Background
Conway was born Gareth Monello Carmody in Boston, Massachusetts.
Conway was born Gareth Monello Carmody in Boston, Massachusetts.
They first met while students at the University of California, Los Angeles, where Conway studied art
His most notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series, Burke"s Law, from 1963-1965. Conway and Barry remained close friends until Barry"s death in late 2009. In addition, he starred in the Irwin Allen sci-fi series Land of the Giants from 1968-1970.
The couple have two children.
They have worked together in film production and writing and own a winery called Carmody McKnight. Conway"s early film credits include the cult horror films I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) as the monster, and How to Make a Monster (1958), In 1958, he was cast with Richard Beymer in the episode "Manitoba Hunt" of the western aviation television series, Sky King, with Kirby Grant and Gloria Winters.
In 1960, Conway appeared as Lieutenant Charles Williams in the episode "Absent Without Leave" of the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western series, Colt.45, starring Wayde Preston.
Tyler McVey was in the guest cast as Colonel
Ben Williams, and Steve Brodie also appeared in the episode. He also appeared in 1960 in three episodes under the names of different characters on the American Broadcasting Company/World Bank crime drama, Bourbon Street Beat, starring Andrew Duggan. In 1966 Conway made an unsuccessful television pilot Assault! a spinoff from Combat! about the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific.
Conway starred with Bette Davis in the 1972 television movie The Judge and Jake Wyler.
In 1973, Conway was featured in Playgirl magazine"s August issue. His other film credits include Young Guns of Texas (1962), Black Gunn (1972), The Farmer (1977), Once Is Not Enough (1975), American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) and Liberty & Bash (1989).
He also starred in Woman"s Story (2000), which he also wrote and directed. (Ironically, he played the murder victim in an episode of the television series "Columbo": Any Old Portuguese in a Storm, about feuding winemaker brothers).