Mike Connors
Born August 15, 1925 (Age: 100)
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Fresno, California, USA
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
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
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Filmography
Gideon
1998
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as Harland Greer
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Age: 73
James Dean: Race with Destiny
1997
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as Jack Warner
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Age: 72
Hart to Hart Returns
1993
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as Bill McDowell
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Age: 68
Public Enemy #2
1991
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as Mike Connors
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Age: 65
Fist Fighter
1989
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as Billy Vance
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Age: 63
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 61
Nightkill
1980
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as Wendell Atwell
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Age: 55
Casino
1980
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as Nick
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Age: 54
Long Journey Back
1978
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as Vic Casella
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Age: 53
No Image
Sticky Fingers
1976
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as Host
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Age: 50
Mitzi... The First Time
1973
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as Self
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Age: 47
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
1973
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as Vic Cummings
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Age: 47
The All Star Spangled Mission
1973
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as
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Age: 47
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
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as Sgt. Lucky Finder
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Age: 40
Harlow
1965
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as Jack Harrison
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Age: 39
Where Love Has Gone
1964
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as Luke Miller
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Age: 39
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
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as Howard Ebbets
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Age: 38
Panic Button
1964
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as Frank
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Age: 38
The Dalton That Got Away
1960
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as Russ Dalton
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Age: 35
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
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as Rick (as Michael Connors)
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Age: 32
Suicide Battalion
1958
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as Matt McCormack
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Age: 32
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
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as Garry Nelson
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Age: 31
The Ten Commandments
1956
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as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
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Age: 31
Flesh and the Spur
1956
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as Stacy
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Age: 31
The Oklahoma Woman
1956
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as Tom Blake
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Age: 30
Swamp Women
1956
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as Bob Matthews
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Age: 30
Jaguar
1956
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as Marty Lang
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Age: 30
Day the World Ended
1955
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as Tony Lamont
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Age: 30
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
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as Lou
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Age: 30
Five Guns West
1955
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as Hale Clinton
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Age: 29
Day of Triumph
1954
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as Andrew
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Age: 29
Island in the Sky
1953
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as Gainer
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Age: 28
Sky Commando
1953
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as Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
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Age: 28
The 49th Man
1953
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as Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
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Age: 27