Mike Connors
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Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – 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.[3] 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
Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – 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.[3] 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
Known for
![Nobody Knows Anything!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w7xc5JJlCSZb0lDFYW0fD6aQtA2.jpg)
Nobody Knows Anything!
![Two and a Half Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xgfjxyV3g1S68opzuvG6G87muDp.jpg)
Two and a Half Men
![The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ok894PZuXBrQZpevUvxeywrVKhU.jpg)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 2
![Gideon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bl4STfhVoNBP9MWWaDlEEi03vL0.jpg)
Gideon
![Hercules](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lcFM3LHehsX2xw3AZNym8tU3umz.jpg)
Hercules
![James Dean: Race with Destiny](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oSjTRsSqyCizT0yh9CGbmFGRl50.jpg)
James Dean: Race with Destiny
![Downtown Heat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3AktZ3Xen5TemEGEyqkLvJFxxXm.jpg)
Downtown Heat
![Burke's Law](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tnOWB4fz87LotPsKIVHU1k8Nmi7.jpg)
Burke's Law
![Hart to Hart Returns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7U7KTr0SVsFNTLlo6S1hqnxA7nt.jpg)
Hart to Hart Returns
![Diagnosis: Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5yhozeY2KgYXQQE9kfbiIyypYiI.jpg)
Diagnosis: Murder
![Walker, Texas Ranger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lldKpGEOlHJXMkb1pi7s7xCExmX.jpg)
Walker, Texas Ranger
![The Commish](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/osvVYFdCtz223oOQmMcoM1N4JGP.jpg)
The Commish
![Public Enemy #2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m5EApnZKmzltt1ICrmJ9qL5vhEA.jpg)
Public Enemy #2
![Fist Fighter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qCcoztDgDIeKvbEBh88xyOrt7Pr.jpg)
Fist Fighter
![War and Remembrance](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3EkF2C1R4rOzckdPrZ3BarZJo4.jpg)
War and Remembrance
![The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mCJgmCdMZRArcP3pOg6cZ6OpxpV.jpg)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
![Murder, She Wrote](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3UxBFG4fiuZ0P9n2sCrjXh64Avy.jpg)
Murder, She Wrote
![Too Scared to Scream](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r9vhZywI811oYJEmT1Xv1L6N2Xy.jpg)
Too Scared to Scream
![Glitter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dmKPqvqsUfXwvo8yvIyKXhOJ5dW.jpg)
Glitter
![Nightkill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dW0wUaDONvRMKUQbDhdAFTyalEr.jpg)
Nightkill
![Casino](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/68SnA6Wbw3pRvcjrXC5HMguuLSi.jpg)
Casino
![High Midnight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o50Olbjxg46Bn0wbczplRtIrF8t.jpg)
High Midnight
![The Death of Ocean View Park](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/meVJX1XEz96FozcB7b5lVFyrxDh.jpg)
The Death of Ocean View Park
![Avalanche Express](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8hOwY3dNVDeGP3g8CXpTqZ68xnR.jpg)
Avalanche Express
![Long Journey Back](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9zT4232t2umk8MORwWuiQNE7GG4.jpg)
Long Journey Back
![The Love Boat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fnsnazlj2bt3Fuj0pJ7wBPmuMLO.jpg)
The Love Boat
![Revenge for a Rape](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n2MVHH1lA2SsGMbleSFo5tiwYrJ.jpg)
Revenge for a Rape
![Charo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q7xcnOocqFgYZLQlnhmlpx8pnCv.jpg)
Charo
![The Killer Who Wouldn't Die](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Awz5bjBJHt6iwrc6jNybP8h5Nf.jpg)
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
![Joys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mZiQiIQnHViICLOwuWfcwx8jwUI.jpg)
Joys
![Mitzi & 100 Guys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/biZWykz2FBw3MNE1Ya07vHngTHb.jpg)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
![Dinah!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7TFUuq8CfK8U3YJoYUwzRaG8IDF.jpg)
Dinah!
