Tom Conway | |
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Born | Thomas Charles Sanders 15 September 1904 |
Died | 22 April 1967 Washington Hospital, Culver City, California, U.S. | (aged 62)
Education | Brighton College |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1940–1964 |
Spouses | |
Family | George Sanders (brother) |
Tom Conway (born Thomas Charles Sanders; 15 September 1904 – 22 April 1967) was a British film, television, and radio actor. He is remembered for playing suave adventurer The Falcon in a series of 1940s films and psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd in Cat People (1942) and The Seventh Victim (1943).
Conway played "The Falcon" in ten episodes of the movie series, taking over from his brother, George Sanders, in The Falcon's Brother (1942), in which they both starred. He also appeared in three horror films produced by Val Lewton, Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943) and The Seventh Victim (1943).
On radio he played both Sherlock Holmes and The Saint; as well as playing Bulldog Drummond twice on screen.