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Chuck Connors (I) (1921–1992)

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Born to immigrant parents from the Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Canada) Chuck Connors and his two-years-younger sister, Gloria, grew up in a working-class section of the west side of Brooklyn, New York, where their father worked the local docks as a longshoreman. Chuck's natural athletic prowess earned him a scholarship to Adelphi Academy... See full bio »

Born:

Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Doris Day, Chuck Connors, James Garner 1963 20th Century Fox Chuck Connors "The Boarding House" (photo shoot date Dec. 8, 1958) Chuck Connors Chuck Connors in "The Spiked Rifle" - episode 49 of The Rifleman, Original Air Date: 11/24/1959 Connors and Crawford at 20th Century Fox Ranch (now known as Malibu Creek State Park) in 1958.
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2001 Fast Backwards (short)
The Star
 
1992 Three Days to a Kill
Capt. Damian Wright
 
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (TV movie)
Lucas McCain
 
1991 Salmonberries
Bingo Chuck
 
1989-1990 Guns of Paradise (TV series)
Gideon McKay
– Crossfire (1990) … Gideon McKay
– Honor Bound (1989) … Gideon McKay
– A Matter of Honor (1989) … Gideon McKay
 
1990 Last Flight to Hell
Red Farley
 
1990 Face the Edge
Buddy
 
1989 High Desert Kill (TV movie)
Stan Brown
 
1989 Wolf (TV movie)
 
1989 Skinheads
Mr. Huston
 
1989 Trained to Kill
Ed Cooper
 
1985-1988 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
FBI Agt. Fred Keller / Tyler Morgan
– Coal Miner's Slaughter (1988) … Tyler Morgan
– Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly (1985) … FBI Agt. Fred Keller
 
1988 Terror Squad
Chief Rawlings
 
1987-1988 Werewolf (TV series)
Janos Skorzeny / Captain Janos Skorzeny
– King of the Road (1988) … Janos Skorzeny
– Skinwalker (1988) … Janos Skorzeny
– The Unicorn (1987) … Janos Skorzeny
– Let Us Prey (1987) … Janos Skorzeny
– Friendly Haven (1987) … Janos Skorzeny
See all 8 episodes »
 
1988 Once Upon a Texas Train (TV movie)
Nash Crawford
 
1988 Taxi Killer
 
1987 Summer Camp Nightmare
Mr. Warren
 
1987 Sakura Killers
The Colonel (as Chuck Conners)
 
1987 Eroi dell'inferno
Senator Morris
 
1987 Maniac Killer
Professor Roger Osborne
 
1986 Balboa
Alabama Dern
 
1985 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
King Powers
– Children of a Tempest Storm (1985) … King Powers
– Promised Land/Pilot (1985) … King Powers
 
1985 All American Cowboy (TV movie)
 
1983-1984 The Yellow Rose (TV series)
Jeb Hollister
– The Far Side of Fear (1984) … Jeb Hollister
– Villa's Gold (1984) … Jeb Hollister
– Beyond Vengeance (1984) … Jeb Hollister
– Chains of Fear (1984) … Jeb Hollister
– Debt of Honor (1984) … Jeb Hollister
See all 22 episodes »
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Roy
– Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers (1983) … Roy
 
1983 Matt Houston (TV series)
Castanos
– Get Houston (1983) … Castanos
 
1983 Afghanistan pourquoi?
Soviet colonel
 
1983 Lone Star (TV movie)
Jake Farrell
 
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
The Sarge
 
1982 Hit Man
Sam Fisher
 
1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Frank Barton
– Sitting Duck/Sweet Suzi Swann (1982) … Frank Barton
 
1982 The Capture of Grizzly Adams (TV movie)
Frank Briggs
 
1982 Best of the West (TV series)
– Frog's First Gunfight (1982)
 
1982 The Vals
Trish's Father ('Boom-Boom Girls' Producer)
 
1981 Bordello
Jonathan
 
1981 Walking Tall (TV series)
Theo Brewster
– Kidnapped (1981) … Theo Brewster (as Chuck Conners)
 
1980 Day of Resurrection
Capt. McCloud - HMS Nereid
 
1980 Stone (TV series)
Tom Lettleman
– Case Number HM-89428, Homicide (1980) … Tom Lettleman
 
1979 Day of the Assassin
Fleming
 
1979 Tourist Trap
Mr. Slausen
 
1978 Standing Tall (TV movie)
Major Roland Hartline
 
1977 The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (TV movie)
Mike O'Toole
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)
Tom Moore
– Episode #1.7 (1977) … Tom Moore
– Part Eight (1977) … Tom Moore
– Part Four (1977) … Tom Moore
– Part Nine (1977) … Tom Moore
 
1973-1976 Police Story (TV series)
Lt. Lew Randle / Sergeant Barrett / Sergeant Ed 'Bugs' Pebbles / …
– Trash Detail, Front and Center (1976) … Lt. Lew Randle
– The Cutting Edge (1975) … Sergeant Ed 'Bugs' Pebbles
– Across the Line (1974) … Sergeant Barrett
– Slow Boy (1973) … Slow Boy
 
