Philip Carey

He is perhaps known for his role as the protective patriarch, Asa Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he has been portraying since 1979. Currently, Conway voices the character "Barnacle Boy" in the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants. Carey has made appearances in the hit movie, Monster (1979), and the television series Little House on the Prairie. Conway's more recent work includes a series of satirical how-to videos in which he plays a diminuitive Scandinavian known as "Dorf." Conway continues to appear in movies and has cameo appearances in TV series; most of these appearances showcase his comedic talent. Philip Carey (born July 15, 1925) is an American actor. Conway's work on the show earned him three Emmy Awards. He is probably best known, however, for his work on The Carol Burnett Show where his antics sometimes caused his fellow players to fall out of character by bursting out in laughter.

The most popular of these is probably The Apple Dumpling Gang series of movies. Of these films for Disney, he was often paired with fellow funnyman, Don Knotts. Afterwards, he starred in a string of doomed series before appearing in several slapstick family films. He gained a following from his appearance in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy.

After graduating, he joined the Army, following which he took a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio station, where he went on to become a writer for the promotional department. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he majored in speech and radio. Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, and grew up in Chagrin Falls. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway.

Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933, Willoughby, Ohio) is an American comedic actor.