Editing Tim Conway (section)

==Career==
===1960–1966: Rise to prominence ===
After his discharge from the Army, Conway returned to Cleveland and worked with [[Ernie Anderson]] on [[WKYC|KYW-TV]], an [[NBC]] affiliate, in 1958 and 1959. Early on, Conway and Anderson acted in TV commercials that built on their quirky brand of humor to supplement their income.<ref>See, for example, a series of six Christmas-themed TV commercials [[Cinécraft Productions, Inc.]] made with Conway and Anderson for [[Ohio Bell]] in 1960. https://digital.hagley.org/FILM_2019227_FC087</ref>

From 1960 to 1962, Conway was on [[WJW (TV)|WJW-TV]] (then a [[CBS]] affiliate, now a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate) on a weekday morning film show (under the ''Ernie's Place'' banner), where he also wrote material for the comedic skits shown during film intermissions. Conway also recorded a comedy album with Anderson, who gained national prominence as a voice-over announcer for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Television]] beginning in the 1970s.<ref>Gitlin, Bob. "Ghoulardi, Then and Now." Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 18, 1990.</ref>

WJW-TV dismissed Conway in 1962, in part because he (and Anderson) misled station management into thinking he had experience as a director.<ref>{{Citation|last=EWTN|title=Tim Conway EXCLUSIVE on EWTN's World Over Live with Raymond Arroyo&nbsp;— 2013-01-09|date=January 10, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqCyx1EtVUE|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref> Because of this move, which deprived Anderson of his co-host and comic foil, the station asked Anderson if he could host a B-grade (and lower) horror film show on Friday nights instead. Conway continued to make many appearances alongside Anderson's alter ego ''[[Ghoulardi]]'', in addition to "Big Chuck" Schodowski, a station engineer who Anderson got to assume much of Conway's sidekick status (and who ultimately succeeded Anderson as co-host of the horror film program).{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

After he became famous, Conway resurfaced periodically on Cleveland television on the ''[[Big Chuck and Lil' John|Hoolihan and Big Chuck]]'' and ''[[Big Chuck and Lil' John]]'' shows on WJW-TV, in guest spots and occasional skits. Conway also made regular guest appearances at numerous "Ghoulardifest" functions held by WJW over the years, along with former Cleveland TV personality [[Bob "Hoolihan" Wells]], in tribute to Anderson, who died in 1997.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

Comedic actress [[Rose Marie]] visited [[WJW (TV)|WJW]] in 1961, as part of CBS's promotional practice of sending their major show stars directly to local affiliates: in this case, it was for ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. She viewed tapes of some of Anderson and Conway's skits and proceeded to take Conway under her wing. Following his departure from WJW, Conway moved to New York City, where, with Rose Marie's assistance, he auditioned for, and gained a spot on, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' as a regular player.<ref name="ap19750706" /> During this time he also appeared on ''[[The Garry Moore Show]]'' and ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', and ''[[That's Life (1968 TV series)|Thats Life]]''.

''' ''McHale's Navy'' ''' 
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[[File:Ernest Borgnine Tim Conway McHales Navy 1962.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Conway and Ernest Borgnine in a photograph of ''[[McHale's Navy]]'', 1962]]
Conway gained a national following from his role as the bumbling, naive Ensign Charles Parker, Executive Officer of the World War II PT-73, in the 1960s sitcom ''[[McHale's Navy]]'', alongside [[Ernest Borgnine]] and [[Joe Flynn (American actor)|Joe Flynn]]. Borgnine became a mentor and a good friend. Conway appeared at Borgnine's 90th birthday celebration and, four years later, paid tribute to his friend at the 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]].<ref name="Dawidziak43">{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2011/01/tim_conway_to_introduce_ernest_borgnine_tribute.html|title=Tim Conway to introduce Ernest Borgnine tribute|date=January 28, 2011|work=[[The Plain Dealer#cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]]|first=Mark|last=Dawidziak|access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref>

