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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Perry Mason

Two and a Half Men

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Lawman

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

All Movies (52)

• Nobody Knows Anything!2004 · as "Joe Mannix"
• The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 22001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gideon1998 · as Harland Greer
• James Dean: Race with Destiny1997 · as Jack Warner
• Downtown Heat1994 · as Steve
• Hart to Hart Returns1993 · as Bill McDowell
• Hart to Hart Returns1993 · as Dr. Paul Menard
• Public Enemy #21991 · as Mike Connors
• Fist Fighter1989 · as Billy Vance
• Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief1989 · as Self
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Too Scared to Scream1984 · as Lt. Alex Dinardo
• Nightkill1980 · as Wendell Atwell
• Casino1980 · as Nick
• High Midnight1979 · as Capt. Lou Mikalich
• The Death of Ocean View Park1979 · as Sam Jackson
• Avalanche Express1979 · as Haller
• Long Journey Back1978 · as Vic Casella
• Revenge for a Rape1976 · as Travis Green
• Charo1976 · as Himself
• The Killer Who Wouldn't Die1976 · as Karl Ohanian
• Joys1976 · as Self
• Sticky Fingers1976 · as Host
• Mitzi & 100 Guys1975 · as Self
• Mitzi... The First Time1973 · as Self
• Beg, Borrow...or Steal1973 · as Vic Cummings
• The All Star Spangled Mission1973
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die1966 · as Kelly
• Stagecoach1966 · as Hatfield (as Michael Connors)
• Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious1965 · as Sgt. Lucky Finder
• Harlow1965 · as Jack Harrison
• Where Love Has Gone1964 · as Luke Miller
• Good Neighbor Sam1964 · as Howard Ebbets
• Panic Button1964 · as Frank
• The Dalton That Got Away1960 · as Russ Dalton
• Live Fast, Die Young1958 · as Rick (as Michael Connors)
• Suicide Battalion1958 · as Matt McCormack
• Voodoo Woman1957 · as Ted Bronson
• Shake, Rattle and Rock!1956 · as Garry Nelson
• The Ten Commandments1956 · as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
• Flesh and the Spur1956 · as Stacy
• The Oklahoma Woman1956 · as Tom Blake
• Swamp Women1956 · as Bob Matthews
• Jaguar1956 · as Marty Lang
• Day the World Ended1955 · as Tony Lamont
• The Twinkle In God's Eye1955 · as Lou
• Five Guns West1955 · as Hale Clinton
• Day of Triumph1954 · as Andrew
• Island in the Sky1953 · as Gainer
• Sky Commando1953 · as Lt. Hobson 'Hobbie' Lee
• The 49th Man1953 · as Lt. Magrew (as Touch Conners)
• Sudden Fear1952 · as Junior Kearney

All TV Shows (63)

• Two and a Half Men2003 · as Hugo
• Hercules1998 · as Chipacles (voice)
• Burke's Law1994 · as Jack Duncan
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Joe Mannix
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Judge Arthur McSpadden
• The Commish1991 · as James hayden
• Crimes of the Century1989 · as Host
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Harrison 'Hack' Peters
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Robert Logan
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Walter Murray
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Boyce Brown
• Glitter1984
• Today's F.B.I.1981 · as Ben Slater
• The Love Boat1977 · as Sidney Sloan
• The Love Boat1977 · as Mark Hayward
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• Police Story1973 · as Curtis 'Manny' Mandell
• The Pet Set1971 · as Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Joe Mannix
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• Mannix1967 · as Joe Mannix
• Redigo1963
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Untouchables1959 · as Eddie O'Gara
• Tightrope1959
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Mario Patruzzio
• Lawman1958
• The Texan1958 · as Larry Enright
• Bronco1958
• Jefferson Drum1958 · as Simon Pitt
• The Walter Winchell File1957
• Maverick1957 · as Ralph Jordan
• Maverick1957 · as Sheriff Barney Fillmore
• Perry Mason1957 · as Joe Kelly
• M Squad1957 · as Pete Wikowlski
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Johnny Dart
• Official Detective1957
• The Gale Storm Show1956 · as Jerry Moss
• State Trooper1956 · as Jim Madison
• State Trooper1956 · as Jim Herndon
• Hey, Jeannie!1956 · as Lash Connor
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• Telephone Time1956
• Frontier1955
• Cheyenne1955
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Bostick
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Pat Smith
• The Millionaire1955 · as Victor Volante
• Studio 571954 · as Hap Gordon
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Al Kiner
• City Detective1953
• Mr. & Mrs. North1952
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Lou Renaldi
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Mel Dunlap
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Federal Witness
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Glen Kramer
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter