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Onest Conley
Acting

Onest Conley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-12-25,Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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; Odel and Otto. 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 films during the era, often typecast in stereotypical roles as "natives" and "shoeshine boys". Conley appeared alongside his brother Odel as "warriors" in the 1933 box-office hit King Kong, in which their mother also appeared in an uncredited role as a "native handmaiden". Conley also appeared alongside his mother in the 1930 Richard Thorpe-directed film The Thoroughbred as the character Ham Tolliver. His most recognizable roles include George Harris in the 1933 Cecil B. DeMille-directed crime-drama This Day and Age, Neptune in the 1935 John S. Robertson-directed romantic drama Grand Old Girl and Mose in the 1935 Sam Newfield-directed adventure film Racing Luck. By the early 1940s, however, Conley's career faltered and he received fewer and fewer roles. His last appearance as an actor was on an episode of the 1950s television series Soldiers of Fortune as a "voodoo drummer".

Filmography

3.3

Vengeance
1930-02-22

The Thoroughbred

4.7

The Thoroughbred
1930-08-09

6

Racing Luck
1935-11-19

6.5

Grand Old Girl
1935-01-15

6.5

Golden Boy
1939-09-05

2.6

Jungle Goddess
1948-08-13

The Dixie Merchant

0

The Dixie Merchant
1926-03-07

7.596

King Kong
1933-04-07

This Day and Age

3

This Day and Age
1933-08-25

Princess O'Hara

6

Princess O'Hara
1935-03-31

She Knew All the Answers

6.5

She Knew All the Answers
1941-05-13

The Thrill of Brazil

5.8

The Thrill of Brazil
1946-09-06

The Foxes of Harrow

6

The Foxes of Harrow
1947-09-24

Diamond Handcuffs

0

Diamond Handcuffs
1928-05-05

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