- Starred in one of the earliest movies ever filmed in Hollywood, Her Indian Hero (1912).
- Directed the first "talkie" for MGM, Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928).
- Directed four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Viva Villa! (1934), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Libeled Lady (1936) and A Star Is Born (1937) (uncredited).
- His career move from acting to directing occurred after he had refused to step into a cage and wrestle a lion.
- Father, with Virginia Bushman, of actor Pat Conway. Also, father of Rosemary Foster with Viola Barry.
- There is a street in Pacific Palisades , CA, named after him: Jacon Way.
- Along with Ernst Lubitsch, Michael Curtiz, Victor Fleming, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Wood, Francis Ford Coppola, Herbert Ross and Steven Soderbergh, he is one of ten directors to have more than one film nominated for Best Picture in the same year. A Tale of Two Cities (1935) and Libeled Lady (1936) were both so nominated at the 9th Academy Award in 1937.
- Survived by his widow, Virginia Bushman, and sons Pat Conway and Michael and daughter Mrs. Rosemary Foster, who were at his bedside when he died.
- Son-in-law of actor Francis X. Bushman.
- Brother-in-law of art director Bruce Bushman, actor Francis X. Bushman Jr., Lenore Bushman and Josephine Bushman.
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