Actor Tim Conway, 85, who starred in a slew of television shows in the 1960s but is best remembered for being a regular cast member of The Carol Burnett Show, died this morning. The cause of death was not dementia or Alzheimer's but something called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
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Conway had a lot of talent, and Carol Burnett and company put him to his best use. He was especially hilarious playing opposite Harvey Korman.
The dentist sketch was one of the funniest things I ever saw:
Before making his mark in Hollywood, Conway studied TV and radio at Bowling State University and enlisted in the Army, where is goofiness already shone through. In the L.A. Times interview, he remembered misplacing his rifle before a 4 a.m. drill.
“I looked in the garbage and there was this long neon tube,” he remembered. “So I took that. As the lieutenant came around the corner. I said, ‘Halt.’ I am pointing this bulb at him and he said ‘What is that?’ I said, ‘It’s a light bulb and if you come any closer, I’ll turn it on.’ He had very little sense of humor. I spent an extra two weeks [in the service] painting rocks in Seattle.”
After his military service, he worked at a local station in Cleveland.
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