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