Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 15, 1925
Place of Birth:
Fresno, California, USA
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Mike Connors
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | "Joe Mannix" |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Gideon | Harland Greer |
| 1997 | James Dean: Race with Destiny | Jack Warner |
| 1994 | Downtown Heat | Steve |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Bill McDowell |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Dr. Paul Menard |
| 1991 | Public Enemy #2 | Mike Connors |
| 1989 | Fist Fighter | Billy Vance |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream | Lt. Alex Dinardo |
| 1980 | Casino | Nick |
| 1980 | Nightkill | Wendell Atwell |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | Haller |
| 1979 | The Death of Ocean View Park | Sam Jackson |
| 1979 | High Midnight | Capt. Lou Mikalich |
| 1978 | Long Journey Back | Vic Casella |
| 1976 | Joys | Self |
| 1976 | The Killer Who Wouldn't Die | Karl Ohanian |
| 1976 | Revenge for a Rape | Travis Green |
| 1976 | Charo | Himself |
| 1976 | Sticky Fingers | Host |
| 1975 | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self |
| 1973 | Beg, Borrow...or Steal | Vic Cummings |
| 1973 | Mitzi... The First Time | Self |
| 1966 | Stagecoach | Hatfield (as Michael Connors) |
| 1966 | Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die | Kelly |
| 1965 | Harlow | Jack Harrison |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious | Sgt. Lucky Finder |
| 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Howard Ebbets |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | Luke Miller |
| 1964 | Panic Button | Frank |
| 1960 | The Dalton That Got Away | Russ Dalton |
| 1958 | Suicide Battalion | Matt McCormack |
| 1958 | Live Fast, Die Young | Rick (as Michael Connors) |
| 1957 | Voodoo Woman | Ted Bronson |
| 1956 | Swamp Women | Bob Matthews |
| 1956 | The Oklahoma Woman | Tom Blake |
| 1956 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Garry Nelson |
| 1956 | Flesh and the Spur | Stacy |
| 1956 | Jaguar | Marty Lang |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors) |
| 1955 | Day the World Ended | Tony Lamont |
| 1955 | Five Guns West | Hale Clinton |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Lou |
| 1954 | Day of Triumph | Andrew |
| 1953 | Sky Commando | Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee |
| 1953 | The 49th Man | Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners) |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Gainer |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear | Junior Kearney |