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Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 β 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. 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
Filmography
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TV Shows 53
Movies 48
self 15
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Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 2 (2001)
Gideon (1998)
Hercules (1998)
James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
Downtown Heat (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
Hart to Hart Returns (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
The Commish (1991)
Public Enemy #2 (1991)
Fist Fighter (1989)
War and Remembrance (1988)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Too Scared to Scream (1984)
Glitter (1984)
Today's F.B.I. (1981)
Nightkill (1980)
Casino (1980)
High Midnight (1979)
The Death of Ocean View Park (1979)
Avalanche Express (1979)
Long Journey Back (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Revenge for a Rape (1976)
Charo (1976)
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)
Joys (1976)
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
Dinah! (1974)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973)
Mitzi... The First Time (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Beg, Borrow...or Steal (1973)
The Pet Set (1971)
The Leslie Uggams Show (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
Stagecoach (1966)
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
Panic Button (1964)
Redigo (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Dalton That Got Away (1960)
Tightrope (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Lawman (1958)
The Texan (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Jefferson Drum (1958)
Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Official Detective (1957)
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Gale Storm Show (1956)
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
State Trooper (1956)
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Swamp Women (1956)
Jaguar (1956)
Day the World Ended (1955)
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
Frontier (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Five Guns West (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Day of Triumph (1954)
Studio 57 (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
City Detective (1953)
Island in the Sky (1953)
Sky Commando (1953)
The 49th Man (1953)
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-08-15
Deathday2017-01-26 (91 years old)
Birth NameKrekor Ohanian
Birth PlaceFresno, United States of America
RelativesCharles Aznavour
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsTouch Connors, Michael Connors, Jay Connors, Touch Jay Connors, Krekor Ohanian
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