Mike Connors
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Two and a Half Men
Hugo
2003
Series
Perry Mason
Joe Kelly
1957
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Walter Murray
1984
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Boyce Brown
1984
Series
The Love Boat
Sidney Sloan
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Mark Hayward
1977
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Joe Mannix
1993
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Federal Witness
1951
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Mannix
Joe Mannix
1967
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Johnny Dart
1957
Series
Maverick
Ralph Jordan
1957
Series
Maverick
Sheriff Barney Fillmore
1957
Series
Cheyenne
1955
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Hercules
Chipacles (voice)
1998
Series
Lawman
1958
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Pat Smith
1955
Series
The Untouchables
Eddie O'Gara
1959
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Judge Arthur McSpadden
1993
Series
Gunsmoke
Bostick
1955
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
One Step Beyond
Mario Patruzzio
1959
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Robert Logan
1985
Series
Here's Lucy
Joe Mannix
1968
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
The Commish
James hayden
1991
Series
The Millionaire
Victor Volante
1955
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
Police Story
Curtis 'Manny' Mandell
1973
Film
The Ten Commandments
Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
1956
Series
The Texan
Larry Enright
1958
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
Bronco
1958
State Trooper
Jim Madison
1956
State Trooper
Jim Herndon
1956
Series
M Squad
Pete Wikowlski
1957
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
City Detective
1953
Series
Studio 57
Hap Gordon
1954
Series
Burke's Law
Jack Duncan
1994
Series
War and Remembrance
Harrison 'Hack' Peters
1988
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Lux Video Theatre
Glen Kramer
1950
Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Series
The Gale Storm Show
Jerry Moss
1956
Series
Tightrope
1959
Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Series
Frontier
1955
Series
The Pet Set
Self
1971
Series
Official Detective
1957
Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Series
Hey, Jeannie!
Lash Connor
1956
Series
Redigo
1963
Jefferson Drum
Simon Pitt
1958
Series
Letter to Loretta
Al Kiner
1953
Series
Glitter
1984
Film
Good Neighbor Sam
Howard Ebbets
1964
Film
Stagecoach
Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
1966
Film
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
1975
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lou Renaldi
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mel Dunlap
1951
Film
Five Guns West
Hale Clinton
1955
Film
Nobody Knows Anything!
"Joe Mannix"
2004
Film
Sudden Fear
Junior Kearney
1952
Film
Avalanche Express
Haller
1979
Film
Joys
Self
1976
Today's F.B.I.
Ben Slater
1981
Film
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
1989
Film
Island in the Sky
Gainer
1953
Film
Downtown Heat
Steve
1994
Film
Day the World Ended
Tony Lamont
1955
Film
Fist Fighter
Billy Vance
1989
Film
Where Love Has Gone
Luke Miller
1964
Film
Harlow
Jack Harrison
1965
Film
Voodoo Woman
Ted Bronson
1957
Film
Flesh and the Spur
Stacy
1956
Film
Too Scared to Scream
Lt. Alex Dinardo
1984
Film
Nightkill
Wendell Atwell
1980
Film
The Death of Ocean View Park
Sam Jackson
1979
Film
Jaguar
Marty Lang
1956
Film
Swamp Women
Bob Matthews
1956
Film
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Sgt. Lucky Finder
1965
Film
Gideon
Harland Greer
1998
Film
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Kelly
1966
Film
Hart to Hart Returns
Bill McDowell
1993
Film
Hart to Hart Returns
Dr. Paul Menard
1993
Film
James Dean: Race with Destiny
Jack Warner
1997
Film
Charo
Himself
1976
Film
Panic Button
Frank
1964
Film
High Midnight
Capt. Lou Mikalich
1979
Film
Public Enemy #2
Mike Connors
1991
Film
The All Star Spangled Mission
Mannix
1973
Film
Sky Commando
Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
1953
Film
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Lou
1955
Film
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
Karl Ohanian
1976
Film
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Garry Nelson
1956
Film
Live Fast, Die Young
Rick (as Michael Connors)
1958
Film
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
Vic Cummings
1973
Film
The Oklahoma Woman
Tom Blake
1956
Film
Suicide Battalion
Matt McCormack
1958
Film
Casino
Nick
1980
Film
The 49th Man
Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
1953
Film
Long Journey Back
Vic Casella
1978
Film
Day of Triumph
Andrew
1954
Film
The Dalton That Got Away
Russ Dalton
1960
Film
Armen and Bullik
Joe 'Uncle Do Do' Armen
1993
Film
Revenge for a Rape
Travis Green
1976
Film
Mitzi... The First Time
Self
1973
Crimes of the Century
Host
1989
Film
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Sticky Fingers
Host
1976