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At first, Conway 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>
At first, Conway 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=October 30, 2019}}</ref>
Conway became known for his multiple television appearances, beginning with "Sheep Thieves", the first of four episodes between 1950 and 1954, of the classic western, ''The Lone Ranger.'' The other episodes featuring Conway are "Sinner by Proxy," "A Son by Adoption," and "The Bounty Hunter."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/lrnews.html|title=''The Lone Ranger News''|publisher=tripod.com|accessdate=March 7, 2009}}</ref> In 1951, Conway appeared on the detective series ''Boston Blackie.'' He then guest starred in three 1952-1953 episodes of Jack Webb's original ''Dragnet'' series on [[NBC]]. Later, he guest starred on Reed Hadley's second [[CBS]] series, ''The Public Defender.''<ref name=imdb/>
Conway became known for his multiple television appearances, beginning with "Sheep Thieves", the first of four episodes between 1950 and 1954, of the classic western, ''The Lone Ranger.'' The other episodes featuring Conway are "Sinner by Proxy," "A Son by Adoption," and "The Bounty Hunter."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/lrnews.html|title=''The Lone Ranger News''|publisher=tripod.com|accessdate=March 7, 2009}}</ref> In 1951, Conway appeared on the detective series ''Boston Blackie.'' He then guest starred in three 1952-1953 episodes of Jack Webb's original ''Dragnet'' series on [[NBC]]. Later, he guest starred on Reed Hadley's second [[CBS]] series, ''The Public Defender.''<ref name=imdb/>
==Western roles==
==Western roles==