1976 Nightmare in Badham County (TV movie)
Sheriff Danen
 
1976 Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (TV movie)
Sam Ivory
 
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Niles Lingstrom
– The Price of Liberty (1975) … Niles Lingstrom
 
1975 Il lupo dei mari
Wolf-Larsen
 
1974 99 and 44/100% Dead
Marvin 'Claw' Zuckerman
 
1973 The Mad Bomber
William Dorn
 
1973 Soylent Green
Tab Fielding
 
1973 The Horror at 37,000 Feet (TV movie)
Captain Ernie Slade
 
1973 Set This Town on Fire (TV movie)
Buddy Bates
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Roderick Blanco
– The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes (1972) … Roderick Blanco
 
1972 Pancho Villa
Col. Wilcox
 
1972 Night of Terror (TV movie)
Brian DiPaulo
 
1972 The Proud and Damned
Will Hansen
 
1972 Embassy
Kesten
 
1971 The Birdmen (TV movie)
Colonel Morgan Crawford
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)
 
1971 The Deserter
Reynolds
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Governor Brill
– The Broken Puzzle (1971) … Governor Brill
 
1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Gustaveson
– The Animal (1971) … Gustaveson
 
1969 Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Senator Robert Fraser
 
1968 Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
Clyde Mac Kay
 
1967-1968 Cowboy in Africa (TV series)
Jim Sinclair
– The Kasubi Death (1968) … Jim Sinclair
– The Lions (1968) … Jim Sinclair
– John Henry's Eden (1968) … Jim Sinclair
– Work of Art (1968) … Jim Sinclair
– Search and Destroy (1968) … Jim Sinclair
See all 26 episodes »
 
1965-1966 Branded (TV series)
Jason McCord
– Kellie (1966) … Jason McCord
– Cowards Die Many Times (1966) … Jason McCord
– Headed for Doomsday (1966) … Jason McCord
– The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) … Jason McCord
– The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) … Jason McCord
See all 48 episodes »
 
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance
Jonas Trapp, the Tiger
 
1965 Synanon
Ben
 
1963-1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Attorney John Egan / Atty. John Egan / Dist. Atty. John Egan / …
– Birds of a Feather (1964) … Atty. John Egan
– Those Which Love Has Made (1964) … Atty. John Egan
– He Ran for His Life (1964) … Atty. John Egan
– The Revenge of the Worm (1964) … Attorney John Egan
– Tigers Are for Jungles (1964) … Attorney John Egan
See all 30 episodes »
 
1963 Move Over, Darling
Stephen Burkett
 
1963 Flipper
Porter Ricks
 
1958-1963 The Rifleman (TV series)
Lucas McCain / Earl Bantry
– Old Tony (1963) … Lucas McCain
– Which Way'd They Go? (1963) … Lucas McCain
– Old Man Running (1963) … Lucas McCain
– The Guest (1963) … Lucas McCain
– Requiem at Mission Springs (1963) … Lucas McCain
See all 168 episodes »
 
1962 Geronimo
Geronimo
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
George Aswell
– Trial by Fear (1960) … George Aswell
 
1958 The Big Country
Buck Hannassey
 
1958 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series)
Cephas K. Ham
– Jim Bowie, Apache (1958) … Cephas K. Ham
– Horse Thief (1958) … Cephas K. Ham
 
1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Lucas McCain
– The Sharpshooter (1958) … Lucas McCain
 
1958 Love That Jill (TV series)
Cliff
– They Went Thataway (1958) … Cliff
 
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
Phil Donahoe
 
1958 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Stacey L. Stacey
– Double Trouble (1958) … Stacey L. Stacey
 
1958 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
Buck Matthews
– The Bet (1958) … Buck Matthews
 
1957 Old Yeller
Burn Sanderson
 
1957 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Toby Yeaget
– Silver Threads (1957) … Toby Yeaget
 
1957 Wagon Train (TV series)
Private John Sumter
– The Charles Avery Story (1957) … Private John Sumter
 
1954-1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Long Jack / Soldier
– Thousand Dollar Gun (1957) … Long Jack
– The Road to Edinburgh (1954) … Soldier
 
1957 The Silent Service (TV series)
Liddell
– The Flier Story (1957) … Liddell
 
1957 The Hired Gun
Judd Farrow
 
1957 Death in Small Doses
Mink Reynolds
 
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Button Smith / Pete Johnson / Sam Bass
– Sam Bass (1957) … Sam Bass
– The Thin Rope (1957) … Button Smith/Pete Johnson
 
1957 Designing Woman
Johnnie 'O'
 
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)
Hub Grimes
– The Hub Grimes Story (1957) … Hub Grimes
 
1957 Tomahawk Trail
Sgt. Wade McCoy
 
1956-1957 West Point (TV series)
Maj. Neilson
– The Army-Navy Game (1957)
– His Highness and the Halfback (1956) … Maj. Neilson
– The Operator and the Martinet (1956) … Maj. Neilson
 
1956 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Witch Doctor
– The Witch Doctor (1956) … Witch Doctor
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Lou Brissie
– The Comeback (1956) … Lou Brissie
 
