Mike Connors
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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
Acted in
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
as "Joe Mannix"
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Hugo
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Gideon
1998
as Harland Greer
Hercules
1998
as Chipacles (voice)
James Dean: Race with Destiny
1997
as Jack Warner
Downtown Heat
1994
as Steve
Burke's Law
1994
as Jack Duncan
Hart to Hart Returns
1993
as Bill McDowell
Hart to Hart Returns
1993
as Dr. Paul Menard
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Joe Mannix
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Judge Arthur McSpadden
The Commish
1991
as James hayden
Public Enemy #2
1991
as Mike Connors
Fist Fighter
1989
as Billy Vance
War and Remembrance
1988
as Col. Harrison 'Hack' Peters
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Robert Logan
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Walter Murray
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Boyce Brown
Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Lt. Alex Dinardo
Glitter
1984
Today's F.B.I.
1981
as Ben Slater
Nightkill
1980
as Wendell Atwell
Casino
1980
as Nick
High Midnight
1979
as Capt. Lou Mikalich
The Death of Ocean View Park
1979
as Sam Jackson
Avalanche Express
1979
as Haller
Long Journey Back
1978
as Vic Casella
The Love Boat
1977
as Sidney Sloan
The Love Boat
1977
as Mark Hayward
Revenge for a Rape
1976
as Travis Green
Charo
1976
as Himself
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976
as Karl Ohanian
Joys
1976
as Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Mitzi... The First Time
1973
as Self
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
1973
as Vic Cummings
Police Story
1973
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Joe Mannix
Mannix
1967
as Joe Mannix
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966
as Kelly
Stagecoach
1966
as Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious
1965
as Sgt. Lucky Finder
Harlow
1965
as Jack Harrison
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Luke Miller
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
as Howard Ebbets
Panic Button
1964
as Frank
Redigo
1963
The Dalton That Got Away
1960
as Russ Dalton
The Untouchables
1959
as Eddie O'Gara
Tightrope
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
as Mario Patruzzio
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Simon Pitt
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
as Rick (as Michael Connors)
Suicide Battalion
1958
as Matt McCormack
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Maverick
1957
as Ralph Jordan
Maverick
1957
as Sheriff Barney Fillmore
Perry Mason
1957
as Joe Kelly
M Squad
1957
as Pete Wikowlski
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Johnny Dart
Voodoo Woman
1957
as Ted Bronson
Official Detective
1957
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Garry Nelson
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Jerry Moss
Flesh and the Spur
1956
as Stacy
State Trooper
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Lash Connor
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Oklahoma Woman
1956
as Tom Blake
Telephone Time
1956
Swamp Women
1956
as Bob Matthews
Jaguar
1956
as Marty Lang
Day the World Ended
1955
as Tony Lamont
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Lou
Frontier
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bostick
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Pat Smith
Five Guns West
1955
as Hale Clinton
The Millionaire
1955
as Victor Volante
Day of Triumph
1954
as Andrew
Studio 57
1954
as Hap Gordon
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Al Kiner
City Detective
1953
Island in the Sky
1953
as Gainer
Sky Commando
1953
as Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
The 49th Man
1953
as Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Sudden Fear
1952
as Junior Kearney
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Lou Renaldi
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Mel Dunlap
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Glen Kramer