Afterwards, he starred in a string of short-lived television series, starting with 1967's ''[[Rango (TV series)|Rango]]'' which starred Conway as an incompetent [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061288/ |title=Rango|work=IMDb|access-date=May 15, 2019 }}</ref> Conway was part of an infamous network TV programming catastrophe, ''[[Turn-On]]'', a [[counterculture|counter-cultural]] [[sketch comedy]] show on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] that was derided as a rip-off of NBC's ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]''. The show was in fact created and directed by ''Laugh-In''{{'}}s creator [[George Schlatter]]. Even though Conway was listed only as a guest star on the pilot, which ABC broadcast on February 5, 1969, it was the [[List of television series canceled after one episode|only episode that ever aired]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->  |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TuNKAAAAIBAJ&pg=2528,1721666 |title=Turn-On |work=[[The Daily Gazette]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 10, 1969 |pages=16 |access-date=May 15, 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Tim Conway and Robert Morse - 1968.jpg|thumb|right|Conway as an angel with [[Robert Morse]] on ''[[That's Life (1968 TV series)|That's Life]]'', 1968]]
In 1963, Conway guest-starred in ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]'' playing a job applicant. In 1968, he made two guest appearances on ''[[That's Life (1968 TV series)|That's Life]]''. From 1970 to 1971, Conway made four appearances on ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]''.

''Turn-On'' received enough immediate, negative reaction to force several ABC affiliates, including [[WEWS-TV]] in Conway's hometown of Cleveland, to refuse to return to the program after the first commercial break. WEWS management also sent an angrily-worded telegram to the network's headquarters. Many West Coast affiliates received advance warning and refused to air the show. Conway remarked that the show's premiere party he attended was also the program's cancellation party,<ref>{{Cite AV media |people= Conway, Tim |title=Pioneers of Television: Tim Conway on "Turn-On" (#104) |url= http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/1429/pitv_20080111_tim_conway_turn_on |medium= Web |publisher= [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]] |access-date= February 23, 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090308130751/http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/1429/pitv_20080111_tim_conway_turn_on |archive-date= March 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-11-26-0611260025-story.html|title=O.J. blunder hardly a first for television|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|date=November 26, 2006|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=April 15, 2007|quote=Tim Conway ... has joked the cancellation of the 1969 ABC comedy program came during the cast's post-debut party.}}</ref> but ABC did not officially cancel the program until February 9.<ref>"ABC Cancels 'Turn-On' Hit----as Vulgar." Fresno [CA] Bee, February 10, 1969.</ref>

=== 1967–1978: ''The Carol Burnett Show'' ===
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[[File:Tim Conway Carol Burnett Dick Van Dyke Carol Burnett Show 1977.JPG|thumb|left|150px|(L to R): Conway, [[Carol Burnett]], and [[Dick Van Dyke]] in the final season]]
Starting with the [[1975–76 United States network television schedule|1975–76 season]], Conway became a regular on ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (replacing [[Lyle Waggoner]]), after having been a frequent guest for the show's first eight seasons.<ref name="ap19750706" /> Conway's work on the show earned him four [[Emmy Award]]s&nbsp;— one for writing and three for performance, one of which was before he became a regular. Two of Conway's memorable characters on the Burnett Show were [[The Oldest Man]], whose shaggy white hair, slow speech, and shuffling gait ran counter to the much-needed energy levels of the various occupations in which he was usually found, and Mr. Tudball, a businessman whose intentions of running a "ship-shape" office were usually sunk by the bored indifference of his secretary, [[Mrs. Wiggins]] (Burnett). Although the character was widely thought to be Swedish, Conway used a Romanian accent learned from his mother.<ref>King, Susan. "[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-tim-conway-20131112-story.html Tim Conway's life off script]", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', November 11, 2013. Accessed September 6, 2016.</ref>

Conway often made his co-stars on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' break character and laugh in the middle of a scene, usually without speaking a line of dialogue.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jarvis |first1=Zeke |title=Make 'em Laugh!: American Humorists of the 20th and 21st Centuries |date=7 April 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-4408-2995-6 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hfHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA112 |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> According to Burnett, the characters breaking and laughing did not happen as often as many people later remembered, but because the laughter was real and added even more comedic value to a scene, those breaks became a defining characteristic of the show.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burnett |first1=Carol |title=In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox |date=13 September 2016 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-1-101-90466-4 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW5QCwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Bernadette Peters on Tim Conway Show.JPG|thumb|right|Conway with [[Bernadette Peters]] in a skit]]
A prime example of his ability to make his co-stars laugh uncontrollably involved Lyle Waggoner as a captured American airman, with Conway as a stereotypical blond-haired Gestapo agent charged with his interrogation. Stating that "the Fuhrer" had taken particular interest, Conway produced a small Hitler hand puppet. Conway suggested to the puppet that singing might relax Waggoner's character to the point he is willing to talk. In a long, drawn-out fashion, the Hitler puppet (Conway providing a falsetto voice, with German accent) sings "I've Been Working on the Railroad," and with each passing verse, Waggoner loses more of his composure, finally laughing hysterically when puppet-Hitler screeches, "FEE-FI-Fiddely-I-O!".<ref>The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) Season 7 Episode 21 (Feb 23, 1974)</ref>

