Jeff Conaway Movies
Though
Jeff Conaway achieved TV fame by playing an actor who couldn't find work, he had in fact been a busy professional since childhood. At age ten,
Conaway made his first Broadway appearance in All the Way Home. Eleven years later, after completing his education at N.Y.U.,
Conaway was seen in his first film,
Jennifer on My Mind (1971). He played Kenicke in the New York staging of Grease, then repeated the role for the 1978 film adaptation. Also in 1978, he began a three-year run on the TV sitcom
Taxi, in the role of Bobby Wheeler, an incredibly luckless aspiring actor who made ends meet by driving a hack.
Conaway has since delved into the realm of "fantastic television," appearing as Prince Erick Greystone in Wizards and Warriors (1983) and (occasionally) as Zack Allen on
Babylon 5 (1992). Active in the direct-to-video market,
Jeff Conaway both directed and acted in
Bikini Summer 2 (1992). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide