Person
Chuck Connors
Acting · 1921–1992 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Biography
Chuck Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chuck Connors, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Rifleman
Lucas McCain
Murder, She Wrote
Fred Keller
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Award
The Virginian
Gustaveson
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Matinee Theater
1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lucas McCain
Four Star Playhouse
Mervyn
The Six Million Dollar Man
Niles Lingstrom
Filmography
- 2023Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance(archive footage)
- 2022Famous T&A 2Mr. Slauson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2018Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain
- 1992Three Days to a KillCapt. Damian Wright
- 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the DrawThe Rifleman
- 1991SalmonberriesBingo Chuck
- 1990Last Flight To HellRed Farley
- 1990Face The EdgeBuddy
- 1989High Desert KillStan Brown
- 1989Trained To KillEd Cooper
- 1989SkinheadsMr. Huston
- 1988ParadiseGideon McKay
- 1988Once Upon a Texas TrainNash Crawford
- 1988Terror SquadChief Rawlings
- 1988Taxi Killer
- 1987Sakura KillersThe Colonel
- 1987Maniac KillerProfessor Roger Osborne
- 1987WerewolfCaptain Janos Skorzeny
- 1987Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell's HeroesSenator Morris
- 1987Summer Camp NightmareMr. Warren
- 1985Spenser: For Hire
- 1985The Steel Collar ManJ.G. Willis
- 1984Murder, She WroteFred Keller
- 1983The Yellow RoseJeb Hollister
- 1983Kelsey's Son
- 1983BalboaAlabama Dern
- 1982Airplane II: The SequelThe Sarge
- 1982The ValsTrish's Father
- 1982Matt HoustonCastanos
- 1982Target EagleSam Fisher
- 1982The Capture of Grizzly AdamsFrank Briggs
- 1982The Best of Sex and Violence(archive footage)
- 1981BordelloJonathan
- 1980VirusCaptain McCloud - HMS Nereid
- 1980Stone
- 1979Day of the AssassinFleming
- 1979When the West Was Fun: A Western ReunionSelf
- 1979Tourist TrapMr. Slausen / Davey Slausen
- 1978Standing TallMaj. Roland Hartline
- 1978The Buck Stops Here
- 1977The Night They Took Miss BeautifulMike O'Toole
- 1977RootsTom Moore
- 1976Nightmare in Badham CountySheriff Danen
- 1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeSam Ivory
- 1975Legend of the Sea WolfWolf-Larsen
- 197499 and 44/100% DeadClaw Zuckerman
- 1974The Six Million Dollar ManNiles Lingstrom
- 1973The BirdmenColonel Morgan Crawford
- 1973Soylent GreenTab Fielding
- 1973The Mad BomberWilliam Dorn
- 1973Police Story
- 1973The Horror at 37,000 FeetCaptain Ernie Slade
- 1973Set This Town on FireBuddy Bates
- 1972Pancho VillaColonel Wilcox
- 1972Night of TerrorBrian DiPaulo
- 1972The Proud and DamnedWill Hansen
- 1972EmbassyKesten
- 1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)
- 1970Night GalleryRoderick Blanco
- 1970The DeserterReynolds
- 1970Hollywood Blue(archive footage)
- 1970The Don Knotts ShowSelf
- 1969Captain Nemo and the Underwater CitySenator Robert Fraser
- 1968Kill Them All and Come Back AloneClyde Mac Kay
- 1968Here's LucyChuck Connors
- 1968The Name of the GameGovernor Brill
- 1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
- 1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)
- 1968Western, Italian StyleSelf
- 1968Autumn and CardboardSelf
- 1967Cowboy in AfricaJim Sinclair
- 1966Hero
- 1966Ride Beyond VengeanceJonas Trapp
- 1965SynanonBen
- 1965Broken SabreJason McCord
- 1965BrandedCaptain Jason McCord
- 1963Move Over, DarlingStephen Burkett
- 1963Arrest and TrialJohn Egan
- 1963FlipperPorter Ricks
- 1963Miss USASelf - Judge
- 1962The VirginianGustaveson
- 1962GeronimoGeronimo
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
- 1959The Big PartySelf
- 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonGeorge Ainsworth
- 1958The RiflemanLucas McCain
- 1958The Big CountryBuck Hannassey
- 1958The Dick Clark ShowSelf
- 1958The Lady Takes a FlyerPhil Donahoe
- 1957Old YellerSanderson
- 1957The Hired GunJudd Farrow
- 1957Death in Small DosesMink Reynolds
- 1957Designing WomanJohnnie 'O'
- 1957Tales of Wells FargoRocky Nelson
- 1957Tomahawk TrailSgt. Wade McCoy
- 1956West Point
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLucas McCain
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1956Hold Back The NightSgt. Ekland
- 1956Hot Rod GirlDetective Ben Merrill
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
- 1956Walk the Dark StreetFrank Garrick
- 1956Boy with a KnifeBud Williams
- 1955Good Morning, Miss DoveBill Holloway
- 1955Three Stripes in the SunIdaho Johnson
- 1955The Brush RoperArt Shirley
- 1955Target ZeroPvt. Moose
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955GunsmokeSam Keeler
- 1955The MillionaireHub Grimes
- 1955The Star and the StoryAttendant
- 1954The Road to EdinburghSoldier
- 1954The Human JungleEarl Swados
- 1954Naked AlibiCapt. Owen Kincaide
- 1954Dragonfly SquadronCapt. Warnowski
- 1953Letter to LorettaJess Hayes
- 1953City Detective
- 1953South Sea WomanPvt. Davey White
- 1953Trouble Along the WayStan Schwegler
- 1953General Electric TheaterLong Jack
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaHarry
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseMervyn
- 1952Adventures of SupermanSylvester J. Superman
- 1952Pat and MikePolice Captain
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsStanley O'Connor
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Panelist
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Accepting Award
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