Alan Conway
Alan Eddie Conway (10 July 1934 – 5 December 1998) was an English
Early years
Alan Conway was born Eddie Alan Jablowsky in
During the 1980s, Conway left his wife for a male lover, who later died of
Kubrick impersonation
Conway's impersonations of director Stanley Kubrick occurred during the early 1990s, by which time Kubrick had been withdrawn from public view for about 15 years. Kubrick had also worn a full beard since the late 1960s, whereas Conway was clean-shaven, thus allowing his impersonation to appear more legitimate.
Conway convinced several figures in the entertainment industry that he was the famed director, promising them both roles in films and exclusive interviews, and occasionally conned others into paying for meals and drinks, claiming his studio would reimburse them.
Kubrick's lawyer was apprised of the scam and, when he informed Kubrick of the
Conway was tracked down in part through the efforts of Kubrick's personal assistant, Anthony Frewin,[3] who went on to write the screenplay for the film Colour Me Kubrick (2005) based on these incidents, with John Malkovich starring as Conway.[4]
Conway died of a heart attack on 5 December 1998, three months before Kubrick's own death (also from a heart attack) in March 1999.[5][1]
See also
- David Hampton, a con-artist with a similar modus operandi
References
- ^ a b c Anthony, Andrew (14 March 1999). "The counterfeit Kubrick". The Guardian.
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (17 April 2005). "Interview with Christiane Kubrick". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
I flinch at those stories about crazy Stanley.
- ^ Frewin, Anthony (3 July 2010). "Color Me Kubrick". Pyramid Beach. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Stein, Ruthe; Hartlaub, Peter; Crain, Will; Wiegand, David (23 March 2007). "Film Clips". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
- ^ "Alan Eddie Conway". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007. Retrieved 28 March 2023.