- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 16, 1887
- Place of Birth
- Graceville, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- October 11, 1952
Jack Conway
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, US. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films and, in 1911, became a member of D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: Boom Town (1940), Honky Tonk (1941), The Hucksters (1947) – all solid box office hits. Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management. A thoroughly competent cra…
Filmography
movieTales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
2012 · Writer
Old School vs. New School
movieOld School vs. New School
2012 · Leon
movieJulia Misbehaves
1948 · Director
movieDesire Me
1947 · Director
movieThe Hucksters
1947 · Director
movieHigh Barbaree
1947 · Director
movieDragon Seed
1944 · Director
movieAssignment in Brittany
1943 · Director
movieCrossroads
1942 · Director
movieHonky Tonk
1941 · Director
movieLove Crazy
1941 · Director
movieBoom Town
1940 · Director
movieLady of the Tropics
1939 · Director
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939 · Director
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Director
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938 · Director
movieSaratoga
1937 · Director
movieLibeled Lady
1936 · Director
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Director
Roof Tops of Manhattan
movieRoof Tops of Manhattan
1935 · Pa O'Shea
movieOne New York Night
1935 · Director
movieThe Gay Bride
1934 · Director
movieThe Girl from Missouri
1934 · Director, Producer
movieViva Villa!
1934 · Director
movieThe Solitaire Man
1933 · Director
movieHell Below
1933 · Director
movieThe Nuisance
1933 · Director
movieRed-Headed Woman
1932 · Director
movieBut the Flesh Is Weak
1932 · Director
movieArsène Lupin
1932 · Director
movieJust a Gigolo
1931 · Director
movieThe Easiest Way
1931 · Director
movieNew Moon
1930 · Director
movieThe Unholy Three
1930 · Director
movieThey Learned About Women
1930 · Director
movieUntamed
1929 · Director
movieOur Modern Maidens
1929 · Director, Producer
movieAlias Jimmy Valentine
1928 · Director
movieThe Smart Set
1928 · Director, Producer
movieBringing Up Father
1928 · Director
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1928 · Director
movieTwelve Miles Out
1927 · Director
movieThe Understanding Heart
1927 · Director
movieBrown of Harvard
1926 · Director
movieThe Only Thing
1925 · Director
movieSoul Mates
1925 · Director
The Hunted Woman
movieThe Hunted Woman
1925 · Director
movieThe Roughneck
1924 · Director
movieThe Heart Buster
1924 · Director
movieThe Trouble Shooter
1924 · Director
movieLucretia Lombard
1923 · Director
movieSawdust
1923 · Director
movieWhat Wives Want
1923 · Director
movieTrimmed in Scarlet
1923 · Director
movieThe Prisoner
1923 · Director
movieQuicksands
1923 · Director
Another Man's Shoes
movieAnother Man's Shoes
1922 · Director
movieThe Long Chance
1922 · Director
movieDon't Shoot
1922 · Director
movieStep on It!
1922 · Director
movieAcross the Dead-Line
1922 · Director
movieThe Millionaire
1921 · Director
movieA Daughter of the Law
1921 · Director
movieThe Rage of Paris
1921 · Director
movieThe Kiss
1921 · Director
The Servant in the House
movieThe Servant in the House
1921 · Director
movieThe Killer
1921 · William Sanborn, Director
movieThe U.P. Trail
1920 · Director
movieThe Money Changers
1920 · Director
movieThe Dwelling Place of Light
1920 · Director
movieRiders of the Dawn
1920 · Director
movieLombardi, Ltd.
1919 · Director
movieRestless Souls
1919 · Hugh Gregory
movieA Diplomatic Mission
1918 · Director
movieYou Can't Believe Everything
1918 · Director
Her Decision
movieHer Decision
1918 · Director
Little Red Decides
movieLittle Red Decides
1918 · Director
movieBond of Fear
1917 · Director
movieThe Charmer
1917 · Director
movieThe Little Orphan
1917 · David Clark, Director
movieCome Through
1917 · Director
movieA Jewel in Pawn
1917 · Director
moviePolly Redhead
1917 · Director
movieHer Soul's Inspiration
1917 · Director
movieThe Mainspring
1916 · Director
movieThe Measure of a Man
1916 · Director
movieThe Social Buccaneer
1916 · Director
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Second Assistant Director
movieThe Beckoning Trail
1916 · Director
movieThe Silent Battle
1916 · Director
movieMacbeth
1916 · Lennox
movieThe Birth of a Nation
1915 · Assistant Director
movieThe Chechako
1914 · Smoke Bellew
The Folly of Anne
movieThe Folly of Anne
1914 · The Heartless Publisher
movieEven Unto Death
1914 · Walter Gordon
movieBurning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
1914 · Joe Hines
The Valley of the Moon
movieThe Valley of the Moon
1914 · Billy Roberts
The Mistress of the Air
movieThe Mistress of the Air
1914 · Dick - the Hero
The Twelfth Juror
movieThe Twelfth Juror
1913 · Clarence Morton
When Lincoln Paid
movieWhen Lincoln Paid
1913
movieHis Only Son
1912 · , Director
The Post Telegrapher
movieThe Post Telegrapher
1912
movieHer Indian Hero
1912 · Hal Benton, Director
movieKit Carson's Wooing
1911 · Kit Carson
Her Indian Mother
movieHer Indian Mother
1910 · Stephen Moore
Scarlet Letter
movieScarlet Letter
1908