball. RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to emulate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although this screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy physically, Conway's 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. Morgan/Sydney Conway left the motion picture industry and returned to New Jersey, where he died of lung cancer at the age of 78.

Known For: Acting

Born: Newark, New Jersey, USA , 1903-03-16

Died: 1981-11-16

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Looking for Trouble	Dan Sutter	62
2	1934	Happy Landing	Frank Harland	0
3	1938	The Nurse from Brooklyn	Inspector Donohue	60
4	1938	Sinners in Paradise	Harrison Brand	54
5	1938	Crime Ring	Ray Taylor	47
6	1938	Illegal Traffic	State's Attorney Ryan	65
7	1939	Off the Record	Lou Baronette	60
8	1939	Blackwell's Island	Steve Cardigan	50
9	1939	North of Shanghai	Bob Laird	0
10	1939	Wings of the Navy	Tommy - Duty Officer	60
11	1939	Secret Service of the Air	Henchman Ed Powell	58
12	1939	Charlie Chan in Reno	George Bentley	62
13	1939	Grand Jury Secrets	Thomas Reedy	0
14	1939	The Spellbinder	Mr. Carrington	60
15	1939	Television Spy	Carl Venner	50
16	1939	Sued for Libel	Albert Pomeroy	54
17	1939	Private Detective	Nat Flavin	60
18	1940	Florian	Kingston	10
19	1940	Brother Orchid	Philadelphia Powell	65
20	1940	The Saint Takes Over	Sam Reese	63
21	1940	A Fugitive from Justice	'Julie' Alexander	35
22	1940	Millionaires in Prison	James Brent	60
23	1942	A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen	Ray Stafford	57
24	1942	Bells of Capistrano	Stag Johnson	60
25	1943	Tornado	Gary Linden	55
26	1943	Canyon City	Craig Morgan	0
27	1943	Jack London	Richard Harding Davis	59
28	1945	Dick Tracy	Dick Tracy	49
29	1946	The Truth About Murder	Lester Ashton	50
30	1946	Badman's Territory	Captain William 'Bill' Hampton	57
31	1946	Dick Tracy vs. Cueball	Dick Tracy	52
32	1946	Vacation in Reno	Joe	70
33	2023	Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In	Dick Tracy (archive footage) (uncredited)	60

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1934