Mike Connors
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
Nobody Knows Anything!
as "Joe Mannix"
Nobody Knows Anything!
as "Joe Mannix"
Gideon
as Harland Greer
Gideon
as Harland Greer
James Dean: Race with Destiny
as Jack Warner
James Dean: Race with Destiny
as Jack Warner
Downtown Heat
as Steve
Downtown Heat
as Steve
Hart to Hart Returns
as Bill McDowell
Hart to Hart Returns
as Bill McDowell
Hart to Hart Returns
as Bill McDowell
Hart to Hart Returns
as Bill McDowell
Armen and Bullik
as Joe 'Uncle Do Do' Armen
Armen and Bullik
as Joe 'Uncle Do Do' Armen
Public Enemy #2
as Mike Connors
Public Enemy #2
as Mike Connors
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
as Self
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Nightkill
as Wendell Atwell
Nightkill
as Wendell Atwell
High Midnight
as Capt. Lou Mikalich
High Midnight
as Capt. Lou Mikalich
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Sam Jackson
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Sam Jackson
Avalanche Express
as Haller
Avalanche Express
as Haller
Long Journey Back
as Vic Casella
Long Journey Back
as Vic Casella
Revenge for a Rape
as Travis Green
Revenge for a Rape
as Travis Green
Charo
as Himself
Charo
as Himself
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Karl Ohanian
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as Karl Ohanian
Joys
as Self
Joys
as Self
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
as Vic Cummings
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
as Vic Cummings
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
as Kelly
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
as Kelly
Harlow
as Jack Harrison
Harlow
as Jack Harrison
Good Neighbor Sam
as Howard Ebbets
Good Neighbor Sam
as Howard Ebbets
Panic Button
as Frank
Panic Button
as Frank
The Ten Commandments
as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
The Ten Commandments
as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
Flesh and the Spur
as Stacy
Flesh and the Spur
as Stacy
Day the World Ended
as Tony Lamont
Day the World Ended
as Tony Lamont
Five Guns West
as Hale Clinton
Five Guns West
as Hale Clinton
Island in the Sky
as Gainer
Island in the Sky
as Gainer