Tim Kinway.

When Tim Conway started his career, he used his real name---Tom Conway.
Rose Marie, who discovered him in Cleveland, where he was working on a local TV station,
told him that he had to change his name.
There already was a somewhat famous actor named Tom Conway.
He played "The Falcon" in a series of movies in the forties.
And he played "Mark Saber" in a very early TV series.
Also he was George Sanders' brother.
So Tom changed his name to Tim.
Rose Marie suggested that he go all the way with it, and change it to Tim Kinway.
Tim, or Tom, passed on this request
I don't t think it would have made any difference.
Tom, or Tim, was a brilliant and one-of-a-kind comedian.
He only had two successful TV series.
"McHale's Navy" and "The Carol Burnett Show".
And he was great on both of them.
In both cases, he was better than the writing.
He was one of the few performers who didn't need writers.
He also had a bunch of flop series.
It's well known that he had personalized license plates that spelled out "13 WKS".
He had a variety series in the early seventies, that was as good as anything.
For on it was a take-off on The Step Brothers.
It was made up of Craig T. Nelson, long before he did "Coach".
Barry Levenson, long before he was a director.
And Rudy DeLuca, who did a lot of work with Mel Brooks.
The Step Brothers were great fast tap-dancers.
Their take on them was to never dance, but just to fake the moves, while they all sang "Opus One".
It was hilarious.
I miss him already.

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