Another example of his ability to make his co-stars break up in laughter is exemplified in the "Elephant Story" outtake from one of the "Family" sketches. Conway tells an increasingly absurd story about his visit to the circus; as he continues, the other cast members (Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and Dick van Dyke) are soon having trouble staying in character, looking away from him and the cameras. Conway eventually finishes his story, and Lawrence (in character as Mama) quips: "Are you sure that little asshole is through?", causing the others - even Conway  - to break out in hysterical laughter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Storc |first1=Matt |title=Vicki Lawrence Breaks Down The Hilarious Elephant Story From The Carol Burnett Show |url=https://www.looper.com/1161922/vicki-lawrence-breaks-down-the-hilarious-elephant-story-from-the-carol-burnett-show |website=Looper |access-date=June 16, 2023 |date=January 10, 2023}}</ref> Conway remained a regular cast member of ''The Carol Burnett Show'' until the program's run ended in 1978.<ref>"Brough, Rick. "CBS Says Good Bye to Miss Wiggins and Eunice." Daily Utah Chronicle, March 30, 1978.</ref>

=== 1970–1989: Established work ===
''' ''The Tim Conway Show'' (1970) ''' 
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[[File:Tim Conway Joe Flynn Tim Conway Show 1970.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Conway and Joe Flynn pose in front of ''Lucky Linda'' in a publicity photo for [[The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series)|''The Tim Conway Show'']] taken on January 9, 1970]]
In 1970, ''[[The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series)|The Tim Conway Show]]'' paired Conway with [[Joe Flynn (American actor)|Joe Flynn]] of ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' in a sitcom as owner-pilots of a one-plane (a [[Beechcraft Model 18]] named ''Lucky Linda'') airline operated by the duo. Having "nowhere to run", this pressurized situation was ideal for the fast [[Wit|repartee]] of the lead actors. It debuted in January 1970 and the last new show aired in June 1970.<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th">{{Cite book |last1= Brooks| first1= Tim| last2= Marsh|first2=Earl|author-link1=Tim Brooks (television historian)|title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present|The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present]] |edition=8th|year=2003|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|location=New York|isbn=0-345-45542-8 |page=1203}}</ref> In the fall of the same year, Conway was given his own hour-long variety show, ''The Tim Conway Comedy Hour'',<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" /> or ''The Tim Conway Comedy House'',<ref name="ap19750706">{{Cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sIYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=7282%2C886685 | title=Comedian Tim Conway Will Join 'The Carol Burnett Show' As Regular Member | date=July 6, 1975 | newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] | access-date=June 30, 2013 | agency=Associated Press|page=C10}}</ref> which, as his other series had, folded quickly, lasting only 13 weeks.<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" /> Typical of his self-effacing humor, he ordered his car's license plate to reflect the short duration of the series: "13 WKS".<ref name="ap19750706" /> (Conway was given another one-hour variety show ten years later, which revived the title ''The Tim Conway Show''.)<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" />

In 1973, Conway guest-starred in ''[[The New Scooby Doo Movies]]'', voiced himself in the episode "The Spirited Spooked Sports Show". In 1974, he was in the ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]'' as a janitor in the episode: "[[ABC Afterschool Special#Season Two (1973–74)|The Crazy Comedy Concert]]". In 1987, Conway guest-starred in ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' as a mayoral candidate in the episode: "[[List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes#Season 6 (1987)|Rip Van Winkle]]". Beginning in 1975, Conway was often paired with [[Don Knotts]] in family films from [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], including ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'' and its 1979 sequel, ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again]].'' They also starred in two independent films, a boxing comedy called ''[[The Prize Fighter]]'' in 1979, and a 1980 mystery comedy film called ''[[The Private Eyes (1980 film)|The Private Eyes]]''.

