Mike Connors (born Krekor Ohanian, August 15, 1925) is an American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. Before that, he had played a crime-fighting investigator, wielding a .38 handgun hidden in his back, in another CBS series, Tightrope.
Connors was born in Fresno, California, of Armenian descent. He was an avid basketball player in high school who was nicknamed "Touch" by his teammates. During World War II he served in the United States Army Air Forces. After the war he attended the University of California at Los Angeles on a basketball scholarship, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.William A. Wellman got him into acting after noticing his expressive face while Connors was playing basketball. He appeared on the Los Angeles CBS station as "Touch" Connors in an episode of Jukebox Jury before the program went national via ABC in 1953. Connors is credited in his early films, such as Island in the Sky (1953), Swamp Women (a.k.a. Swamp Diamonds), Five Guns West (1955), and Flesh and the Spur (1957) as "Touch Connors".
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'Mike Connors' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Project Viper (2002)
Actors: Jeffrey Shepherd (miscellaneous crew), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Lisa M. Hansen (producer), Jim Wynorski (director), Steven Paul (producer), Paul Hertzberg (producer), Theresa Russell (actress), GiGi Erneta (actress), Tim Thomerson (actor), Rod McCary (actor), John Beck (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Patrick Muldoon (actor), Lorissa McComas (actress), Redmond Gleeson (actor),
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Taglines: Created to live on Mars. Destined to kill on Earth. It was created to live on Mars. Now, it is loose on Earth.
White Lightning (1953)
Actors: John Bleifer (actor), Steve Brodie (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Stanley Clements (actor), Tom Hanlon (actor), Myron Healey (actor), Riley Hill (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), Lyle Talbot (actor), Lee Van Cleef (actor), Ben Schwalb (producer), Marlin Skiles (composer), Edward Bernds (director), Charles R. Marion (writer), Joel Marston (actor),
Plot: The Red Devils, a professional ice hockey team, owned by Jack Monohan (Steve Brodie), is in the midst of a long losing streak, due to bribes being accepted from gamblers by the star player. When the team is joined by cocky Mike Connors (Stanley Clements), a boyhood friend of Jack's, they begin to regain their former winning ways. Mike becomes a star who cannot be stopped, but is disliked by his teammates becuase of his selfish play. Jack tries to keek Mike away from his sister Margaret (Barbara Bestar), who is in love with him, which leads to a bloody fight between the two men. The angry Mike accepts a bribe from gambler Rocky Gilbratar (Lyle Talbot) to throw the big final game. But during the game, an appeal from a young boy who idolizes him, Davey (Duncan Richardson), sets Mike on the right road, and his unselfish play helps win the game.
Keywords: bribe, color-in-title, hockey, hockey-game, hockey-team, ice-hockey, losing, selfishness, sports-teamGenres: Drama, Sport,
Taglines: Underworld Syndicate Fixed Games HOCKEY STAR EXPOSES GAMBLING RACKETEERS! Savage, sizzling story of the nation's most thrill-streaked sport...and the men who play it for keeps!
Mary Lou (1948)
Actors: Viola Lawrence (editor), Chester Clute (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), Charles Jordan (actor), Robert Lowery (actor), Emmett Vogan (actor), Pierre Watkin (actor), Glenda Farrell (actress), Sam Katzman (producer), Joseph Dubin (composer), Arthur Dreifuss (director), M. Coates Webster (writer), Jack Boyle (miscellaneous crew), Thelma White (actress), Abigail Adams (actress),
Plot: Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try out as the band's vocalist since the regular singer, Mary Lou, had just quit the band on the eve of an engagement at a swanky New York night club. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Steve Roberts, Ann lands the job and assumes the name of "Mary Lou", a trademark almost for Frankie Carle singers. But the departed Mary Lou shows up and threatens to sue if she is not rehired. Ann returns to her former job. Meanwhile, Steve locates the woman who was the original Mary Lou with the band, and urges Mike to keep the current Mary Lou off the bandstand until he can return with Ann.
Keywords: airline, airliner, airplane-stewardess, b-movie, bar, big-band, blues-music, boogie-woogie, booking, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationshipGenres: Musical, Romance,
Taglines: From Airline Hostess To Hot-Spot Songstress!
Connors, Mike Filmography
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2008, role: miscellaneous crew
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2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2003, role: actor , character name: Joe Mannix
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2000, role: actor , character name: Grandpa Osborne
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1999, role: actor , character name: Harland Greer
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1997, role: actor , character name: Jack Warner
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1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1995, role: actor , character name: Narrator
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1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1994, role: actor , character name: Steve
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1994, role: actor , character name: Narrator
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1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1993, role: actor , character name: Joe 'Uncle Do Do' Armen
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1993, role: actor , character name: Bill McDowell
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1989, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1989, role: actor , character name: Billy Vance
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1989, role: actor , character name: Himself was spelled Hixself
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1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1987, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1987, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1985, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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1985, role: producer
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1985, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
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1985, role: actor , character name: Lt. Alex Dinardo
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1985, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1984, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1984, role: actor , character name: Captain Jim Adams
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1984, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
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1982, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1982, role: actor , character name: Himself - Co-Presenter: Favourite Female TV Performer
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1981, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1980, role: actor , character name: Wendell Atwell
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1980, role: actor , character name: Nick
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1979, role: actor , character name: Capt. Lou Mikalich
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1979, role: actor , character name: Sam Jackson
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1979, role: actor , character name: Haller
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1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1978, role: actor , character name: Vic Casella
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1976, role: actor , character name: Travis Green
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1976, role: actor , character name: Joe Mannix
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1976, role: actor , character name: Karl Ohanian
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1975, role: actor
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1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1975, role: actor , character name: Narrator
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1973, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1973, role: actor , character name: Vic Cummings
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1972, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner
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1971, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1970, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a TV-Series-Drama
Connors, Mike Filmography
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2005, role: miscellaneous crew
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2004, role: miscellaneous crew
Connor, Mike Filmography
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1990, role: director
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1983, role: director
Famous quotes by Mike Connors:
"I think the company recognized they have enough trouble getting into compliance with trench safety regulations and that they have enough work with inside plumbing work that they could walk away from this (trench) work."
"We're running 410 buses every day. We transport over 28,000 kids each day."
"Physically, she was not harmed in any way, but emotionally. . . . She said she had no chance (to stop)."
"Half the inspections we do are in the construction industry because of the high fatality rates."
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