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Biography

Chuck Connors is an American actor, who played professional sports before working in show business. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1921,…more

Born

4/10/1921, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

11/10/1992

Birth Name

Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- Werewolf
  Janos Skorzeny
  - S 1: Ep 29 Amazing Grace
    5/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 28 Gray Wolf
    3/13/88
  - S 1: Ep 27 Blind Luck
    3/6/88
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Material Girl
    2/14/88
  - S 1: Ep 23 King of the Road
    2/7/88
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Yellow Rose
  Jeb Hollister
  - S 1: Ep 17 Sacred Ground
    3/10/84
  - S 1: Ep 16 Running Free
    2/25/84
  - S 1: Ep 15 Sport Of Kings
    2/18/84
  - S 1: Ep 14 Land Of The Free
    2/11/84
  - S 1: Ep 13 Deadline
    1/21/84
  - + 12 More Credits
- Roots: The Complete Miniseries
  Tom Moore
- Cowboy in Africa
  Jim Sinclair
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Kasubi Death
    4/1/68
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Lions
    3/25/68
  - S 1: Ep 24 John Henry's Eden
    3/18/68
  - S 1: Ep 23 Work of Art
    3/18/68
  - S 1: Ep 22 Search and Destroy
    3/4/68
  - + 22 More Credits
- Branded
  Captain Jason McCord
  - S 2: Ep 32 Kellie
    4/24/66
  - S 2: Ep 31 Cowards Die Many Times
    4/17/66
  - S 2: Ep 30 Headed for Doomsday
    4/10/66
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Assassins (2)
    4/3/66
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Assassins (1)
    3/27/66
  - + 43 More Credits
- Arrest and Trial
  Attorney John Egan
  - S 1: Ep 30 Birds Of A Feather
    4/19/64
  - S 1: Ep 29 Those Whose Love Has Made
    4/12/64
  - S 1: Ep 28 He Ran For His Life
    4/5/64
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Revenge Of The Worm
    3/29/64
  - S 1: Ep 26 Tigers Are For Jungles
    3/22/64
  - + 25 More Credits
- The Rifleman
  Lucas McCain
  - S 5: Ep 26 Old Tony
    4/8/63
  - S 5: Ep 25 Which Way'd They Go?
    4/1/63
  - S 5: Ep 24 Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
    3/18/63
  - S 5: Ep 23 The Guest
    3/11/63
  - S 5: Ep 22 Requiem at Mission Springs
    3/4/63
  - + 162 More Credits
- The Rifleman
  Lucas McCain, Bantry
  - S 4: Ep 22 Deadly Image
    2/26/62
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Police Story
  Lew Randle
  - S 4: Ep 6 Trash Detail, Front and Center
    11/16/76
- Police Story
  Sergeant Ed Pebbles
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Cutting Edge
    9/16/75
- Police Story
  Sergeant Barrett
  - S 2: Ep 7 Across the Line
    11/12/74
- Police Story
  Slow Boy
  - S 1: Ep 2 Slow Boy (2)
    3/20/73
  - S 1: Ep 1 Slow Boy (1)
    3/20/73
Guest Star (72)

