Jack Ryan Conway was a film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

, as well as an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 of many films in the first half of the 20th century.

Under the name of John Conway, he was a co-director, co-producer and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He was the father of the actor Pat Conway

Pat Conway

Patrick Douglas Conway, known as Pat Conway , was an American actor best known for his role as young but tough Sheriff Clay Hollister on the ABC and then syndicated western television series Tombstone Territory . He was a maternal grandson of silent film star Francis X...

 (together with Virginia Bushman). He was also the father of writer Rosemary Conway (together with his first wife, silent film actress Viola Barry

Viola Barry

-Biography:She was born Gladys Viola Wilson in Evanston, Illinois the daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson. She moved with her family to Berkeley, California where her father would become the socialist mayor from 1911-1913....

).

Director

• Julia Misbehaves
  Julia Misbehaves
  Julia Misbehaves is a 1948 romantic comedy film. It stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as a married couple who are soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when the daughter he has raised, played by Elizabeth Taylor, invites her mother to her wedding...
  
  (1948)
• Desire Me (1947)
• The Hucksters
  The Hucksters
  The Hucksters is a 1947 MGM film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable that marked the debut of Deborah Kerr in an American film. It also featured Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold and Ava Gardner...
  
  (1947)
• High Barbaree (1947)
• Dragon Seed (1944)
• Assignment in Brittany (1943)
• Crossroads
  Crossroads (1942 film)
  Crossroads is a 1942 mystery film directed by Jack Conway, starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past comes back to trouble him...
  
  (1942)
• Honky Tonk
  Honky Tonk (1941 film)
  Honky Tonk is a 1941 black-and-white western film starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner.-Plot:Con man "Candy" Johnson and his friend "Sniper" flee town using quick wits and magic tricks. They catch a train to Yellow Creek, Nevada, where a gold rush is in progress. Aboard, he meets Elizabeth Cotton...
  
  (1941)
• Love Crazy
  Love Crazy
  Love Crazy is a 1941 screwball comedy film pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy as a couple whose marriage is on the verge of being broken up by the husband's old girlfriend and the wife's disapproving mother.-Plot:...
  
  (1941)
• Boom Town
  Boom Town (film)
  Boom Town is a 1940 adventure drama Hollywood film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, and Frank Morgan. A story written by James Edward Grant in Cosmopolitan magazine titled "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" provided the inspiration for the film.-Plot:"Big John"...
  
  (1940)
• Lady of the Tropics (1939)
• Let Freedom Ring (1939)
• Too Hot to Handle
  Too Hot to Handle (1938 film)
  Too Hot to Handle is a 1938 film about a newsreel reporter, the aviatrix he is attracted to, and his fierce competitor, played by Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Walter Pidgeon respectively...
  
  (1938)
• A Yank at Oxford
  A Yank at Oxford
  A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 British film, directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios...
  
  (1938)
• Saratoga
  Saratoga (film)
  Saratoga is a 1937 film written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway. The movie stars Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in their sixth and final film collaboration....
  
  (1937)
• Libeled Lady
  Libeled Lady
  Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway....
  
  (1936)
• A Tale of Two Cities
  A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)
  A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting players include Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, and Edna Mae Oliver. It was directed by Jack...
  
  (1935)
• One New York Night (1935)
• The Gay Bride
  The Gay Bride
  The Gay Bride is a 1934 black-and-white gangster film starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises...
  
  (1934)
• The Girl from Missouri
  The Girl from Missouri
  The Girl from Missouri is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.-Plot:...
  
  (1934)
• Tarzan and His Mate
  Tarzan and His Mate
  Tarzan and His Mate is a Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the second in the Tarzan film series to star Johnny Weissmuller....
  
  (1934)
• Viva Villa!
  Viva Villa!
  Viva Villa! is a 1934 American film starring Wallace Beery as Pancho Villa and was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from a biography by Edgecumb Pinchon and Odo B. Stade. The picture was directed by Jack Conway. There was special, uncredited help with the script by Howard Hawks, James Kevin...
  
