Pat Conway
Patrick Douglas Conway was an American actor best known for starring as Sheriff Clay Hollister on the ABC and then syndicated western television series Tombstone Territory. The program was produced by Ziv Television.
Conway was born in Los Angeles, California on January 9, 1931. His father was Patrick Douglas Conway a Hollywood actor, director, and producer. Patrick Conway's mother was Virginia C. Bushman Conway, daughter of silent movie star Francis X. Bushman. Patrick Conway grew up on the family's 125-acre Pacific Palisades ranch called All Hallows Farm. Patrick learned horsemanship and cattle herding on the ranch. The ranch's next owner was Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Patrick Conway graduated from Menlo Junior College in San Francisco. After college, he took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. Then studied acting at the London Shakespearean theater at The Old Vic. He served in the US Marine Corps and after his service he received an acting contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood. His father directed films from 1925 to 1948 at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Pat Conway's first role was in the 1951 movie Westward the Women as Sid Cutler. Pat Conway was Tim Dooley in the 1955 movie An Annapolis Story.
Pat played Tombstone Sheriff Clay Hollister, set in pre-statehood Arizona. The series ran from Oct. 16, 1957, to July 1960, He also played many guest roles in western series, 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 made-for-television movie The Abduction of Saint Anne that aired on American Broadcasting Company, The Bullet in 1972 and The Endgame in 1973.
Patrick Douglas Conway died Santa Barbara County, California on April 24, 1981, at age of 50. Pat Conway's brother was Michael Everley Conway. Pat Conway's sister was Rosemary Conway Foster Miller.
