Mike Connors
Birthday: 1925-08-15 | Place of Birth: Fresno, California, USAFrom 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as "Joe Mannix"
as Harland Greer
as Jack Warner
as Steve
as Dr. Paul Menard
as Billy Vance
as Lt. Alex Dinardo
as Ben Slater
as Nick
as Wendell Atwell
as Capt. Lou Mikalich
as Haller
as Sam Jackson
as Karl Ohanian
as Joe Mannix
as Kelly
as Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
as Jack Harrison
as Sgt. Lucky Finder
as Howard Ebbets
as Luke Miller
as Russ Dalton
as Matt McCormack
as Rick (as Michael Connors)
as Ted Bronson
as Bob Matthews
