Tim Conway, Emmy-winning actor from The Carol Burnett Show, dies at 85: publicist GlobeArts
Actor Tim Conway won three Emmy awards for acting on The Carol Burnett Show and a fourth as a writer in the 1960s and ‘70s.Emmy-winning actor Tim Conway, who brought an endearing, freewheeling goofiness to skits on “The Carol Burnett Show” that cracked up his cast mates as well as the audience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his publicist said.
He would find greater success in the comedy sketches on Burnett’s show starting in 1968. He was at his best with characters that were a little naive, clumsy or slow-witted, and especially when teamed with straight man Harvey Korman and given the chance to show off his improvisational and slapstick skills.
“I think Conway’s goal in life was to destroy Harvey,” Burnett told the Television Academy Foundation.In one popular skit, Conway’s portrayal of an inept dentist who accidentally injects himself with painkiller resulted in Korman, who was playing the patient, laughing so hard that he wet his pants, Burnett said.
His popularity on the Burnett program led to his own shows – a sitcom in 1970 and a variety show in 1980 – and they lasted about a year each. He said they failed because he was not comfortable being the star.
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