1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Andy
– The Nevada Nightingale (1956) … Andy
 
1956 Hot Rod Girl
Det. Ben Merrill
 
1956 Hold Back the Night
Sgt. Ekland
 
1956 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Sam Keeler
– The Preacher (1956) … Sam Keeler
 
1956 Walk the Dark Street
Frank Garrick
 
1955-1956 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Harry Frazier / Hospital Attendant
– The Thin Line (1956) … Hospital Attendant
– The Man Who Was Dead (1955) … Harry Frazier
 
1956 Frontier (TV series)
Thorpe Henderson
– Assassin (1956) … Thorpe Henderson
 
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Officer Handley
– The Thread (1956) … Officer Handley
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Harry
– Barbed Wire Christmas (1955) … Harry
 
1955 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– O'Toole from Moscow (1955)
 
1954-1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Mervyn the Moose / Ned - Attendant / Stan Ringer
– The Thin Line (1955) … Ned - Attendant
– The Good Sister (1955) … Stan Ringer
– Vote of Confidence (1954) … Mervyn the Moose (as Chuck Conners)
 
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
Idaho Johnson
 
1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove
William 'Bill' Holloway
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Art Shirley
– The Brush Roper (1955) … Art Shirley
 
1955 Target Zero
Pvt. Moose
 
1955 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Sylvester J. Superman
– Flight to the North (1955) … Sylvester J. Superman
 
1955 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Stanley O'Connor
– O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felon (1955) … Stanley O'Connor
 
1955 Private Secretary (TV series)
Mr. Neanderthal
– Mr. Neanderthal (1955) … Mr. Neanderthal
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Charlie Masters
– The Manufactured Clue (1955) … Charlie Masters
 
1955 City Detective (TV series)
Sam
– Trouble in Toyland (1955) … Sam
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Jess Hayes
– The Girl Who Knew (1955) … Jess Hayes
 
1954 Big Town (TV series)
– Semper Fi (1954)
 
1954 Naked Alibi
Capt. Owen Kincaide
 
1954 The Human Jungle
Earl Swados
 
1954 Dear Phoebe (TV series)
Rocky
– Bill Gets a Job (1954) … Rocky
 
1954 Dragonfly Squadron
Capt. Warnowski
 
1953 South Sea Woman
Pvt. Davey White
 
1953 Code Two
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1953 Trouble Along the Way
Stan Schwegler
 
1953 The Silver Whip
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1952 Pat and Mike
Police Captain
 
1942 Wake Island
Soldier in meal queue (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1966 Branded (TV series)
– The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) (story)
– The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) (story)
 
1959-1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
– The Actress (1961) (story)
– The Visitor (1960) (story)
– Blood Brother (1959) (story idea)
– The Boarding House (1959) (story - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (35 titles)
1989 The Pat Sajak Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 April 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Our Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 The Steel Collar Man (TV special)
J.G. Willis
 
1979 When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Figuring All the Angles (1976) … Himself - Host
 
1974 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrity Roast: Bobby Riggs (1974) … Himself
– Celebrity Roast: Leo Durocher (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Himself
– Lucy and Chuck Connors Have a Surprise Slumber Party (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself / Various Characters
– Episode #4.1 (1973) … Himself/Various Characters
 
1973 Chuck Connors in the U.S.S.R. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Thrill Seekers (TV series)
Host
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.144 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Once Upon a Wheel (documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.21 (1971) … Himself
 
1967-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #3.235 (1969) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #3.208 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.155 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.129 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.147 (1968) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Don Rickles Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Western, Italian Style (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 12 September 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1966 The Hero (TV series)
Himself
– A Night to Remember to Forget (1966) … Himself
 
1965 76th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Chuck Connors vs. Arlene Francis (1961) … Himself
 
1961 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.16 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 The Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.3 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #4.22 (1960) … Himself
 
1959-1960 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 25 September 1960 (1960) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 13 September 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1960 The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.6 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.8 (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2011 Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon (video documentary short)
Clip from 'Here's Lucy'
 
2011 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2005 The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV documentary)
Himself/Sgt. Wade McCoy (from Tomahawk Trail (1957)) (uncredited)
 
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Porter Ricks (uncredited)
 
2001 K.D. Lang Talks with Percy Adlon About 'Percy Adlon's Salmonberries': 11 Years Later (video documentary short)
Bingo Chuck (uncredited)
 
1981 The Best of Sex and Violence (documentary)
 
1980 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations
Tom Moore (uncredited)
 
1966 Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
Jason McCord
 
1965 Broken Sabre
Jason McCord
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(10/26/55) Radio: Appeared in the episode "You Remind Me of Me" on "Family Theater of the Air". See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Chuck Conners

Height:

6' 5½" (1.97 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

There were two things wrong with me. I had a crew cut and I've never been on a horse. I did something about it. I let my hair grow and I shopped around for a horse. See more »

Trivia:

After he won a scholarship attending a private high school, he played basketball, football & baseball. See more »

Trademark:

Towering height and athletic physique See more »

Star Sign:

Aries