  (1934)
• The Solitaire Man (1933)
• The Nuisance (1933)
• Hell Below
  Hell Below
  Hell Below is an MGM film set in the Adriatic during World War I about submarine warfare based on Commander Edward Ellsberg's novel Pigboats, starring Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Robert Young, Madge Evans, and Jimmy Durante....
  
  (1933)
• Red-Headed Woman
  Red-Headed Woman
  Red-Headed Woman is a 1932 Pre-Code comedy film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on a novel by Katherine Brush, and with a screenplay by Anita Loos. It was directed by Jack Conway, and stars Jean Harlow as a woman who uses sex to advance her social position...
  
  (1932)
• But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
• Arsène Lupin (1932)
• Just a Gigolo
  Just a Gigolo (1931 film)
  Just a Gigolo is a romantic comedy film released by MGM. It was directed by Jack Conway, produced by Irving Thalberg and starred William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith, and Ray Milland...
  
  (1931)
• The Easiest Way
  The Easiest Way
  The Easiest Way is a 1931 American MGM drama film directed by Jack Conway. Adapted from the 1909 play of the same name by David Belasco, the film stars Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, and Anita Page.-Plot:...
  
  (1931)
• New Moon
  New Moon (1930 film)
  New Moon is the name of two different film versions of the operetta The New Moon with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The original stage version premiered on Broadway in 1928...
  
  (1931)
• The Unholy Three
  The Unholy Three (1930 film)
  The Unholy Three is a 1930 melodrama involving a crime spree, directed by Jack Conway. It is a remake of the 1925 film The Unholy Three. Both were based on the novel of the same name by Clarence Aaron "Tod" Robbins....
  
  (1930)
• They Learned About Women (1930)
• Untamed
  Untamed (1929 film)
  Untamed is a 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama/comedy/romance motion picture starring Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery. Others in the cast include Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Gwen Lee, and Lloyd Ingraham....
  
  (1929)
• Our Modern Maidens
  Our Modern Maidens
  Our Modern Maidens is a 1929 silent film directed by Jack Conway. Starring Joan Crawford in her last silent film role, the film also stars Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Anita Page. Our Modern Maidens is the second of three film where Crawford and Page appear together...
  
  (1929)
• Alias Jimmy Valentine
  Alias Jimmy Valentine
  Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1928 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway, and starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Lionel Barrymore, and Karl Dane. It is sourced from the O. Henry story,A Retrieved Reformation which was turned into the 1910 play Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong. The...
  
  (1928)
• While the City Sleeps
  While the City Sleeps (1928 film)
  While the City Sleeps, is a 1928 silent film, about a tough New York City police detective, played by Lon Chaney, out to get a murdering gangster...
  
  (1928)
• The Smart Set
  The Smart Set (1928 film)
  The Smart Set is a silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Jack Conway, and starring William Haines, Jack Holt, and Alice Day. Haines plays a self-centered polo player who has to redeem himself after he is kicked off the U.S...
  
  (1928)
• Bringing Up Father (1928)
• Twelve Miles Out
  Twelve Miles Out
  Twelve Miles Out is a 1927 silent drama film starring John Gilbert and Joan Crawford.-Plot summary:Jerry Fay , is a bootlegger who expropriates the home of society girl, June , for his illicit activities...
  
  (1927)
• The Understanding Heart
  The Understanding Heart
  The Understanding Heart is a American silent film, directed by Jack Conway and starring Joan Crawford. The film was adapted for the screen by Edward T. Lowe Jr. from a novel by Peter B. Kyne. Joan Crawford said "I got my first rave reviews in The Understanding Heart." -Plot:Forest ranger Bob Mason...
  
  (1927)
• Brown of Harvard
  Brown of Harvard (1926 film)
  Brown of Harvard is a 1926 silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring William Haines. The film is the best known of the three Brown of Harvard films, having been John Wayne's screen debut. Uncredited, Wayne played a "Yale Football Player". Grady Sutton and Robert Livingston, both of...
  
