![Morgan Conway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gIh9HJaSqK7T7KVmxKTuhyR0Eun.jpg)
Morgan Conway
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Morgan Conway (March 16, 1903 in Newark, New Jersey – November 16, 1981 in Livingston, New Jersey) was an American actor, best known for his portrayals of Dick Tracy.
Born Sydney Conway, he was educated at Columbia University in New York City. He arrived in Hollywood just in time to get on the ground floor of the industry's burgeoning labor movement. Conway was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. His first film appearance was in the 1934 film Looking for Trouble.
For many years he freelanced, working for various studios in bits or supporting roles. His most familiar appearance from this period is probably in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939).
By the mid-1940s he was a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, and he was chosen to portray Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball. RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to emulate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although this screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy physically, Conway's dramatic interpretation was faithful; he gave the role an understated, businesslike quality totally in keeping with a police procedural. Morgan Conway is considered by many (including Dick Tracy writer Max Allan Collins) to be the best screen Dick Tracy.
Morgan/Sydney Conway left the motion picture industry and returned to New Jersey, where he died of lung cancer at the age of 78.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.223 |
Birthday | 1903-03-16 |
Place of Birth | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Also Known As | Sydney Albert Conway, |
![Brother Orchid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qf2Qr4cBrjpu3ZqiKaa3pP6T7Rr.jpg)
1940
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6/5
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0/0
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0/0
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7/2
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![Off the Record](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xCqH1w3i0EdYauxmiFDnOnQgf7X.jpg)
1939
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6/4
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![Illegal Traffic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qhf4M3nEXSLfkN6N6gZIhvaK90O.jpg)
1938
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6.7/3
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![Grand Jury Secrets](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ax8bVkVVQytKzMCCA27CbgIYe2R.jpg)
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0/0
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2023
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6/1
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1943
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5.8/6
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