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==Background==
==Background==
Greenway was born to Charles Sanford Greenway and the former Mai Radford, in Booneville in Logan County, east of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] in western [[Arkansas]]. During [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a flight engineer on a B-17 bomber. While on a mission, he was shot down and spent more than a year in [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Germany|German]] prisoner-of-war camps.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/28597/Tom-Greenway|title=About this Person: Tom Greenway|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 18, 2010; material no longer on-line |author=Bosley Crowther}}</ref>
Greenway was born to Charles Sanford Greenway and the former Mai Radford, in Booneville in Logan County, east of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] in western [[Arkansas]]. During [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a flight engineer on a B-17 bomber. While on a mission, he was shot down and spent more than a year in [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Germany|German]] prisoner-of-war camps.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/28597/Tom-Greenway|title=About this Person: Tom Greenway|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 18, 2010; material no longer on-line|author=Bosley Crowther}}</ref>
Released from military service, he performed on [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]] before he moved into films. Very early in his career, he had many uncredited roles.<ref name=nyt/>
Released from military service, he performed on [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]] before he moved into films. Very early in his career, he had many uncredited roles.<ref name=nyt/>