Mike Connors
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| Born |
Kreker Ohanian August 15, 1925 Fresno, California, US |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Lou Willey (1949–present) |
| Children | Matthew Gunner Ohanian Dana Lou Connors |
Mike Connors (born Kreker Ohanian August 15, 1925) is an American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. Connors' acting career spans six decades; in addition to his work on television, he has appeared in numerous films.
Of Armenian descent, Connors was born Kreker J. Ohanian in Fresno, California in 1925. 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 played under coach John Wooden. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Director 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 "Sudden Fear" (1952), Island in the Sky (1953), Swamp Women (Swamp Diamonds), Five Guns West (1955), The Day the World Ended (1955), Shake, Rattle and Rock (1956), and Flesh and the Spur (1957) as "Touch Connors".
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