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(5 December 1897, St. Louis, Missouri
- 11 December 1937, Hollywood, California)
 Birth
Name
Elijah Crommie
American silent-screen comic Lige Conley entered films with the
Keystone Company as Lige Crommie in 1916, appearing opposite future
director Malcolm St. Clair in Dollars and Sense and other two-reelers.
Changing his last name to Conley, Lige became a star for Poverty
Row's Educational Pictures which, despite the name, was a purveyor
of two-reel comedies under the Mermaid brand name.
Conley later played small supporting roles in features as well, one
of which, Sally, Irene and Mary (1938), was released posthumously.
In fact, Conley had just finished filming a scene for this film with
comedian Fred Allen when he was killed by a truck while crossing
nearby Pico Boulevard. |