''' ''The Tim Conway Show'' (1980–1981)'''
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In 1980, Conway again was given his own one-hour variety program, titled ''[[The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series)|The Tim Conway Show]]'' (the title that was previously used for his 1970 sitcom). It aired on CBS, as his previous shows had, and debuted on March 22, 1980.<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" /> It was originally a full hour but was reduced to half an hour in summer 1980. It lasted longer than any of his earlier self-titled series, ending in August 1981.<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" /> The format was similar to that of ''The Carol Burnett Show'', with several regular cast members performing in comedy sketches, interspersed with the occasional musical performance by a guest musician. Among the regulars in the cast were [[Maggie Roswell]], [[Miriam Flynn]], Eric Boardman, [[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]], and [[Dick Orkin]]. Former ''Burnett'' cast member [[Harvey Korman]] also became a ''Tim Conway Show'' regular in late 1980, after having earlier made guest appearances on the show, as had [[Carol Burnett]] and [[Vicki Lawrence]].<ref name="brooks-marsh-8th" />

In the spring of 1983, Conway starred in another situation comedy, ''[[Ace Crawford, Private Eye]]''; a spoof of detective shows, it lasted only a month. In the summer of 1990, he starred in ''[[Tim Conway's Funny America]]'', playing pranks in disguise on unsuspecting passersby around the United States while [[hidden camera]]s recorded the results, which Conway presented to a studio audience; it, too, lasted only a few weeks.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

''' ''Dorf'' '''

In the 1980s, Conway began appearing in a series of satirical how-to videos in which he played a diminutive, dark-haired Scandinavian known as [[Dorf (character)|Dorf]] (a variation on "dwarf"), reprising his goofy Mr. Tudball accent. The Dorf character first appeared on the January 3, 1986, episode of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. In that episode, he portrayed a horse jockey. Dorf also appeared in the [[1987 in film|1987 film]] ''[[Dorf on Golf]]'' and later appeared in eight other films on a variety of sports from baseball to auto racing. ''Dorf on Golf'' was remastered for DVD in 2007. In 2010, all of the ''Dorf'' films were remastered in a DVD Collection featuring all eight films, a behind-the-scenes with Dorf, and a commentary track by Tim Conway on "The Legend of the Paddle: The Oldie Hollis Story." Dorf also appeared on an episode of ''Tim Conway{{'}}s Funny America'' in the summer of 1990, leading an [[aerobics]] class on his impossibly short legs.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} In 2009, Conway's Dorf character started "helping" [[Santa Claus]] on the website iSpotSanta.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ispotsanta.com/press.html |title=THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217154742/http://www.ispotsanta.com/press.html |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |website=Ispotsanta.com |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> Each year, Dorf had three sketches; in 2009, he tried to give Santa his Christmas list, failing and accidentally hitting Santa with a golf ball. Then, in 2010, he tried to give all of the world's letters to Santa directly using jet rockets to fly to his sleigh, cannonballs, and more.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

Conway starred in [[List of Walt Disney Pictures films|Disney films]] such as ''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]'' (1973), ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'' (1975), ''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]]'' (1976), and ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again]]'' (1979), his work with the company earning him a Disney Legend award in 2004. He starred in the 1977 comedy film ''[[The Billion Dollar Hobo]]''. Conway also co-starred with [[Don Knotts]] in ''[[The Prize Fighter]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Private Eyes (1980 film)|The Private Eyes]]'' (1980). He starred in the 1986 [[Horse racing|equestrian]] comedy, ''[[The Longshot]]''. Conway also appeared with [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]] in ''[[Air Bud: Golden Receiver]]'' (1998) as Fred Davis, the main announcer for the Timberwolves' final game, with Martin as his co-announcer, Phil Phil. He was postal employee Herman Dooly in the 1996 film, ''[[Dear God (film)|Dear God]]''.

