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Onest Conley est un Acteur Américain né le 6 décembre 1906
Onest Conley (December 6, 1906 – October 8, 1989) was an American film actor.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, his mother was the pioneering African-American film actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan (née Nellie Crawford) and his father was Robert Reed Conley. He had two brothers. His father abandoned the family shortly after Conley's birth, leaving his actress mother to raise the three boys.
Like his mother, Onest Conley gravitated toward the acting profession and began taking bit parts in films. His first film appearance was a minor role in the 1926 Frank Borzage-directed The Dixie Merchant, a film adaptation of the Barry Benefield novel The Chicken-Wagon Family. The film starred Jack Mulhall and Madge Bellamy.
Despite limitations for African-American actors within the film industry during the 1920s and 1930s, Onest Conley appeared in a number of films during the era, albeit often typecast in stereotypical roles as "natives" and "shoeshine boys." Conley would appear alongside his brother Odel Conley as "warriors" in the 1933 box-office hit King Kong. Their mother would also appear in the film in an uncredited role as a "native haindmaiden." Conley would also appear alongside his mother in the 1930 Richard Thorpe-directed film The Thoroughbred.
A few of his most recognizable roles were as George Harris in the 1933 Cecil B. DeMille-directed crime-drama This Day and Age, as Neptune in the 1935 John S. Robertson-directed romantic drama Grand Old Girl and as Mose in the 1935 Sam Newfield-directed adventure film Racing Luck.
By the early 1940s, however, Conley's career largely faltered and he received fewer and fewer roles. His last appearance as an actor was on an episode the 1950s television series Soldiers of Fortune as a "voodoo drummer."
Onest Conley died in Los Angeles, California, in 1989 at the age of 82.
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Onest Conley
Born in Evanston, Illinois, his mother was the pioneering African-American film actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan (née Nellie Crawford) and his father was Robert Reed Conley. He had two brothers. His father abandoned the family shortly after Conley's birth, leaving his actress mother to raise the three boys.
Like his mother, Onest Conley gravitated toward the acting profession and began taking bit parts in films. His first film appearance was a minor role in the 1926 Frank Borzage-directed The Dixie Merchant, a film adaptation of the Barry Benefield novel The Chicken-Wagon Family. The film starred Jack Mulhall and Madge Bellamy.
Despite limitations for African-American actors within the film industry during the 1920s and 1930s, Onest Conley appeared in a number of films during the era, albeit often typecast in stereotypical roles as "natives" and "shoeshine boys." Conley would appear alongside his brother Odel Conley as "warriors" in the 1933 box-office hit King Kong. Their mother would also appear in the film in an uncredited role as a "native haindmaiden." Conley would also appear alongside his mother in the 1930 Richard Thorpe-directed film The Thoroughbred.
A few of his most recognizable roles were as George Harris in the 1933 Cecil B. DeMille-directed crime-drama This Day and Age, as Neptune in the 1935 John S. Robertson-directed romantic drama Grand Old Girl and as Mose in the 1935 Sam Newfield-directed adventure film Racing Luck.
By the early 1940s, however, Conley's career largely faltered and he received fewer and fewer roles. His last appearance as an actor was on an episode the 1950s television series Soldiers of Fortune as a "voodoo drummer."
Onest Conley died in Los Angeles, California, in 1989 at the age of 82.
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Jungle Goddess (1948)
, 1h2Réalisé par Lewis D. Collins
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure, Policier, Romance
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, La musique, Musique
Acteurs George Reeves, Ralph Byrd, Wanda McKay, Armida, Onest Conley, Rudy Robles
Rôle Drummer
Note21%
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
, 1h25Réalisé par Richard Wallace
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique
Acteurs Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Eve Arden, John Hubbard, William Tracy, Pierre Watkin
Rôle Shoeshine Boy
Note63%
Lorsque le play boy millionnaire Randy Bradford propose le mariage à Gloria Winters, elle accepte avec empressement et les amants s'enfuient. Mais malheureusement pour Gloria, le tuteur de la jeune femme refuse cette situation. Gloria enrage est décide de prouver qu'elle n'a pas besoin d'un tuteur en obtenant un emploi à Wall Street.
