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