Onest Conley

Personal Info

Birthday

December 25, 1906

Day of Death

1989-10-08

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Ernest A. Conley

Onest Conly

Onest Conley

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.

Known For

King Kong

Jungle Goddess

This Day and Age

Golden Boy

Racing Luck

The Dixie Merchant

The Thrill of Brazil

Princess O'Hara

Filmography

1948
Jungle Goddess
as Drummer
1947
The Foxes of Harrow
as Drummer in Voodoo Sequence (uncredited)
1946
The Thrill of Brazil
as Specialty dancer (uncredited)
1941
She Knew All the Answers
as Shoeshine Boy
1939
Golden Boy
as Jimmy, Chocolate Drop's Brother
1935
Racing Luck
as Mose
Princess O'Hara
as Stable Boy (uncredited)
Grand Old Girl
as Neptune
1933
This Day and Age
as George Harris
King Kong
as Warrior (uncredited)
1930
The Thoroughbred
as Ham Tolliver
Vengeance
as Chief
1928
Diamond Handcuffs
as Native Dancer (uncredited)
1926
The Dixie Merchant
as Eph