=== 1990–2012: Voice work and resurgence ===
In 1990, he guest-starred in ''[[Newhart]]'' as himself in the episode: "[[List of Newhart episodes#Season 8 (1989–90)|Dick and Tim]]". In 1991, Conway made a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Carol & Company]]'' as an audience member in the episode "That Little Extra Something". From 1995 to 1996, he guest-starred in ''[[Married... with Children]]'' as Ephraim Wanker, the hillbilly father of Peg Bundy in four episodes. In 1996 and 1997, Conway guest-starred in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'', for which he received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]], playing Kenny Montague in the 1996 episode "The Gardener."<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present]]|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|page=1447}}</ref> In 1997, Conway guest-starred in ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' as Tim Conrad in the episode: "[[Diagnosis: Murder (season 4)#Episodes|Comedy Is Murder]]" where he teamed back up with [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Harvey Korman]] where Conway and Korman (Harvey Huckaby) are former comedy partners. In the episode, a clip of the well-known dentist sketch from ''The Carol Burnett Show'' was used to illustrate their partnership. In 1998, Conway guest-starred in ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'' as a comedian in the episode: "[[Ellen (season 5)#Episodes|Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute, Part 1]]".
[[File:Tim Conway 2002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Conway in 2002]]
In 1999, Conway and his good friend [[Ernest Borgnine]] reunited to become the first guest stars of Nickelodeon's ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', voicing the roles of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Series creator [[Stephen Hillenburg]] and creative director [[Derek Drymon]] visioned the voices of the characters with the two actors in mind from the very beginning, having been fans of their work in ''McHale's Navy''. Hillenberg and Drymon directly approached Borgnine and Conway, and the actors both accepted.<ref name=HammondHA>{{cite news | author = Hammond, Jennie Monica | title = The Oral History of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' | work = [[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]] #17 | year = 2010 | access-date = September 21, 2012 | url = http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/ | publisher = Bull Moose Publishing Corporation | archive-date = August 31, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150831044034/http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Conway lent his voice to other television shows including ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the Disney spin-off ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]'', ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'', ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', ''[[Cybill]]'', ''[[The Proud Family]]'', ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', ''[[WordGirl]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]'', ''[[Caillou]]'' and ''[[What's with Andy?]]''. He also narrated ''The Secret Shortcut'' in ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' and hosted ''[[The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} He also provided the voice of Freddy the Frog in the direct-to-DVD film ''[[Garfield's Fun Fest]]''. From 2003 to 2010, Conway starred as Hermie in [[Max Lucado]]'s animated video series, ''[[Hermie and Friends]]'' alongside his co-star, [[Don Knotts]] as Wormie. His final voice acting role was one of the talking seagulls in ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]''. In 1999, he guest-starred again in ''Diagnosis: Murder'' as Tim Conrad in the episode: "[[Diagnosis: Murder (season 7)#Episodes|The Roast]]". From 2001 to 2005, Conway guest-starred in ''[[Yes Dear]]'' as Tom Warner, the father of Greg, with ''Carol Burnett Show'' co-star [[Vicki Lawrence]] playing his wife.

Conway and [[Harvey Korman]] created a Collector's Edition DVD of new comedy sketches, titled ''Together Again''; it was produced by Pasquale Murena and sold through Conway's official website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timconway.com/|title=Home|website=Tim Conway|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714103706/http://www.timconway.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Starting in 2003, Conway teamed up with good friend [[Don Knotts]] again to provide voices for the direct-to-video children's series ''[[Hermie and Friends]]'', which continued with both until Knotts died in 2006. Conway continued to do the series afterwards.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} In 2007, he hosted ''Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce'', a collection of Christian stand-up comedians.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} In 2012–13, he voiced the character Mulch in DreamWorks' ''[[DreamWorks Dragons]]'' subtitled  Riders of Berk series.<ref>{{Citation|title=Dragons: Riders of Berk (TV Series 2012–2014)&nbsp;— IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2325846/fullcredits|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref> In 2016, he played Professor VanVanguard, a knowledgeable character of the lives, characteristics and treating of zombies in the award-winning feature film ''Chip & Bernie's Zomance''.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=IMDb: Chip & Bernie's Zomance|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3599652/|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>

On his 75th birthday in 2008, Conway was interviewed as a guest on ''[[The Bonnie Hunt Show]]'' and given a surprise cake by [[Bob Newhart]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} He won another Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Bucky Bright in the ''[[30 Rock]]'' episode "[[Subway Hero]]," which initially aired on April 17, 2008. From 2010 to 2014, Conway guest-starred on ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'', ''[[WordGirl]]'', ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', ''[[Mike & Molly]]'', ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', and ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''. In 2018, Conway was seen promoting ''The Carol Burnett Show'' and other classic television series on the [[MeTV]] television network.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}