Pat Conway

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title: "Pat Conway" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1931-births", "1981-deaths", "male-actors-from-greater-los-angeles", "american-male-film-actors", "american-male-television-actors", "male-actors-from-los-angeles", "20th-century-american-male-actors", "western-(genre)-television-actors"] description: "American actor" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Conway" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actor ::

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Field	Value
name	Pat Conway
image	Pat Conway Tombstone Territory 1958.JPG
caption	Conway as Clay Hollister, 1958.
birthname	Patrick Douglas Conway
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.
height	6 ft 3 in
father	Jack Conway
family	Francis X. Bushman (grandfather)
education	Menlo Park Junior College, Pasadena Playhouse School of the Theater
occupation	Actor
nationality	American
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| name = Pat Conway | image = Pat Conway Tombstone Territory 1958.JPG | caption = Conway as Clay Hollister, 1958. | birthname = Patrick Douglas Conway | birth_date = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Santa Barbara County, California, U.S. | height = 6 ft 3 in | children = | father = Jack Conway |mother= | family=Francis X. Bushman (grandfather) | education = Menlo Park Junior College, Pasadena Playhouse School of the Theater | occupation = Actor | nationality = American | spouse =

Patrick Douglas Conway (January 9, 1931 – April 24, 1981) was an American actor best known for starring as Sheriff Clay Hollister on the Western television series Tombstone Territory (1957–1960).

Early years

Conway was the son of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer director Jack Conway, and grandson of Francis X. Bushman.

Career

Conway's first role was in the 1951 movie Westward the Women as Sid Cutler. Conway was Tim Dooley in the 1955 movie An Annapolis Story.

In Tombstone Territory, Conway played Tombstone Sheriff Clay Hollister, set in Arizona Territory. The series ran for three seasons from October 16, 1957 to July 8, 1960. He also played many guest roles in Western serials, including Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Bonanza. He also had parts in two movies: Geronimo in 1962 and Brighty of the Grand Canyon in 1967. His final roles were in The Streets of San Francisco TV show in 1975, the television movie The Abduction of Saint Anne, The Bullet in 1972, and The Endgame in 1973.

Death

Conway died in Santa Barbara County, California, on April 24, 1981, at the age of 50 from renal failure.

References

References

1. p. 107 Aaker. Everett ''Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary'' McFarland & Company May 25, 2017
2. [https://www.palipost.com/old-palisades-real-estate-story-hallows-farm-celebrity-owners/ palipost.com, Old Palisades Real Estate: The Story of All Hallows Farm and Its Celebrity Owners, By the Palisadian-Post, March 9, 2017]
3. [https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pat-conway/credits/168935/ TV Guide, Patrick Conway]
4. (1999). "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present". The Ballentine Publishing Group.
5. Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary, By Everett Aaker
6. (24 January 2021). "Pacific Palisades Cowboy Actor Pat Conway".

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