L'Esclave aux mains d'or (1939)
, 1h39Réalisé par Rouben Mamoulian
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Mélodrame, Romance
Thèmes Sport, Arts martiaux, La boxe, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Le boxe anglaise
Acteurs William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Calleia, Edward Brophy
Rôle Jimmy, Chocolate Drop's Brother
Note67%
Grand Old Girl (1935)
, 1h12Réalisé par John S. Robertson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs May Robson, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray, Alan Hale, Etienne Girardot, Ben Alexander
Rôle Neptune
Note54%
Racing Luck (1935)
, 56minutesRéalisé par Sam Newfield
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Acteurs William Boyd, George Ernest, Esther Muir, Ernest Hilliard, Onest Conley, Joseph W. Girard
Rôle Mose
Note60%
La Loi de Lynch (1933)
, 1h26Réalisé par Cecil B. DeMille
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Judith Allen, Bradley Page, Edward J. Nugent, Ben Alexander
Rôle George Harris
Note62%
During Boys' Week at racially integrated North High School, students Steve Smith, Gus Ruffo and Billy Anderson are elected to temporarily hold the city offices of district attorney, judge and chief of police. After Jewish tailor Herman refuses to pay protection money to Louis Garrett, Garrett's gang bombs his store. Herman and the student who was with him survive the blast, but Herman is later murdered by Garrett after he again refuses to pay. Garrett is acquitted of murder charges because he has a perfect alibi. Steve, who had taken the stand during the trial, is humiliated by his experience as a witness because he failed to prove Garrett's guilt. Billy, Gus and Sam Weber decide to investigate for themselves and discover part of a cufflink at the scene of the murder. They break into Garrett's bedroom, but Garrett is tipped off by Morry Dover, a student who is competing with Steve for the affection of Gay Merrick. While at Garrett's club with Gay, Dover introduces her to Toledo, Garrett's thug. Garrett shoots Billy, killing him, and frames Gus for the murder and robbery. After the funeral, Steve blames Gay for telling Dover about the plan to break into Garrett's apartment. He gathers all the student body presidents from neighboring high schools and formulates a plan to arrest Garrett. With the help of hundreds of students, Steve captures Garrett and takes him to a local brickyard for a secret trial. In the meantime, Gay and Dover, in an attempt to redeem themselves, capture Toledo's attentions, although Gay is forced to seduce him. Garrett confesses after the students suspend him over a pit filled with rats, and the mob marches him to city hall, with the assistance of the police, to get a witnessed confession. Meanwhile, the real "big" boss of Garrett's protection racket leaves town. After eluding Toledo, Gay arrives to witness Garrett's arrest. Garrett signs the confession, Gus is released, and Steve, Gay and Dover, sit in a car she temporarily borrowed to get there, listening to a broadcast about themselves until a police officer arrests them for being in a stolen vehicle.
The Thoroughbred (1930)
, 57minutesRéalisé par Richard Thorpe
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Wesley Barry, Judith Barrett, Pauline Garon, Robert Homans, Onest Conley, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Rôle Ham Tolliver
Note45%
Riley et Donovan, des propriétaires de chevaux de course, cherchent tous les deux à se lier d'amitié avec Tod Taylor, un jockey. Tod choisit finalement de travailler pour Riley, et gagne de plus en plus de courses. Colleen, la fille de Riley, sympathise avec Tod mais ce dernier tombe sous le charme de Margie, qui travaille pour le compte de Drake, un parieur. Tod en arrive au point où on lui propose de rater exprès sa course pour éviter la prison. Néanmoins Tod gagne la course et, lorsqu'il est arrêté, Riley qui a eu vent de l'affaire rembourse ses dettes et il est libéré.