Chuck Connors

For persons of a similar name, seeCharles Connors (disambiguation).

Chuck Connors
Publicity still of Connors forThe Rifleman,1963
Born	Kevin Joseph Connors (1921-04-10)April 10, 1921 Brooklyn,New York City, U.S.
Died	November 10, 1992(1992-11-10)(aged 71) Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, athlete
Years active	1952–1992
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Elizabeth Riddell ​ ​ (m.1948;div.1961)​ Kamala Devi ​ ​ (m.1963;div.1972)​ Faith Quabius ​ ​ (m.1977;div.1980)​
Children	4
Baseball career
Chuck Connors as a Brooklyn Dodger.
First baseman
Batted:Left Threw:Left
MLB debut
May 1, 1949, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1951, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average	.238
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	18
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers(1949) Chicago Cubs(1951)

Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors(April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in bothMajor League Baseball(Brooklyn Dodgers1949,Chicago Cubs,1951) and theNational Basketball Association(Boston Celtics1946–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role asLucas McCainin the highly ratedABCseriesThe Rifleman(1958–63).

Early life and education

Connors was born on April 10, 1921, inBrooklyn,New York City, the elder of two children born to Marcella (néeLundrigan) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors, immigrants of Irish descent fromNewfoundland and Labrador.He had one sibling, a sister, Gloria, who was two years his junior.

His father became a citizen of the United States in 1914 and was working in Brooklyn in 1930 as alongshoremanand his mother had also attained her U.S. citizenship in 1917.Raised as aCatholic,he served as an altar boy at theBasilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Helpin Brooklyn.

Connors was a devoted fan of theBrooklyn Dodgersdespite their losing record during the 1930s, and he hoped to join the team one day. A talented athlete, he earned a scholarship to the Adelphi Academy, a preparatory school in Brooklyn, where he graduated in 1939. He received offers for athletic scholarships from more than two dozen colleges and universities.

From those offers, he chose to attendSeton Hall UniversityinSouth Orange, New Jersey.There, he played bothbasketballand baseball for the school, and it was there, too, where he changed his name. Since childhood, Connors had disliked his first name, Kevin, and he had sought another name. He tried using "Lefty" and "Stretch" before finally settling on "Chuck".The name derived from his time as a player on Seton Hall's baseball team. He would repeatedly yell to the pitcher from his position on first base, "Chuck it to me, baby! Chuck it to me!" The rest of his teammates and spectators at the university's games soon caught on, and the nickname stuck.

Connors left Seton Hall after two years to accept a contract to play professional baseball.He played on two minor league teams (see below) in 1940 and 1942, then joined the United States Army following America's entrance intoWorld War II.During most of the war, he served as a tank-warfare instructor atFort Campbell,Kentucky, and later atWest Pointin New York.

Sports career

Minor League Baseball (1940–1952)

In 1940, following his departure from college, Connors played four baseball games with the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league team, theNewport Dodgers(Northeast Arkansas League). Released, he sat out the 1941 season, then signed with the New York Yankees farm team, theNorfolk Tars(Piedmont League), where he played 72 games before enlisting in the Army atFort Knox, Kentucky,at the end of the season, on October 10, 1942.

Following his time in the Army, Connors played for theNewport News Dodgers(Piedmont League) in 1946, theMobile Bears(Southern Association) in 1947, theMontreal Royals(International League) from 1948 through 1950, and theLos Angeles Angels (PCL)(Pacific Coast League) in 1951 and 1952.

Professional basketball (1946–1948)

Following hismilitary dischargein 1946, the 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Connors joined the Rochester Royals (now theSacramento Kings) of the National Basketball League for their1945–1946championship season. For the 1946–1947 season he joined the newly formedBoston Celticsof theBasketball Association of America.During his tenure with the Celtics in1946,Connors became the first professional basketball player tobreak a backboard.He did so during pre-game practice before the Celtics' first home game of their inaugural season with a shot and not aslam dunk,which is what typically breaks a backboard in modern basketball.He played 53 games for Boston before leaving the team early in the 1947–48 season.

Connors is one of 13 athletes to have played in both theNational Basketball AssociationandMajor League Baseball.The 12 others:Danny Ainge,Frank Baumholtz,Hank Biasatti,Gene Conley,Dave DeBusschere,Dick Groat,Steve Hamilton,Mark Hendrickson,Cotton Nash,Ron Reed,Dick Ricketts,andHowie Schultz.

Connors attended spring training in 1948 withMajor League Baseball'sBrooklyn Dodgersbut did not make the squadHe played two seasons for the Dodgers' AAA team, theMontreal Royalsbefore playing one game with the Dodgers in 1949.After two more seasons with Montreal, Connors joined theChicago Cubsin 1951, playing in 66 games as a first baseman and occasionalpinch hitter.In 1952, he was sent to the minor leagues again to play for the Cubs' top farm team, theLos Angeles Angels.

