He retired from films in 1948 and died four years later at his home from pulmonary disease.
(meta data) TITLE: Jack Conway - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times Hollywood Star Walk # Jack Conway Film: East side of the 1500 block of Vine Street Actor | Director | Producer Born Hugh Ryan Conway on July 17, 1886 in Graceville, Minn. Oct. 11, 1952 of pulmonary ailment in Pacific Palisades, CA Jack Conway was a motion picture pioneer who starred in the first movie filmed in Hollywood and directed the first sound picture made at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He first entered motion pictures in 1907 as a leading man and started directing in 1914 under the guidance of D. W. Griffith. He played the male lead in a film believed to be the first actually photographed in Hollywood, "Her Indian Hero," in 1909. He joined MGM in the early 1920s shortly after the company was formed and directed its first talking picture, "Alias Jimmy Valentine," in 1928. In later years he directed such movies as "Saratoga," Jean Harlow's last picture. — Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 1952 ## Related stars Francis X. BushmanFather-in- law D. W. GriffithProfessional Jean HarlowActress Hobart BosworthFriend ## Points of interest Click for more information ## Share a thought about Jack Conway Did you ever meet Jack Conway? Share your memory. Which other stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have connections to Jack Conway? Are other places in the world important to Jack Conway? Does Jack Conway deserve this star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam
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Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Biography.:Private life.
His first marriage was to silent film actress Viola Barry. Together, they had two children, including a daughter, the writer Rosemary Conway. His second marriage was to Virginia Bushman, daughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman. They had two children, as well, including the actor Pat Conway. They resided in Pacific Palisades, California, in a house designed by architect Allen Siple (1900–1973). A street in Pacific Palisades, Jacon Way, is named for Conway.