Kevin Conway (actor)

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Kevin Conway (born May 29, 1942 in New York City) is an American actor and film director.

Conway's off-Broadway credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Elephant Man, Other People's Money, and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, for which he received the 1974 Drama Desk Award. On Broadway, he has appeared in Indians and revivals of The Plough and the Stars, Of Mice and Men (as George Milton, opposite James Earl Jones as Lennie Small), and Dinner at Eight. In 1980, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play (Mecca).

In his first major screen role, he portrayed Roland Weary in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. He also played Kahless the Unforgettable on an episode of Star Trek: TNG.

[edit] Partial Filmography

• F.I.S.T (1978), in the role of Vince Doyle
• Paradise Alley (1978), in the role of Stitch
• The Scarlet Letter (1979), in the role of Roger Chillingworth
• The Lathe of Heaven (1980), in the role of Dr. Wiliam Haber
• The Funhouse (1981), in three roles, including that of Conrad Straker the Funhouse Barker
• Gettysburg (1993), in the role of Sgt. Buster Kilrain
• The Outer Limits (1995-2002), in the role of the Control Voice
• Thirteen Days (2000), in the role of Gen. Curtis LeMay
• Gods and Generals (2003), reprising the role of Sgt. Buster Kilrain
• Mystic River (2003), in the role of Theo(uncredited)
• Invincible (2006)
• The Promise (2006), in the role of Liam

In 1987, he directed the independent film The Sun and the Moon.

[edit] External links

• Kevin Conway at the Internet Movie Database
• Kevin Conway (actor) article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.