RUSS CONWAY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Russ Conway was born on April 25th, 1913 in Manitoba, Canada with the birth name Russell Clarence Zink.  After high school he went on to earn his college degree from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1937 and followed with earning his Masters Degree in theatre arts from UCLA and then also gained his teaching credentials.

He became most well known for portraying father, Fenton Hardy on the Hardy Boy sleuths Mickey Mouse Club series in the 1950's.  During world War II he took a break from acting to serve in the United States Army's special unit and then upon completing his military service he also served as a producer as well as announcer for the Armed Forces Radio in Japan. 
 
Conway then returned back to pursuing a career as an actor. 
 
In the late 1940's he began appearing on a number of small films taking on un-credited roles in, "The Web" (1947), "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947) starring Abbott and Costello, "The Naked City" (1948), "One Touch of Venus" (1948), "Larceny" (1948), "Flamingo Road" (1949) and "Arctic Manhunt" (1949) and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) starring Paul Newman.
 
As his career progressed he would add over 200 roles to his resume.  Some of his more well known film roles were in, "Safari Drums' (1953), "Top of the World" (1955), "The Looters" (1955), "Fort Dobbs" (1958), "The Bramble Bush" (1960), "Our Man Flint" (1966) and "Interval" (1973).
 
He mostly focused on television work and added a variety of series to his credits including, "The Whistler", "Cannon", "Chase", "The Lone Wolf", "The Lone Ranger", "Screen Directors Playhouse", "Navy Log", "The Web", "Crossroads", "M Squad", "Climax!", " State Trooper", "The Rough Riders", "The Californians", Mission: Impossible" and "The F.B.I." among many others. 

Russ Conway married only once to Muriel Morrison in 1946 and together they had two children and remained married until she passed away in 2006.  Just three years later Conway lost his life in Laguna Beach, California on January 12th, 2009. 
 

