Mike Connors
Biography
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
Known For
Haller
Avalanche Express
Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Howard Ebbets
Good Neighbor Sam
Jack Harrison
Harlow
Bob Matthews
Swamp Women
Tony Lamont
Day the World Ended
Mike Connors
Public Enemy #2
Ted Bronson
Voodoo Woman
Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
Stagecoach
Junior Kearney
Sudden Fear
Luke Miller
Where Love Has Gone
Lt. Alex Dinardo
Too Scared to Scream
Tom Blake
The Oklahoma Woman
Hale Clinton
Five Guns West
Nick
Casino
Matt McCormack
Suicide Battalion
Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
Sky Commando
Garry Nelson
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
The 49th Man
Kelly
Se tutte le donne del mondo
Sgt. Lucky Finder
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Steve
Ciudad Baja
Lou
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Wendell Atwell
Nightkill
Stacy
Flesh and the Spur
Vic Cummings
Beg, Borrow...or Steal
Sam Jackson
The Death of Ocean View Park
Rick (as Michael Connors)
Live Fast, Die Young
Jack Warner
James Dean: Race with Destiny
Frank
Panic Button
Billy Vance
Fist Fighter
Capt. Lou Mikalich
High Midnight
Marty Lang
Jaguar
Gainer
Island in the Sky
Russ Dalton
The Dalton That Got Away
Dr. Paul Menard
Hart to Hart Returns
Bill McDowell
Hart to Hart Returns
Andrew
Day of Triumph
Vic Casella
Long Journey Back
Self
Joys
Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
The Ten Commandments
Karl Ohanian
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
Travis Green
Revenge for a Rape
Harland Greer
Gideon
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
"Joe Mannix"
Nobody Knows Anything!
Himself
Charo
Self
Mitzi... The First Time
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Host
Sticky Fingers
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-08-15
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Also Known As
Touch Connors