&list_text=          Over the years, Comedian Tim Conway has delighted Disney audiences with his antics in such memorable live-action motion pictures as "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), "The Shaggy D.A." (1976), and "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again" (1979). Often paired with funny man Don Knotts, the duo inspired the kind of belly laughs reminiscent of Hollywood's legendary comedy teams, including Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
          As Tim once observed with typical befuddlement, "The casting is ingenious, like putting Stan Laurel and Stan Laurel in the same film."
		  Born Tom Conway, on December 15, 1933, in Willoughby, Ohio, he grew up in the curiously-named community Chagrin Falls, which later inspired his unique comedy routines.
		  After majoring in speech and radio at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving two years with the Eighth Army Assignment Team. Upon discharge, he took a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio deejay. His clever letter-writing skill motivated a transfer to the promotional department.
		  He then went on to direct a local television show called "Ernie's Place" and often appeared as the paradoxical character Dag Hereford, a self-proclaimed authority on an array of subjects who, in actuality, revealed himself a blithering simpleton.
		  Comedienne Rose Marie happened to catch the young comic's performance and recommended him to Steve Allen. And in 1956, tweaking the Hereford character for Allen's ABC variety series, audiences quickly took to television's newest prankster.
		  As a full-fledged comic, his name had to change since a well-known British actor shared his identity. Allen advised "dot the O" and Tim Conway was born.
		  In 1962, Tim was snagged to play Ensign Doug Parker on the popular wartime sitcom "McHale's Navy," which lasted six seasons and sailed Tim to television stardom. Other series included, "Rango," "The Tim Conway Show," and "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour".
		  Probably best remembered as a regular on "The Carol Burnett Show," Tim received five Emmys during his 1970s tenure, often playing opposite comedian Harvey Korman, and always resulting in hilarious consequences.
		  In 1973, Tim first shuffled onto the Disney lot to star in "The World's Greatest Athlete," followed by "The Apple Dumpling Gang" in which he and Knotts portrayed the bumbling Hash Knife Outfit, a pair of desperadoes destined to be caught. He went on to play opposite a football-kicking mule in Disney's "Gus" (1976) and later, a basketball-playing pooch in the Studio's "Air Bud: Golden Receiver" (1998).
		  On the small screen, his Disney credits include "Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus" (1987), "Carol %26 Company" (1990), "The Proud Family" (2001), and more.
		  Tim Conway continues to conjure up laughs on screen, television, and in video.&