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4 unusual facts about Tim Conway


Gates Mills, Ohio

Tim Conway stated on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon that he originally wanted to be a jockey because his father raised horses in Gates Mills, OH.

Rob Pottorf

While most of his time was spent scoring animated series such as “Hermie a Common Caterpillar” with Tim Conway and Don Knotts and “On the Farm” with Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Randy Travis to name a few, more film opportunities started to appear.

The Tim Conway Show

Tim Conway's Funny America, a 1990 American comedic hidden-camera-prank show starring Tim Conway

Tim Conway's Funny America

Despite his success as a member of the cast of the situation comedy McHale's Navy from 1962 to 1966 and in two 1964 theatrical films spun off from the series, McHale's Navy and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force, as well as his popularity during several years as a regular on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Tim Conway had found no success in starring in a television show of his own.


Carl Ballantine

Ballantine was cast in several movies, including Disney's The North Avenue Irregulars, Billy Crystal’s directorial debut, Mr. Saturday Night and in numerous television series, including the ABC sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played Lester Gruber, one of the PT boat sailors, starring with Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn and Tim Conway.

Kathy Westmoreland

She became a studio session singer, appearing on numerous television shows such as those of Red Skelton, Tim Conway and Bobby Darin.


see also

The Tim Conway Show

The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, a fall 1970 American comedy-variety show starring Tim Conway

Ace Crawford, Private Eye, a 1983 American situation comedy starring Tim Conway

The Tim Conway Jr. Show, a weeknight talk radio program in Los Angeles, California, hosted by Tim Conway Jr.