![The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wR5dGJxYPlPoElcXCxsxchRO8b9.jpg)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
![Mitzi... The First Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vOSrgpiuXT1He3wwEJ0omlfFFDz.jpg)
Mitzi... The First Time
![Police Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wfhiGakYfjk8XeDKRpya9P4tNu9.jpg)
Police Story
![The Pet Set](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wnI2vjqgTR9xnG2V60dTpysf4xy.jpg)
The Pet Set
![The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iWN7PZIBSonPBFqGjYa9abSrmzT.jpg)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
![Here's Lucy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bv5p2CZnVg3A2YaC4O2AcBcYBd8.jpg)
Here's Lucy
![Mannix](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sEqRn4uIFoxuDKMOL9Ufxq2OHd0.jpg)
Mannix
![Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/abMymAYr5R1yVeNl9NZs3x27RoY.jpg)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
![Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mWtPwrag7g6r0paGgscncI7dRLY.jpg)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
![Stagecoach](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wsifrzutFIzt51FLVDbWW5AOTUG.jpg)
Stagecoach
![Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/btaQCWfZ7HOOGEgcj9MLnFMOvzG.jpg)
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
![Harlow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q2sPkI179LpW5l4UMyAJfAtpMUF.jpg)
Harlow
![Where Love Has Gone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/voNUPWsQNx3lZG4DGJaHUIA7p33.jpg)
Where Love Has Gone
![Good Neighbor Sam](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vOyKPfJKzoVlFMWAZJSORYqynRG.jpg)
Good Neighbor Sam
![Panic Button](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/craXCKJp0ylZ7bS05CYbN3OnXsN.jpg)
Panic Button
![Redigo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1g5I1UgArPEBvEucXo7ugCDHzCu.jpg)
Redigo
![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oA8QVTGlAN511uCAMDN60aVQUs1.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
![The Mike Douglas Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qNk97cbF3dZyhkfIcJhjFDD64sM.jpg)
The Mike Douglas Show
![The Dalton That Got Away](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5IBe7OGK0PQzHLvgH7njD0QyWd6.jpg)
The Dalton That Got Away
![The Untouchables](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/80IDXgaHmcxj6CKRImkpHjnIMcd.jpg)
The Untouchables
![Tightrope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vPb4LhcSzOxVXStdMGJcq1c9yNp.jpg)
Tightrope
![One Step Beyond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c0IHtUsTGy2XbAEPuPScwqDdcEB.jpg)
One Step Beyond
![Lawman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/18XzHfhbRKw9Cl8cKH7WkV9yjYr.jpg)
Lawman
![The Texan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/48nIzRhf9vkGKgE96ekLZU8pwke.jpg)
The Texan
![Bronco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zSnbs4XqnEC65TazeU8ace8ZVBK.jpg)
Bronco
![Live Fast, Die Young](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rEC2lK8rB6yiCkwZRPsBLLyoSp6.jpg)
Live Fast, Die Young
![Suicide Battalion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xhhapSrdwOTVrdk1NgNrQNbcMQ4.jpg)
Suicide Battalion
![The Walter Winchell File](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m8cQSDoLpfwovrnTGCF8n56amVN.jpg)
The Walter Winchell File
![Maverick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/psVbZjMHt9f9X7EIks9IQdCMZke.jpg)
Maverick
![Perry Mason](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1th2fC46icNw67k51FykUn3wwC0.jpg)
Perry Mason
![M Squad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8mDoUftlI60WeGmlp35NJ6XRfrk.jpg)
M Squad
![Have Gun, Will Travel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tMxuIEqgWhlGMbGfuVEmbxKTeUZ.jpg)
Have Gun, Will Travel
![Voodoo Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4c0pehs24WCkhtoMrryBIIe1ZCm.jpg)
Voodoo Woman
![Shake, Rattle and Rock!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pRxKemZ8yurZGXgXzLfRGBbgOnf.jpg)
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
![The Ten Commandments](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/stSpFp2NUJMGhIyndqwBi9WE9y9.jpg)
The Ten Commandments
![State Trooper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4p7lRuPFrsp5zbFtu7EwPLI3Nny.jpg)
State Trooper
![The Adventures of Jim Bowie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sNjQ6G2mHMVdCOzSik6QosvLIVn.jpg)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
![The Oklahoma Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8femLmPbly5cijXAjkOEmfkn6TT.jpg)
The Oklahoma Woman
![Telephone Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gkmQa9zWPMUBoce66ersUh8eDt6.jpg)
Telephone Time
![Swamp Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4Rr4hDuXr8gJnH48d7UcySpEnfC.jpg)
Swamp Women
![Jaguar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6DndnmyJV47oqqRzgj1aGpGCuNY.jpg)
Jaguar
![Day the World Ended](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/whivmoD8QfIfJnO87l2juWY8uoW.jpg)
Day the World Ended
![The Twinkle In God's Eye](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uQrFHYAw5wVGArB6ZCHWqu1tOkF.jpg)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
![Cheyenne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/osdglTGStAMbThkUsVJ0DRzvwrq.jpg)
Cheyenne
![Gunsmoke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x7WjYizqcrA64xi9XLqUWCz5DNk.jpg)
Gunsmoke
![The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sq7meZ5XvxFKZmsTcM54q28IqHp.jpg)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
![Five Guns West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/txtxXrFvqsiuq3V4Fr3Dnr1mMhJ.jpg)
Five Guns West
![The Millionaire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2z8hYihBiUQuxGVR38Q8uDXgUOO.jpg)
The Millionaire
![Day of Triumph](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8w4rWEOH2yl61DE4FihjAMupmky.jpg)
Day of Triumph
![Studio 57](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xLHDnum1yOGyljDSreYJpm1Egeq.jpg)
Studio 57
![Letter to Loretta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lIqe2Ypo2DOXnjj31BVkemWxf2m.jpg)
Letter to Loretta
![City Detective](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3eF2EuE2fvXHQ5gm6sTt0fE2pbc.jpg)
City Detective
![Island in the Sky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z4SFfn5f4a2RrXAqVue9P8lTCLi.jpg)
Island in the Sky
![Sky Commando](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aPRYeHm1HPmq70LqNUcs92EfPY3.jpg)
Sky Commando
![The 49th Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AqGiPceE6iLE4G2BQSHjsWQIQ5A.jpg)
The 49th Man
![Mr. & Mrs. North](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pOl5oaAe2PKbwsDOW7DgbghWjzO.jpg)
Mr. & Mrs. North
![Sudden Fear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xDDRhGX99c7smveM3UelCVmi6xi.jpg)
Sudden Fear
![Schlitz Playhouse of Stars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gWT5p5TMEAQnQAx1y0g03PUJDhJ.jpg)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
![Lux Video Theatre](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qu0r8zAa2hQpkHGq9qkmRm7WXze.jpg)
Lux Video Theatre
![The Bob Hope Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/155ZMISJkCkTleBKKoNlubt51bB.jpg)
The Bob Hope Show