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My favorite Tim Conway skit.

Toma Daniel "Tim" Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019) was an American comedic actor, writer, and director. He portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the 1960s World War II situation comedy McHale's Navy, was a regular cast member on the 1970s variety and sketch comedy program The Carol Burnett Show, co-starred with Don Knotts in several films in the late 1970s and early 1980s, starred as the title character in the Dorf series of sports comedy films, and provided the voice of Barnacle Boy in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He was particularly admired for his ability to depart from scripts with spontaneously improvised character details and dialogue, and he won six Primetime Emmy Awards during his career, four of which were awarded for The Carol Burnett Show, including one for writing.

Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls, the son of Sophia and Daniel Conway, a groomer for polo ponies.[1][2] His father was an Irish immigrant and his mother was of Romanian origin. His original birth name "Toma" was Romanian, later changed to "Thomas."

Conway attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he majored in television and radio and was a disc jockey,[5] and member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.[6] When he graduated, Conway enlisted in the United States Army, where he served between 1956–1958.

Conway was married to Mary Anne Dalton from 1961 until 1978, and they had six children together.[5] He was then married to Charlene Fusco from May 18, 1984 until his death.[31] Among Conway's children is KFI Los Angeles radio host Tim Conway, Jr. His step-daughter through his second marriage became the tour manager for Conway's live tour with Harvey Korman.[citation needed] Conway and Charlene lived in Encino, California.[7]

Conway's memoir What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life[32] was on The New York Times Best Seller list its first week on sale.[33][34] Tony Rossi interviewed Conway[35] on November 20, 2013 on his podcast Christopher Closeup (on Patheos),[36] and Conway revealed that he had converted to the Catholic faith. This was also reported in an interview with Raymond Arroyo on his EWTN program The World Over.[37]

In 2018, Conway was diagnosed with dementia, began using a wheelchair,[38] and had brain surgery. His daughter Kelly and his wife Charlene each wanted sole conservatorship over his health.[39] Judge Robert Wada ruled against Kelly since he was in a hospital.[40] In March 2019, his wife was granted conservatorship.[