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Tom Conway
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Actor Born: September 15, 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia Death: April 22, 1967 in Culver City, CA Biography:Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, "Tom Conway" was the son of a British rope manufacturer. After the Bolshevik revolution, Conway's family returned to England, where he attended a succession of boarding schools before graduating from Brighton college. Aimlessly wandering from job to job, Conway was working as a rancher when his older brother, "George Sanders", achieved success as a film actor. Deciding this might be suitable work for himself, Conway gleaned some stage experience in a Manchester repertory company. Upon arriving in Hollywood in 1940, Conway was taken under the wing of brother George, who helped him find film work. When George quit the "Falcon" "B"-picture series at RKO in 1941, he recommended Tom as his replacement; the transition was cleverly handled in "The Falcon's Brother" (1942), with Tom taking over after George had been "killed." Achieving popularity as the Falcon, Conway continued... Full Biography
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