Wissenswertes

Received the 1957 'Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic)' Tony Award for his performance in Graham Greene's "The Potting Shed".

English-born character actor who played figures of authority. Easily his best performance was as the hate-driven former Confederate Major Tetley, leading the lynch mob in 'The Ox-Bow Incident' (1943).

Was in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Menschen im Hotel (1932), The White Parade (1934), Ritt zum Ox-Bow (1943) and Die Schlangengrube (1948), with only the first of these winning.

Survived by his widow, Ruth, and a son, Richard.

Father: Joseph Henry Conroy; Mother: Anna Bertha Brunner.