Personal Info
Ernest A. Conley
Onest Conly
Onest Conley
Acting
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-directed The Dixie Merchant, a film adaptation of the Barry Benefield novel The Chicken-Wagon Family. The f…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Jungle Goddess
as Drummer
The Foxes of Harrow
as Drummer in Voodoo Sequence (uncredited)
The Thrill of Brazil
as Specialty dancer (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
as Shoeshine Boy
Golden Boy
as Jimmy, Chocolate Drop's Brother
Grand Old Girl
as Neptune
Racing Luck
as Mose
Princess O'Hara
as Stable Boy (uncredited)
King Kong
as Warrior (uncredited)
This Day and Age
as George Harris