Mike Connors
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-08-15
Day of Death
2017-01-26 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
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
Acting
(2004)
Nobody Knows Anything!
as "Joe Mannix"
(2001)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Gideon
as Harland Greer
(1997)
James Dean: Race with Destiny
as Jack Warner
(1994)
Downtown Heat
as Steve
(1993)
Hart to Hart Returns
as Bill McDowell
(1993)
Hart to Hart Returns
as Dr. Paul Menard
(1991)
Public Enemy #2
as Mike Connors
(1989)
Fist Fighter
as Billy Vance
(1987)
(1984)
Too Scared to Scream
as Lt. Alex Dinardo
(1980)
Casino
as Nick
(1980)
Nightkill
as Wendell Atwell
(1979)
Avalanche Express
as Haller
(1979)
High Midnight
as Capt. Lou Mikalich
(1979)
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Sam Jackson
(1978)
Long Journey Back
as Vic Casella
(1976)
Joys
as Self
(1976)
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Karl Ohanian
(1976)
Charo
as Himself
(1976)
Revenge for a Rape
as Travis Green
(1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(1973)
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
as Vic Cummings
(1973)
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
(1966)
Stagecoach
as Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
(1966)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
as Kelly
(1965)
Harlow
as Jack Harrison
(1965)
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
as Sgt. Lucky Finder
(1964)
Good Neighbor Sam
as Howard Ebbets
(1964)
Where Love Has Gone
as Luke Miller
(1964)
Panic Button
as Frank
(1960)
The Dalton That Got Away
as Russ Dalton
(1958)
Live Fast, Die Young
as Rick (as Michael Connors)
(1958)
Suicide Battalion
as Matt McCormack
(1957)
Voodoo Woman
as Ted Bronson
(1956)
The Ten Commandments
as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
(1956)
Swamp Women
as Bob Matthews
(1956)
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Garry Nelson
(1956)
Flesh and the Spur
as Stacy
(1956)
The Oklahoma Woman
as Tom Blake
(1956)
Jaguar
as Marty Lang
(1955)
Day the World Ended
as Tony Lamont
(1955)
Five Guns West
as Hale Clinton
(1955)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Lou
(1954)
Day of Triumph
as Andrew
(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)
Sudden Fear
as Junior Kearney