Mike Connors
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017), known professionally as Mike Connors, was an American actor best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series Mannix from 1967 to 1975, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award in 1970, the first of six straight nominations, as well as four consecutive Emmy nominations from 1970 to 1973. Connors was an avid basketball player in high school, nicknamed "Touch" by his teammates. During World War II, he served as an enlisted man in the United States Army Air Forces.[3] After the war, he attended the University of California at Los Angeles on both a basketball scholarship and the G.I. Bill, where he played under coach John Wooden. Connors went to law school, where he studied to become an attorney, taking after his father. Connors's film career started in the early 1950s, when he made his acting debut in a supporting role opposite Joan Crawford and Jack Palance in the thriller Sudden Fear (1952). Connors married Mary Lou Willey on September 10, 1949, when they were both UCLA students. They had two children, a son, Matthew Gunnar Ohanian, and a daughter, Dana Lee Connors. Connors died in Tarzana, California, at the age of 91 on January 26, 2017, a week after being diagnosed with leukemia. CLR
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · Nobody Knows Anything! as "Joe Mannix"
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Hugo
- 2001 · The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Gideon as Harland Greer
- 1998 · Hercules as Chipacles (voice)
- 1997 · James Dean: Race with Destiny as Jack Warner
- 1994 · Downtown Heat as Steve
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Jack Duncan
- 1993 · Hart to Hart Returns as Bill McDowell
- 1993 · Hart to Hart Returns as Dr. Paul Menard
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Joe Mannix
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Judge Arthur McSpadden
- 1991 · The Commish as James hayden
- 1991 · Public Enemy #2 as Mike Connors
- 1989 · Fist Fighter as Billy Vance
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Col. Harrison 'Hack' Peters
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Robert Logan
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Walter Murray
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Boyce Brown
- 1984 · Too Scared to Scream as Lt. Alex Dinardo
- 1984 · Glitter as
- 1981 · Today's F.B.I. as Ben Slater
- 1980 · Nightkill as Wendell Atwell
- 1980 · Casino as Nick
- 1979 · High Midnight as Capt. Lou Mikalich
- 1979 · The Death of Ocean View Park as Sam Jackson
- 1979 · Avalanche Express as Haller
- 1978 · Long Journey Back as Vic Casella
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Sidney Sloan
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Mark Hayward
- 1976 · Revenge for a Rape as Travis Green
- 1976 · Charo as Himself
- 1976 · The Killer Who Wouldn't Die as Karl Ohanian
- 1976 · Joys as Self
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · Mitzi... The First Time as Self
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Beg, Borrow...or Steal as Vic Cummings
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Joe Mannix
- 1967 · Mannix as Joe Mannix
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1966 · Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die as Kelly
- 1966 · Stagecoach as Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
- 1965 · Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious as Sgt. Lucky Finder
- 1965 · Harlow as Jack Harrison
- 1964 · Where Love Has Gone as Luke Miller
- 1964 · Good Neighbor Sam as Howard Ebbets
- 1964 · Panic Button as Frank
- 1963 · Redigo as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1960 · The Dalton That Got Away as Russ Dalton
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Eddie O'Gara
- 1959 · Tightrope as
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Mario Patruzzio
- 1958 · Lawman as
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Jefferson Drum as Simon Pitt
- 1958 · Live Fast, Die Young as Rick (as Michael Connors)
- 1958 · Suicide Battalion as Matt McCormack
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as
- 1957 · Maverick as Ralph Jordan
- 1957 · Maverick as Sheriff Barney Fillmore
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Joe Kelly
- 1957 · M Squad as Pete Wikowlski
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Johnny Dart
- 1957 · Voodoo Woman as Ted Bronson
- 1957 · Official Detective as
- 1956 · Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Garry Nelson
- 1956 · The Ten Commandments as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
- 1956 · The Gale Storm Show as Jerry Moss
- 1956 · State Trooper as
- 1956 · Flesh and the Spur as Stacy
- 1956 · Hey, Jeannie! as Lash Connor
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1956 · The Oklahoma Woman as Tom Blake
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · Swamp Women as Bob Matthews
- 1956 · Jaguar as Marty Lang
- 1955 · Day the World Ended as Tony Lamont
- 1955 · The Twinkle In God's Eye as Lou
- 1955 · Frontier as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Bostick
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Pat Smith
- 1955 · Five Guns West as Hale Clinton
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Victor Volante
- 1954 · Day of Triumph as Andrew
- 1954 · Studio 57 as Hap Gordon
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Al Kiner
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 1953 · Island in the Sky as Gainer
- 1953 · Sky Commando as Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
- 1953 · The 49th Man as Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
- 1952 · Mr. & Mrs. North as
- 1952 · Sudden Fear as Junior Kearney
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lou Renaldi
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mel Dunlap
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Glen Kramer
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self