Mike Connors
Biography
Mike Connors was an American actor and producer who was best known as private detective Joe Mannix on the television series Mannix from 1967 to 1975. Born in Fresno, California, he began his screen career in the early 1950s with a supporting role in Sudden Fear (1952) and soon appeared in films such as Five Guns West (1955), The Day the World Ended (1955), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), Where Love Has Gone (1964), and Stagecoach (1966). On television he starred in Tightrope! from 1959 to 1960 and later in Today's FBI from 1981 to 1982. His work as Joe Mannix earned him a Golden Globe Award in 1970, six Golden Globe nominations from 1970 to 1975, and four Primetime Emmy nominations from 1970 to 1973. He also produced and starred in Too Scared to Scream (1984), narrated the Armenian genocide documentary The Forgotten Genocide, and voiced Chipacles in the animated series Hercules from 1998 to 1999.
91years old at death
- Born Fresno
- Died Tarzana
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Krekor Ohanian (birth name)Also credited as Michael Connors, Michael Conners, Touch Connors, Touch Conners and Jay Connors
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 51 years1952 to 2003
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About the name
Connors was given the stage name Touch Connors by his agent Henry Willson, who thought Ohanian sounded too much like actor George O'Hanlon and wanted a good all-American name.
First role
Connors was rejected for an audition for his first film role in Sudden Fear because he lacked experience, but he sneaked into Republic Pictures, met director David Miller, read the script and got the part.
A role that slipped away
Connors was strongly considered for the role of Matt Helm in The Silencers, but Dean Martin got the part; his audition impressed Columbia enough that he was cast in the Bond spoof Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die instead.
Own stunts
Connors was cast in the 1966 James Bond spoof Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die. When the local stuntman refused, Connors did the stuntwork himself, dangling from a rope ladder on a helicopter near Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue.
Behind the camera
Connors was the executive producer of and starred in the 1956 film Flesh and the Spur. He raised $117,000 for the film.
Beyond film
Connors narrated The Forgotten Genocide, a 1975 documentary by J. Michael Hagopian. It was one of the first full-length features about the Armenian genocide and received two Emmy nominations.
Mike Connors movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roger Corman directed two of these films, Gordon Douglas two. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Anne Seymour's page
Jonathan Haze's page
All films by Roger Corman
All films by Gordon Douglas
Also two films together2 more actors
- Paul DubovVoodoo Woman (1957) and Day the World Ended (1955)
- Paul BlaisdellVoodoo Woman (1957) and Day the World Ended (1955)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.