Jeff Conaway

Biography

Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. He also directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer 2. Jeff spent some of his time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961.Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. Conaway worked as a child model, and attended high school at the Quintano School for Young Professionals. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and later transferred to New York University. While at NYU, he appeared in television commercials and had the lead in a school production of The Threepenny Opera. He made his movie debut in the 1971 romantic drama Jennifer on My Min…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Grease (1978) — Kenickie
2. Man on the Moon (1999) — Self (uncredited)
3. Pete's Dragon (1977) — Willie
4. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) — Travis
5. Babylon 5 (1994) — Zack Allan
6. Jawbreaker (1999) — Marcie's Father
7. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Nolan Walsh
8. The Eagle Has Landed (1976) — Frazier
9. Happy Days (1974)
10. Who's the Boss? (1984)
11. Freddy's Nightmares (1988) — Buddy Powers
12. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) — Self
13. Taxi (1978) — Bobby Wheeler
14. Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) — Zack Allen
15. Kojak (1973) — Bert Gaines
16. Matlock (1986) — Daniel Ward
17. Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) — Zack Allen
18. Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) — Zack Allen
19. Tales from the Darkside (1984) — Peter Prentice
20. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
21. Shadow of Doubt (1998) — Bixby
22. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) — Sgt. Holt
23. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) — Lactamaeon
24. Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002) — Reverend Sutter
25. She Spies (2002) — Zachary Mason
26. Hotel (1982)
27. Monsters (1988) — Phil
28. Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001) — Agent Owen Sacker
29. The Tyra Banks Show (2005)
30. Alien Intruder (1993) — Borman
31. Stingray (1985)
32. Almost Pregnant (1992) — Charlie Alderson
33. Bay Coven (1987) — Josh McGwin
34. The Sleeping Car (1990) — Bud Sorenson
35. Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
36. A Time to Die (1991) — Frank
37. The Banker (1989) — Cowboy
38. 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010) — (archive footage)
39. Hollywood Demons (2025) — Self (archive footage)
40. Ghost Writer (1989) — Tom Farrell

Directed

1. Bikini Summer II (1992) — Director