
Jeff Conaway
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. He also directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer 2. Jeff spent some of his time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961.Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. Conaway worked as a child model, and attended high school at the Quintano School for Young Professionals. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and later transferred to New York University. While at NYU, he appeared in television commercials and had the lead in a school production of The Threepenny Opera. He made his movie debut in the 1971 romantic drama Jennifer on My Mind, which also featured future stars Robert De Niro and Barry Bostwick. The following year Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical Grease, as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. After breaking into series television in 1975 with Happy Days, followed by guest spots in several other TV shows, and three more movies including Grease, he was cast as aspiring actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi, which premiered in fall 1978. Conaway starred in the short-lived 1983 fantasy-spoof series Wizards and Warriors. He made guest appearances on such shows as Barnaby Jones, George & Leo and Murder, She Wrote. He appeared inJawbreaker, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Do You Wanna Know a Secret? He also played Mick Savage on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1994 to 1999, he played Zack Allan on Babylon 5. In addition to acting, Conaway dabbled in music. In the mid-1960s, he was the lead singer and guitarist for a rock band, The 3 1/2, which recorded four singles for Cameo Records in 1966 and 1967. On May 11, 2011, Conaway was found unconscious from what was initially described as an overdose of substances believed to be pain medication and was treated in Encino, California, where he was listed in critical condition. The actor was suffering not from a drug overdose but rather from pneumonia with sepsis, for which he was placed into an induced coma. On May 26, 2011, Conaway's family took him off life support after doctors determined they could do nothing to revive him. Conaway died the following morning at the age of 60. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
98 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 98

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Babylon 5
1994

Hotel
1982

Matlock
1986

Happy Days
1974

Taxi
1978

Tales from the Darkside
1984

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970

Who's the Boss?
1984

Kojak
1973
The Tony Danza Show
2004

The Tyra Banks Show
2005

Dinah!
1974

Monsters
1988

She Spies
2002

Burke's Law
1994

Freddy's Nightmares
1988
Where Are They Now?
1999

Grease
1978

Battle of the Network Stars
1976

Hope and Gloria
1995

Shades of L.A.
1990

George & Leo
1997

Stingray
1985

S Club 7
1999

Hollywood Demons
2025

Movin' On
1974

Jawbreaker
1999

Celebrity Fit Club
2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996

Joe Forrester
1975

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
2008

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988

1 vs. 100
2006

Man on the Moon
1999

Wizards and Warriors
1983

The Eagle Has Landed
1976

Berrenger's
1985

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003

Pete's Dragon
1977
Living in TV Land
2004

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977

Dante's Inferni
2025

Babylon 5: Thirdspace
1998

Shadow of Doubt
1998

Bay Coven
1987

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979

For the Love of It
1980

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
1999

The Banker
1989

Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993

Mirror Images
1992

Covergirl
1984

Jennifer on My Mind
1971

Total Exposure
1991

Almost Pregnant
1992

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979

Living the Dream
2006

The Patriot
1986

Alien Intruder
1993

The Grease Story
2017

Tale of Two Sisters
1989

Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
2001
Dante's Hell Animated
2013

Bikini Summer II
1992

Dark Games
2011

Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002

Naked Movie
2008

Sunset Strip
1993

European Night
1993

Y.M.I.
2004

A Time to Die
1991

George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1995

L.A. Goddess
1993

The Pool 2
2005

Eye of the Storm
1992

Making of a Male Model
1983

The Last Embrace
1997

Ghost Writer
1989
Delta County, USA
1977

It's Showtime
1993

The Utah Murder Project
2006

Nashville Grab
1981

The Sleeping Car
1990

The Biz
2002

2002: The Rape of Eden
1994

The Devil's Pet
1994

The Russian Godfather
1996
Wrestling
2008

The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs
1980
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006