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Gary Conway
1936-
Updated 3/31/2008 with all episodes of Land of the Giants and the first season of Burke's Law available on DVD!
biography
Born Gareth Carmody in Boston in February 1936, actor Gary Conway
moved with his family to California in the 1940s. After graduating
from high school, the athletic youth became an art major at UCLA
but switched to drama soon afterward. While in college, Conway
supplemented his income by modeling. Prominent physique
photographers such as Bruce of LA (Bruce Bellas) and Bob Mizer used
Conway as a model in the mid 1950s.
Beefcake photos of Gary Conway. LEFT and CENTER A: Physique
photos taken by Bruce of LA in 1955. CENTER B and RIGHT: Early
1970s photos
Conway's film appearances have been limited to only a few during
his acting career, including I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
(1957; with Whit Bissell), The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1957; with Susan Cabot), and
How to Make a Monster (1958; with Gary Clarke). He's better known for his success on television, starring in Burke's Law and Land
of the Giants. From the 1970s onward, he has favored film
production, directing, and screenwriting over an acting
career.
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
From AIP's fun horror flick I Was a Teenage
Frankenstein. The right photo includes Joy Stoner
How to Make a Monster (1954)
With Robert H. Harris and Paul Brinegar in How to Make a
Monster, American International's effective follow-up to I
Was a Teenage Frankenstein and I Was a Teenage
Werewolf
Burke's Law (1963-1966 ABC TV Series)
LEFT: Promotional photo from Burke's Law with Gene Barry. RIGHT: From a first-season episode of Burke's Law titled Who Killed Jason Shaw, which originally aired on January 3, 1964. Pictured are Quinn O'Hara, Keenan Wynn, Gary Conway, and Gene Barry
Land of the Giants (1968-1970 ABC TV Series)
Promotional photos from Land of the Giants. LEFT: With
Deanna Lund. CENTER: Cast photo. Pictured are Don Matheson, Heather
Young, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Gary Conway, and Don Marshall.
RIGHT: Cast photo with Gary Conway, Don Marshall, Heather Young,
Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, Kurt Kasznar, and Stefan Arngrim
The Farmer (1975)
Gary Conway both starred in and produced the violent action
film The Farmer
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Conway has been married to Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957, for
many years. Apart from film production, Conway is an accomplished
artist and a vintner; he and McKnight own the Carmody McKnight
vineyard in Paso Robles, California. See the Carmody
McKnight Estate Wines web site for more information.
Land Of The Giants: The Complete Series (Limited Edition) [DVD] DVD
During a routine transatlantic suborbital flight in 1983, the spaceship Spindrift passes through a bizarre cloud that reroutes them to an Earth-like planet where everything (and everyone) is 12 times normal size! Trapped on this overwhelming world, the ship's crew and passengers have king-size adventures trying to survive and find a way home. Irwin Allen's imaginative 1968-70 series starred Gary Conway, Don Marshall, Heather Young, Stefan Arngrim, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Kurt Kasznar. All 51 episodes of the series--including "The Crash," "Deadly Lodestone," "The Mechanical Man," and "Giants and All That Jazz"--plus the unaired pilot are featured in a nine-disc set. 44 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono
Burke's Law: Season one, Vol. 1 [DVD](1963) DVD
Sixteen episodes from the first season have been collected in a four-disc set. Standard; Soundtrack: English; vintage commercials; more.
Viking Women And The Sea Serpent (1957)/Teenage Caveman [DVD](1958) DVD
First, Roger Corman's "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" has a group of heroic gals venturing out on a dangerous journey to find their missing men. But when they are shipwrecked by an aquatic beast and taken prisoner by savages, they struggle to regain their freedom. Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Brad Jackson star. AKA: "The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent," "Undersea Monster." Then, Corman's "Teenage Caveman" stars Robert Vaughn (in his film debut) as an animal-skinned adolescent who goes up against his tribe's law and hunts for a fearsome monster. With Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley. 132 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
How To Make A Monster (1958)/Blood Of Dracula (1957) [DVD] DVD
Art imitates life in "How to Make a Monster," as a film studio make-up artist is axed when the execs decide horror films are passe. He gets revenge by drugging two actors, making them up as his greatest creations (A.I.P.'s own Teenage Werewolf and Frankenstein), and sending them to kill the short-sighted moguls! Robert H. Harris, Gary Clarke, Gary Conway star. Then, a girls' boarding school student is transformed into a bushy-eyebrowed bloodsucker after being hypnotized by her headmistress, in "Blood of Dracula," A.I.P.'s distaff answer to its "teenage monster" flicks. Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis and Gail Ganley star. 144 min. total. Soundtrack: English.
Black Gunn [DVD](1972) DVD
Tough-as-nails black action yarn with Jim Brown as an L.A. nightclub owner whose radical brother is killed after swiping cash from mobster Martin Landau's bookie joint in order to fund his militant army. Brown joins forces with some of his brother's politically motivated pals to take Landau and his syndicate down. With Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Luciana Paluzzi, and athletes Deacon Jones, Vida Blue, Gene Washington star. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)/American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989) [DVD] DVD
Michael Dudikoff returns as the martial arts dynamo, as he and butt-kicking buddy Steve James are sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Marines at a British outpost. A dangerous drug runner (Gary Conway) is behind it all...he's raising an army of killer clones! Next, the black pajamas are passed on to action hero David Bradley, who as the homegrown ninja hero faces his ultimate challenge when he fights a sinister cabal of assassins. Steve James, Marjoe Gortner co-star. 176 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English stereo Surround, French mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailers.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation [VHS](1987) VHS
Michael Dudikoff returns as the martial arts dynamo when he and his butt-kicking buddy (Steve James) are sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Marines at a British outpost. A dangerous drug runner (Gary Conway) is behind it all...he's raising an army of killer clones! Action all the way! 89 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
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filmography
This listing is mostly complete:
Woman's Story (2000) with Erin Gray and Kent McCord; written and directed by Gary Conway
Liberty & Bash (1990) with Miles O'Keeffe and Lou Ferrigno
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) with
Michael Dudikoff and Steve James; co-written by Gary Conway
The Farmer (1975) with Michael Dante and Sonny
Shroyer; produced and co-written by Gary Conway
Once Is Not Enough (1975) with Alexis Smith, Kirk
Douglas, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Brenda
Vaccaro, and Deborah Raffin
Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) with Peter
Falk, Donald Pleasence, Julie Harris, Robert Walden, and Dana
Elcar
Black Gunn (1972) with Jim Brown, Martin Landau,
Luciana Paluzzi, Bernie Casey, Bill Campbell, Stephen McNally, and
Bruce Glover
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) with Bette Davis,
Eric Braeden, Doug McClure, and Joan Van Ark
Young Guns of Texas (1963) with Jody McCrea, Chill Wills, Jim Mitchum,
and Robert Lowery
How to Make a Monster (1958) with Gary Clarke and John Ashley
The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1957) with Susan Cabot, Abby Dalton, Sally Todd, June Kenney, and Michael
Forrest
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) with Whit Bissell
and Phyllis Coates
TELEVISION SERIES
Land of the Giants, 1968-1970 ABC TV series. Conway
portrayed Captain Steve Burton
Burke's Law, 1963-1966 ABC TV series. Conway
portrayed Detective Tim Tilson from 1963-1965
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