Tim Conway trivia: 50 amazing facts about the comedic actor!

Tim Conway was an American comedic actor with a remarkable career! He has also voiced a lot of animated characters!

He died recently. So let’s commemorate him with some trivia and facts!

1. His full name is Thomas Daniel “Tim” Conway
2. He was born in December 15, 1933
3. He died in May 14, 2019
4. He was an American comedic actor, writer and director
5. He portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the 1960s World War II situation comedy McHale’s Navy
6. He was a regular cast member on the 1970s variety and sketch comedy program The Carol Burnett Show
7. He co- starred with Don Knotts in several films in the late 1970s and early 1980s
8. He starred as the title character in the Dorf series of comedy films
9. And provided the voice of Barnacle Boy in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants
10. Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio
11. A suburb of Cleveland
12. And grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls
13. He was of Irish descent on his father’s side
14. And Romanian on his mother’s
15. Conway attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio
16. There he majored in television and radio and was a disc jockey
17. And he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
18. When he graduated, Conway enlisted in the United States Army
19. There he served between 1956 – 1958
20. Tim Conway collaborated with many other notable performers
21. And maintained long-term professional relationships with many of them
22. In June 2010, Conway returned to his hometown of Chagrin Falls
23. To put on fund-raising performances at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
24. To help kick off its capital campaign
25. He was a spokesperson for the United Leukodystrophy Foundation
26. He was a fan of thoroughbred horse racing
27. And an occasional racehorse owner
28. Tim Conway was the co-founder and vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund
29. Tim Conway died on May 14, 2019 at the age of 85
30. From complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus
31. Tim Conway was married twice
32. He was married to Mary Anne Dalton
33. From 1961 until 1978
34. They had six children together
35. He was married to Charlene Fusco
36. From May 18, 1984 until his death
37. Among Conway’s children is KFI Los Angeles radio host Tim Conway, Jr.
38. His step-daughter through his second marriage became the tour manager for Conway’s live tour with Harvey Korman
39. Tim Conway and his second wife, Charlene, lived in Encino, California
40. In late 2013, his memoir was on The New York Times Best Seller list its first week on sale
41. It is called What’s So Funny?: My Hilarious Life
42. Interviewed by Raymond Arroyo on his EWTN program The World Over on October 2, 2014, he revealed that he had converted to the Catholic faith
43. In 2018, Conway was diagnosed with dementia
44. He began using a wheelchair
45. And had brain surgery
46. His daughter Kelly and his wife, Charlene, each wanted sole conservatorship over his health
47. Judge Robert Wada ruled against Kelly since he was in a hospital
48. In March 2019, his wife was granted conservatorship of Conway
49. He was also called Thomas Daniel Conway, Tim Daniel Conway, Thomas Conway
50. He had a show called after him, The Tim Conway Show