Tim Conway
Birth Name:
Thomas Daniel Conway
Birth Place:
Willoughby, Ohio, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Producer
Fast Facts
- Co-founded the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund, which helps injured and disabled jockeys, and is an active member of the Spastic Children's Foundation
- Was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2002
- Wanted to be a jockey but his physical build disqualified him from the profession
- Quote: "I was born and then I did The Carol Burnett Show for eleven years․ What else is there to know?"
- Quote: "It's been such a great ride because I've got to do all the great things I respect in comedy, and met the people I respect in comedy․"
- Quote: "My ambition was to be a jockey, but at my weight, even the horses were asking me to get off․"
- Known for bringing his strong sense of timing and improvisational skills to TV characters who appealed to whole families
- Known for his 11-year-long role on "The Carol Burnett Show," where he often made co-star Harvey Korman break character by laughing in the middle of scenes
- Had dyslexia, but when he made mistakes while reading aloud in class, his classmates thought he was joking
- Joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity while attending Bowling Green State University
- Requested a license plate that read "13 WKS" for his car since all his solo TV projects only lasted 13 weeks
Awards
- 1963Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor:Nominated
- 1973Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety:Winner
- 1974Primetime Emmy - Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music:Nominated
- 1975Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music:Nominated
- 1976Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actor - Television:Winner
- 1976Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music:Nominated
- 1977Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actor - Television:Nominated
- 1977Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music:Winner
- 1977Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Nominated
- 1978Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music:Winner
- 1978Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Winner
- 1978Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Nominated
- 1978WGA Award (TV) - Variety: Series or Special: Musical or Comedy:Nominated
- 1979WGA Award (TV) - Variety Script, Musical or Comedy:Nominated
- 1980Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1997American Comedy Award - Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2000American Comedy Award - Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series:Nominated
- 2003TV Land Award - Favorite Second Banana:Nominated
- 2005Legend AwardWinner
- 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:Winner