Filmography

1975   Switch

1975   The Space-Watch Murders

1974   Cannon 
 
1973   Chase 

1973   Interval 

1973   The World's Greatest Athlete 
 
1972   The F.B.I. 

1968-1972  Mission: Impossible 

1970-1972  Mannix 
 
1971   O'Hara, U.S. Treasury 

1970-1971  Adam-12 

1968-1971  Ironside 
 
1971   The D.A. 

1971   Vanished 

1970   San Francisco International Airport 
 
1970   The Young Lawyers 

1969-1970  Mod Squad 

1969   Judd for the Defense 
 
1968   Get Smart 

1961-1968  Bonanza

1959-1968  Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 
 
1967   The Christophers 

1967   Iron Horse

1967   El magnifico extranjero
 
1967   The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967   The Invaders 

1967   The Green Hornet
 
1963-1967  The Virginian 

1967   The Fugitive

1967   C'mon, Let's Live a Little 
 
1966   The Time Tunnel

1966   The Monroes 

1966   Petticoat Junction 
 
1966   Our Man Flint 

1966   Daniel Boone 

1965   Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 
 
1965   The Loner 

1965   Slattery's People

1965   The Munsters
 
1965   Branded 

1965   Guns of Diablo 

1964   The Lively Set 
 
1964   The Beverly Hillbillies 

1964   The Lieutenant 

1963   My Three Sons 
 
1963   Temple Houston 

1960-1963  Perry Mason 

1963   Arrest and Trial 
 
1959-1963  Wagon Train 

1963   The Lloyd Bridges Show 

1963   The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
 
1958-1963  77 Sunset Strip

1961-1963  Hawaiian Eye

1963   The Dakotas
 
1962   What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 

1962   Kraft Mystery Theater

1962   Leave It to Beaver 
 
1962   Lassie 

1962   The Gertrude Berg Show

1959-1962  Rawhide
 
1962   The Tall Man

1962   Checkmate

1962   Ripcord 
 
1961   King of Diamonds

1961   Alcoa Premiere 

1958-1961  Sea Hunt
 
1961   The Case of the Dangerous Robin

1961   Lawman 

1961   The Untouchables
 
1961   Thriller 

1961   Surfside 6 

1961   The Aquanauts 
 
1961   The Great Impostor

1956-1961  G.E. True Theater

1958-1960  Richard Diamond, Private Detective
 
1959-1960  Men Into Space

1960   Twelve Hours to Kill

1960   The Texan
 
1960   The Bramble Bush 

1955-1960  Fury 

1960   Laramie 
 
1960   Alcatraz Express  

1960   Hotel de Paree 

1960   Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 
 
1959   Tales of Wells Fargo 

1959   Tightrope

1959   Bourbon Street Beat 
 
1958-1959  Wanted Dead or Alive

1959   The Rough Riders

1959   The Californians 
 
1959   Tombstone Territory

1959   Bronco

1959   Sugarfoot 
 
1959   Man with a Camera 

1959   Trackdown

1959   Beach Patrol
 
1958   Johnny Rocco 

1958   U.S. Marshal 

1957-1958  Zane Grey Theater
 
1957-1958  The Lineup 

1958   State Trooper

1958   Voice in the Mirror
 
1958   Goodyear Theatre

1958   Alcoa Theatre 

1958   Climax!
 
1957-1958  The Jack Benny Program 

1958   Fort Dobbs 

1958   Cheyenne
 
1958   Flood Tide

1958   Maverick 

1955-1958  The Millionaire
 
1958   The Screaming Skull

1957   Casey Jones

1957   Bombers B-52
 
1957   M Squad 

1957   Have Gun - Will Travel 

1957   Escapade in Japan 
 
1957   The Web 

1957   Portland Exposé

1957   Bernardine
 
1957   The Midnight Story

1957   Crossroads 

1956-1957  Telephone Time
 
1957   The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

1957   Official Detective
 
1957   The Gray Ghost

1956   Love Me Tender

1956   Navy Log
 
1956   The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

1956   Combat Sergeant
 
1956   Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956   Screen Directors Playhouse 

1952-1956  Four Star Playhouse 
 
1955-1956  The Loretta Young Show 

1956   Cavalcade of America 

1956   Chevron Hall of Stars
 
1956   Highway Hearing 

1953-1955  You Are There 

1954-1955  Schlitz Playhouse
 
1955   Science Fiction Theatre 

1955   Tall Man Riding 

1955   Top of the World 
 
1955   The Looters

1950-1955  The Lone Ranger 

1955   The Lone Wolf
 
1954-1955  The Public Defender 

1955   Treasury Men in Action

1955   The Star and the Story
 
1955   Stage 7

1955   TV Reader's Digest

1955   The Man Behind the Badge 
 
1955   The Whistler

1955   Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson 

1954-1955  Waterfront 
 
1954   The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 

1954   City Detective 

1954   Killer Leopard 
 
1954   Mr. & Mrs. North 

1954   The Cisco Kid

1954   Hopalong Cassidy 
 
1954   Mr. District Attorney

1953   Jennifer

1953   McCoy of Abilene
 
1953   Vicki 

1953   The War of the Worlds 

1953   Vice Squad
 
1953   Safari Drums 

1952-1953  Dragnet 

1953   Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation 
 
1953   One Girl's Confession

1953   Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953   Destination Gobi
 
1953   Girls in the Night

1952   Because of You 

1952   The Turning Point
 
1952   Battle Zone 

1952   Fearless Fagan

1952   Diplomatic Courier 
 
1952   Jumping Jacks 

1952   Fireside Theatre

1952   The Outcasts of Poker Flat
 
1952   Young Man with Ideas

1952   My Son John

1952   Jet Job 
 
1952   My Six Convicts 

1952   Fort Osage 

1952   Colorado Sundown 
 
1952   Craig Kennedy, Criminologist 

1951   Boston Blackie

1951   Flight to Mars 
 
1951   You Never Can Tell

1951   Let's Go Navy! 

1951   I Was a Communist for the FBI
 
1951   Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 

1951   Tomahawk

1951   Call Me Mister
 
1950   Highway 301

1950   Three Secrets 

1950   Prisoners in Petticoats 
 
1950   The Lawless 

1950   Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang 

1950   Woman in Hiding 
 
1950   When Willie Comes Marching Home 

1950   Backfire 

1949   Twelve O'Clock High 
 
1949   The Lady Takes a Sailor 

1949   The Heiress 

1949   Trapped 
 
1949   I Was a Male War Bride

1949   Arctic Manhunt

1949   Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
 
1949   Flamingo Road 

1948   An Act of Murder

1948   An Innocent Affair
 
1948   Larceny 

1948   One Touch of Venus 

1948   The Winner's Circle 
 
1948   Mr. Reckless

1948   The Naked City 

1948   Black Bart
 
1947   A Double Life 

1947   The Web 

1947   Buck Privates Come Home