Mike Connors
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 15, 1925
- Died
- January 26, 2017
- Birthplace
- Fresno, California, USA
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! 2004
as "Joe Mannix"
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 2001
as Self (archive footage)
Gideon 1998
as Harland Greer
James Dean: Race with Destiny 1997
as Jack Warner
Downtown Heat 1994
as Steve
Hart to Hart Returns 1993
as Bill McDowell, as Dr. Paul Menard
Armen and Bullik 1993
as Joe 'Uncle Do Do' Armen
Public Enemy #2 1991
as Mike Connors
Fist Fighter 1989
as Billy Vance
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief 1989
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
as Self
Too Scared to Scream 1984
as Lt. Alex Dinardo
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
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
- Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers 1976
as Host
Mitzi & 100 Guys 1975
as Self
Mitzi... The First Time 1973
as Self
Beg, Borrow...or Steal 1973
as Vic Cummings
The All Star Spangled Mission 1973
as Mannix
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
The Dalton That Got Away 1960
as Russ Dalton
Live Fast, Die Young 1958
as Rick (as Michael Connors)
Suicide Battalion 1958
as Matt McCormack
Voodoo Woman 1957
as Ted Bronson
The Ten Commandments 1956
as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
Shake, Rattle and Rock! 1956
as Garry Nelson
Flesh and the Spur 1956
as Stacy
The Oklahoma Woman 1956
as Tom Blake
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
Five Guns West 1955
as Hale Clinton
Day of Triumph 1954
as Andrew
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)
Sudden Fear 1952
as Junior Kearney
Credits from TMDB.