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| death_place=Laguna Hills, [[California]], USA
| death_place=Laguna Hills, [[California]], USA
| spouse= Muriel Morrison (married 1946-2006, her death)<br>
| spouse= Muriel Morrison (married 1946-2006, her death)<br>
Two children
Two children<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of California, Los Angeles]]
}}
}}
'''Russ Conway''' (April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-[[United States|American]] character actor who appeared on [[film]] and [[television]] between 1947 and 1975. He was the younger brother of Canadian-born actor Donald Woods.
'''Russ Conway''' (April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-[[United States|American]] character actor who appeared on [[film]] and [[television]] between 1947 and 1975. He was the younger brother of Canadian-born actor Donald Woods.
==Early years==
==Background==
Born '''Russell Clarence Zink''' in Brandon in the province of [[Manitoba]], Conway earned a bachelor's degree in 1937 from the [[University of California at Los Angeles]]. Years later, he procured a master's degree in theatre arts from UCLA as well as teaching credentials.<ref name=lat>{{cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/4dbfd7b84f6e0b30|title=Russell Zink obituary|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times''|title=Russ Conway obituary|accessdate=March 8, 2009}}</ref>
Born '''Russell Clarence Zink''' in Brandon in the province of [[Manitoba]], Conway earned a bachelor's degree in 1937 from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. Years later, he procured a master's degree in theatre arts from UCLA as well as teaching credentials.<ref name=lat>{{cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/4dbfd7b84f6e0b30|title=Russell Zink obituary|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times''|title=Russ Conway obituary|accessdate=March 8, 2009}}</ref>
During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army]], attached to the Special Services entertainment unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at the since defunct Fort Ord on Monterey Bay in [[California]] before he was sent to the [[Philippines]] and then [[Japan]]. He worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio.<ref name=lat/>
During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army]], attached to the Special Services entertainment unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at the since defunct Fort Ord on Monterey Bay in [[California]] before he was sent to the [[Philippines]] and then [[Japan]]. He worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio.<ref name=lat/>
==First roles==
==Early roles==
At first, he had uncredited roles in some two dozen motion pictures from 1947 to 1953, beginning as a medic in ''Buck Privates Come Home.'' He played the role of Quintus Seabury in the film, ''Flamingo Road.'' He appeared in ''If I Was a Male War Bride'', ''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' about frontier characters [[Calamity Jane|Martha Jane Cannary]] and the bandit [[Sam Bass]], ''Twelve O'Clock High.'' ''Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation,'' and the 1952 film, ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a [[Bret Harte]] short story of the same name.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176773/|title=Russ Conway|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref>
At first, he had uncredited roles in some two dozen motion pictures from 1947 to 1953, beginning as a medic in ''Buck Privates Come Home.'' He played the role of Quintus Seabury in the film, ''Flamingo Road.'' He appeared in ''If I Was a Male War Bride,'' ''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' about frontier characters [[Calamity Jane|Martha Jane Cannary]] and the bandit Sam Bass (1851-1878), ''Twelve O'Clock High.'' ''Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation,'' and the 1952 film, ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a [[Bret Harte]] short story of the same name.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176773/|title=Russ Conway|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref>
Though most of his work after 1953 was on television, Conway also appeared in notable films. He was [[Elvis Presley]]'s friend Ed Galt in Presley's 1956 screen debut ''[[Love Me Tender]].'' He also played the police officer who discovered [[Joan Crawford]]'s body on the beach at the end of ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (1962). He played the Reverend Bethany in the 1953 film, ''The War of the Worlds.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/21367/t/Russ-Conway.html|title=''Russ Conway: Final Farewells''|publisher=Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum|accessdate=March 7, 2009}}</ref>
Though most of his work after 1953 was on television, Conway also appeared in notable films. He was [[Elvis Presley]]'s friend Ed Galt in Presley's 1956 screen debut ''[[Love Me Tender]].'' He also played the police officer who discovered [[Joan Crawford]]'s body on the beach at the end of ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (1962). He played the Reverend Bethany in the 1953 film, ''The War of the Worlds.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/21367/t/Russ-Conway.html|title=''Russ Conway: Final Farewells''|publisher=Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum|accessdate=March 7, 2009}}</ref>