Role
- Steve Smith Playhouse
  Det. Ben Merrill
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hot Rod Girl
    9/19/04
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 68 April 14, 1989
    4/14/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Tyler Morgan
  - S 5: Ep 5 Coal Miner's Slaughter
    11/20/88
- Werewolf
  Janos Skorzeny
  - S 1: Ep 2 Nightwatch
    7/18/87
- Spenser: For Hire
  King Powers
  - S 1: Ep 5 Children of a Tempest Storm
    10/11/85
  - S 1: Ep 1 Promised Land (1)
    9/20/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Fred Keller
  - S 2: Ep 2 Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
    10/6/85
- Matt Houston
  Castanos
  - S 1: Ep 16 Get Houston
    2/20/83
- Fantasy Island
  Frank Barton
  - S 5: Ep 18 Sitting Duck / Sweet Suzi Swann
    3/6/82
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
  Frank Briggs
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Capture of Grizzly Adams
    2/21/82
- Walking Tall
  Theo Brewster
  - S 1: Ep 3 Kidnapped
    1/31/81
- Stone
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Case Number HM-89428, Homicide
    1/28/80
- Roots: The Complete Miniseries
  Tom Moore
  - S 1: Ep 7 Part 7
    1/29/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Part 6
    1/28/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Part 5
    1/27/77
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Neils Lindstrom
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Price of Liberty
    9/28/75
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 21 Bobby Riggs (Celebrity Roast)
    3/8/74
  - S 9: Ep 15 Leo Durocher (Celebrity Roast)
    1/18/74
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 21 Bobby Riggs
    3/8/74
  - S 1: Ep 15 Leo Durocher
    1/17/74
- Here's Lucy
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 13 Lucy and Chuck Connors Have a Surprise Slumber Party
    12/17/73
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Special Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 1 Show 44 - Season Premiere with Chuck Connors
    9/12/73
- The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 Chuck Connors guest
    9/1/73
- Night Gallery
  Roderick Blanco
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes
    1/7/73
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 8: Ep 154 April 22, 1971
    4/22/71
  - S 8: Ep 151 April 19, 1971
    4/19/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 143 April 20, 1971
    4/20/71
- The Name of the Game
  Governor Brill
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Broken Puzzle
    3/12/71
- The Virginian
  Gustavson
  - S 9: Ep 16 The Animal
    1/20/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 38 November 5, 1970
    11/5/70
- The Don Knotts Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 October 27, 1970
    10/27/70
  - S 1: Ep 3 September 29, 1970
    9/29/70
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 3: Ep 234 July 31, 1969
    7/31/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 208 June 24, 1969
    6/24/69
  - S 3: Ep 155 April 9, 1969
    4/9/69
  - S 3: Ep 129 March 4, 1969
    3/4/69
  - S 2: Ep 148 April 16, 1968
    4/16/68
  - S 2: Ep 75 January 3, 1968
    1/3/68
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 12/22/1968
    12/22/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 220 July 5, 1968
    7/5/68
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 170 April 28, 1967
    4/28/67
  - S 11: Ep 18 September 26, 1973
    9/26/73
  - S 10: Ep 180 June 12, 1973
    6/12/73
  - S 10: Ep 72 December 29, 1972
    12/29/72
  - S 9: Ep 129 April 11, 1972
    4/11/72
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 5: Ep 10 September 16, 1966
    9/16/66
  - S 5: Ep 9 September 15, 1966
    9/15/66
  - S 5: Ep 8 September 14, 1966
    9/14/66
  - S 5: Ep 7 September 13, 1966
    9/13/66
  - S 5: Ep 6 Week of September 12, 1966
    9/12/66
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Hero
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Night to Remember to Forget
    9/8/66
- Password
  Guest
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 16 July 14, 1961
    7/14/61
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 October 16, 1960
    10/16/60
  - S 4: Ep 22 February 28, 1960
    2/28/60
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 12: Ep 4 EPISODE #532
    9/25/60
  - S 11: Ep 2 EPISODE #481
    9/13/59
- The June Allyson Show
  George Aswell
  - S 1: Ep 20 Trial By Fear
    2/8/60
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 6 Peggy Lee; Billy Eckstine; Chuck Connors; George Jessel
    11/9/59
- Western Theater
  Long Jack
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Thousand-Dollar Gun
    8/7/59
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 6 March 13, 1959
    3/13/59
- The Rifleman
  Bantry
- Zane Grey Theater
  Lucas McCain
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Sharpshooter
    3/7/58
- Date with the Angels
  Stacey L. Stacey
  - S 2: Ep 19 Double Trouble
    1/15/58
- The Restless Gun
  Toby Yeaget
  - S 1: Ep 13 Silver Threads
    12/16/57
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, on film
  - S 11: Ep 8 November 17, 1957: Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps, Georgia Gibbs, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson
    11/17/57
- Wagon Train
  Private John Sumter
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Charles Avery Story
    11/13/57
- General Electric Theater
  Long Jack
  - S 6: Ep 3 Thousand Dollar Gun
    10/20/57
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Sam Bass
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sam Bass
    6/10/57
- The Millionaire
  Hub Grimes
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Hub Grimes Story
    5/1/57
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Button Smith & Pete Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Thin Rope
    3/18/57
- West Point Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Army-Navy Game
    1/11/57
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Operator and the Martinet
    10/12/56
- The Gale Storm Show
  Witch Doctor
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Witch Doctor
    12/8/56
- Crossroads (1955)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Comeback
    10/5/56
- On Trial
  Andy
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Nevada Nightingale
    9/28/56
- Gunsmoke
  Sam Keeler
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Preacher
    6/16/56
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Hospital Attendant
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Thin Line
    3/17/56
- Frontier
  Thorpe Henderson
  - S 1: Ep 19 Assassin
    3/4/56
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Officer Handley
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Thread
    2/21/56
- Cavalcade of America
  Harry
  - S 4: Ep 10 Barbed Wire Christmas
    12/20/55
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 30 O'Toole from Moscow
    12/12/55
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Art Shirley
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Bush Roper
    11/23/55
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Harry Frazier
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Man Who Was Dead
    11/12/55
- My Favorite Husband
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 4 Exercise
    10/25/55
- Adventures of Superman
  Sylvester J. Superman
  - S 3: Ep 11 Flight to the North
    10/1/55
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Stanley O'Connor
  - S 4: Ep 40 O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felons
    6/10/55
- TV Reader's Digest
  Charlie Masters
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Manufactured Clue
    3/28/55
- City Detective
  Sam
  - S 2: Ep 21 Trouble in Toyland
    3/8/55
- Four Star Playhouse
  Stan Ringer
  - S 3: Ep 18 The Good Sister
    1/27/55
- Loretta Young Show
  Jess Hayes
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Girl Who Knew
    1/2/55
- General Electric Theater
  Soldier
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Road to Edinburgh
    10/31/54
- Dear Phoebe
  Rocky
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bill Gets a Job
    9/10/54
Writer (1)

Role
- The Rifleman
  Writer
Story (1)

Role
- The Rifleman
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 18 The Actress
    1/24/61
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Visitor
    1/26/60
  - S 1: Ep 35 Blood Brothers
    5/26/59
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Boarding House
    2/24/59

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Trivia
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- Chuck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
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- He had a sister Gloria.
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- His mother was Marcella Lundrigan and his father was Allan Connors.
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Quotes
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- Chuck Connors: Handling a rifle or a baseball bat takes coordination and practice, that's all.
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- Chuck Connors: (In 1989) I was a bum of a hitter just not cut out for the majors. But, I will never forget Stan's kindness. When he finished watching me cut away at the ball, Stan slapped me on the back and told me to keep swinging.
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- Chuck Connors: (In 1959) Baseball just lost a first baseman.
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