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Tom Conway
  • Birth Name:
    Thomas Charles Sanders
  • Date of Birth:
    September 15, 1904
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Virgo
  • Place of Birth:
    St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Place of Death:
    Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    April 22, 1967
  • Cause of Death:
    Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Height:
    6' 1"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    British
  • Hobbies:
    Boat and airplane design

Family

Tom Conway
  • Brother:
    George Sanders
  • Spouse:
    Lillian Eggers - divorced
    Queenie Leonard - divorced

Career

Tom Conway

Trivia

Tom Conway
  • In October, 1957, Conway performed as Max Collodi in Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Glass Eye" to critical praise. In an unusual twist, the ventriloquist was a midget, and Conway was actually the dummy.
  • In 1951, Conway replaced Vincent Price as the star of the radio mystery series The Saint, taking on a role that his brother, Sanders, had played on film a decade earlier.
  • His screen career diminished in the 1950s, but he appeared in a number of English films, on radio, and on television.
  • Conway also played Sherlock Holmes following Basil Rathbone's departure from the 1946–1947 radio series.
  • Conway is remembered today for playing "The Falcon" in ten of that series' entries, taking over from his brother in The Falcon's Brother, in which they both star.
  • Was a British film and radio actor.

Filmography

Tom Conway

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