  (1926)
• Soul Mates
  Soul Mates (film)
  Soul Mates is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Jack Conway, based on the 1911 novel The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn. The movie was the second successful collaboration between Glyn and Conway. -Plot:...
  
  (1925)
• The Only Thing
  The Only Thing
  The Only Thing is a silent 1925 costume drama, starring Eleanor Boardman. This filmed marks the beginning of director's Jack Conway long career at MGM. The film is also notable for featuring, in her second film role, a young Joan Crawford, playing a minor part as a lady in waiting...
  
  (1925)
• The Hunted Woman (1925)
• The Roughneck (1924)
• The Heart Buster (1924)
• The Trouble Shooter (1924)
• Lucretia Lombard (1923)
• Sawdust (1923)
• What Wives Want (1923)

• Trimmed in Scarlet (1923)
• The Prisoner
  The Prisoner (1923 film)
  The Prisoner is a 1923 drama film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Herbert Rawlinson - Philip Quentin* Eileen Percy - Dorothy Garrison* George Cowl - Lord Bob* June Elvidge - Lady Francis* Lincoln Stedman - Dickey Savage...
  
  (1923)
• Quicksands (1923)
• Another Man's Shoes (1922)
• The Long Chance (1922)
• Don't Shoot (1922)
• Step on It!
  Step on It! (film)
  Step on It! is a 1922 Western film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Vic Collins* Edith Yorke - Mrs. Collins* Frank Lanning - Pidge Walters* Barbara Bedford - Lorraine Leighton* Victor Potel - Noisy Johnson...
  
  (1922)
• Across the Deadline (1922)
• A Daughter of the Law (1921)
• The Millionaire (1921)
• The Rage of Paris (1921)
• The Kiss (1921)
• The Servant in the House (1921)
• The Killer (1921)
• The Lure of the Orient (1921)
• The Spenders (1921)
• The U.P. Trail (1920)
• The Dwelling Place of Light (1920)
• Riders of the Dawn (1920)
• The Money Changers (1920)
• Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
• A Diplomatic Mission (1918)
• Desert Law (1918)
• Her Decision
  Her Decision
  Her Decision is a 1918 silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Gloria Swanson.-Cast:* Gloria Swanson - Phyllis Dunbar* J. Barney Sherry - Martin Rankin* Darrell Foss - Bobbie Warner* Ann Forrest - Inah Dunbar...
  
  (1918)
• Little Red Decides (1918)
• You Can't Believe Everything
  You Can't Believe Everything
  You Can't Believe Everything is a 1918 silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Gloria Swanson.-Cast:* Gloria Swanson - Patricia Reynolds* Darrell Foss - Arthur Kirby* Jack Richardson - Hasty Carson* Edward Peil Sr. - Jim Wheeler...
  
  (1918)
• Because of a Woman (1917)
• Bond of Fear (1917)
• The Charmer (1917)
• Come Through (1917)
• A Jewel in Pawn (1917)
• Polly Redhead (1917)
• The Little Orphan (1917)
• Her Soul's Inspiration (1917)
• The Mainspring (1916)
• The Measure of a Man (1916)
• The Doctor's Decision (1916)
• The Torment (1916)
• The Social Buccaneer (1916)
• The Beckoning Trail (1916)
• The Silent Battle (1916)
• Bitter Sweet (1916)
• Judgment of the Guilty (1916)
• The Penitentes (1915)
• The Wrong Prescription (1914)
• The Struggle (1913/III)
• When Sherman Marched to the Sea (1913)
• The Old Armchair (1913)
• In the Long Run (1912)
• House of Pride (1912)
• His Only Son
  His Only Son
  His Only Son is a 1912 short Western film directed by Jack Conway and Milton J. Fahrney.-Cast:* Wallace Reid* Dorothy Davenport* Jack Conway* Victoria Forde* Hoot Gibson...
  
  (1912)
• Her Indian Hero (1912)

Actor

• Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935)
• The Killer (1921)
• A Royal Democrat (1919)
• Restless Souls (1919)
• The Little Orphan (1917)
• Macbeth
  Macbeth (1916 film)
  Macbeth is a silent, black and white 1916 film adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play, Macbeth.It was directed by John Emerson, and released on June 4, 1916 in the United States, and on February 26, 1917 in Japan. This version of Macbeth was produced by D. W. Griffith, with...
  
  (1916)
• Bitter Sweet (1916)
• Big Jim's Heart (1915)
• Added Fuel (1915)
• Captain Macklin
  Captain Macklin
  Captain Macklin is a 1915 short drama film directed by John B. O'Brien.-Cast:* Jack Conway - Capt. Royal Macklin* Lillian Gish - Beatrice* Spottiswoode Aitken - Gen. Laquerre* William Lowery - Heinz * Dark Cloud - Gen. Garcia...
  
  (1915)
• The Outcast (1915)
• What Might Have Been (1915)
• The Wrong Prescription (1914)
• The Wireless Voice (1914)
• Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914)
• The Valley of the Moon (1914)
• The Chechako (1914)
• The Old Maid (1914)
• The Claim Jumper (1913)
• In the End (1913)
• Patsy's Luck (1913)
• The Trail of the Lonesome Mine (1913)
• Good-for-Nothing Jack (1913)
• The Struggle (1913)
• Soldiers Three (1913)
• Birds of Prey (1913)
• When Sherman Marched to the Sea (1913)
• Brought to Bay (1913)
• A Child of War (1913)
• Will o' the Wisp (1913)
• The Twelfth Juror
  The Twelfth Juror
  The Twelfth Juror is a 1913 drama film. It features an early appearance of Harold Lloyd in an uncredited role.-Cast:* Ben F. Wilson - Harry Baker* Laura Sawyer - Alice Charlton* Jack Conway - Clarence Morton* R. Henry Grey - Jeff Robey...
  
  (1913)
• When Lincoln Paid
  When Lincoln Paid
  When Lincoln Paid is a silent film, written by William Clifford, and directed by Francis Ford, who also appears in the film as Abraham Lincoln.-Plot:...
  
  (1913)
• The Old Armchair (1913)
• The Civilian (1912)
• His Only Son
  His Only Son
  His Only Son is a 1912 short Western film directed by Jack Conway and Milton J. Fahrney.-Cast:* Wallace Reid* Dorothy Davenport* Jack Conway* Victoria Forde* Hoot Gibson...
  
  (1912)
• The Boomerang (1912)
• Sundered Ties (1912)
• Uncle Bill (1912)

• The Alibi (1912)
• How Steve Made Good (1912)
• The Obligation (1912)
• The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (1912)
• The Undoing of Slim Bill (1912)
• The Bugler of Battery B (1912)
• A Gentleman of Fortune (1912)
• Hard Luck Bill (1912)
• The Land of Might (1912)
• The Squatter's Child (1912)
• The Mountain Daisy (1912)
• The Scalawag (1912)
• The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912)
• The Counting of Time (1912)
• The Thespian Bandit (1912)
• The Everlasting Judy (1912)
• The Post Telegrapher (1912)
• The Little Nugget (1912)
• The Love Trail (1912)
• Her Indian Hero (1912)
• Two Men and the Law (1912)
• Across the Sierras (1912)
• A Pair of Jacks (1912)
• The Fighting Chance (1912)
• The Battle of the Red Men (1912)
• The Empty Water Keg (1912)
• George Warrington's Escape (1911)
• A Painter's Idyl (1911)
• Coals of Fire (1911)
• John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911)
• Arizona Bill (1911)
• The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911)
• Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)
• The Totem Mark (1911)
• The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911)
• Her Indian Mother (1910)
• The Indian Scout's Vengeance (1910)
• The Old Soldier's Story (1909)

Producer

• The Girl from Missouri (1934)
• Hell Below (1933)
• Just a Gigolo (1931)
• Our Modern Maidens (1929)

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