Sports career notes

In 1966, Connors played an off-field role by helping to end the celebrated holdout (seereserve clause) byLos Angeles DodgerspitchersDon DrysdaleandSandy Koufaxwhen he acted as an intermediary during negotiations between management and the players.Connors can be seen in the Associated Press photo with Drysdale, Koufax and Dodgers general managerBuzzie Bavasiannouncing the pitchers' new contracts.

Contrary to erroneous reports, Connors was not drafted by theChicago Bearsof theNFL.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field goalpercentage	FT%	Free throwpercentage
RPG	Reboundsper game	APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game
BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

BAA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1946–47	Boston	49	.247	.464	.8	4.6
1947–48	Boston	4	.385	.667	.3	3.0
Career		53	.252	.471	.8	4.5

Acting career

Connors realized that he would not make a career in professional sports, so he decided to pursue an acting career. Playing baseball near Hollywood proved fortunate, as he was spotted by anMGMcasting directorand subsequently signed for the 1952Tracy–HepburnfilmPat and Mike,performing the role of a police captain. In 1953, he starred oppositeBurt Lancasteras a rebelliousMarineprivate inSouth Sea Womanand then as an American football coach oppositeJohn WayneinTrouble Along the Way.

Television roles

Connors had a rare comedic role in a 1955 episode ( "Flight to the North" ) ofAdventures of Superman.He portrayed Sylvester J. Superman, a lanky rustic yokel who shared the same name as the title character of the series.

Connors was cast asLou Brissie,a former professional baseball player wounded during World War II, in the 1956 episode "The Comeback" of the religionanthology seriesCrossroads.Don DeForeportrayed the Reverend C. E. "Stoney" Jackson, who offered the spiritual insight to assist Brissie's recovery so that he could return to the game.Grant Witherswas cast as CoachWhitey Martin;CrossroadsregularRobert Carsonalso played a coach in this episode.Edd Byrnes,Rhys Williams,andRobert Fullerplayed former soldiers.X Brandsis cast as a baseball player.

In 1957, Connors was cast in theWalt DisneyfilmOld Yellerin the role of Burn Sanderson. That same year, he co-starred inThe Hired Gun.

Character actor

WithPippa Scottin 1960

Connors acted in feature films includingThe Big CountrywithGregory PeckandCharlton Heston,Move Over DarlingwithDoris DayandJames Garner,Soylent Greenwith Heston andEdward G. Robinson,andAirplane II: The Sequel.

He also became a beloved televisioncharacter actor,guest-starring in dozens of shows. His guest-starring debut was on an episode ofNBC'sDear Phoebe.He played in two episodes, one as the banditSam Bass,onDale Robertson's NBC westernTales of Wells Fargo.

Other television appearances were onHey, Jeannie!,The Loretta Young Show,Schlitz Playhouse,Screen Directors Playhouse,Four Star Playhouse,Matinee Theatre,Cavalcade of America,Gunsmoke,The Gale Storm Show,The West Point Story,The Millionaire,General Electric Theaterhosted byRonald Reagan,Wagon Train,The Restless GunwithJohn Payne,Murder, She Wrote,Date with the AngelswithBetty White,The DuPont Show with June Allyson,The Virginian,Night Galleryhosted byRod Serling,andHere's LucywithLucille Ball.

The Rifleman

Main article:The Rifleman

Connors during filming of a 1961 episode ofThe Rifleman

Connors beat 40 other actors for the lead inThe Rifleman,portraying Lucas McCain, a widowed rancher known for his skill with a customizedWinchester rifle.ThisABCWesternseries, which aired from 1958 to 1963, was also the first show to feature a widowed father raising a young child.Connors said in a 1959 interview withTV Guidethat the producers ofFour Star Television(Dick Powell,Charles Boyer,Ida Lupino,andDavid Niven) must have been looking at 40 to 50 thirty-something men. At the time, the producers offered a certain amount of money to do 39 episodes for the 1958–59 season. The offer turned out to be less than Connors was making doing freelance acting, so he turned it down. A few days later, the producers ofThe Riflemantook their own children to watchOld Yeller,in which Connors played a strongfather figure.After the producers watched him in the movie, they decided they should cast Connors in the role of Lucas McCain and made him a better offer, including a five-percent ownership of the show.

The Riflemanwas an immediate hit, ranking No. 4 in theNielsen ratingsin 1958–59, behind three other Westerns –Gunsmoke,Wagon Train,andHave Gun – Will Travel.Johnny Crawford,an unfamiliar actor at the time, formerMousketeer,baseball fan and Western buff, beat 40 other young stars to play the role of Lucas's son, Mark. Crawford remained on the series from 1958 until its cancellation in 1963.The Riflemanlanded high in the Nielsen ratings until the last season in 1962–63, when it was opposite the highly rated return to television ofLucille BallonThe Lucy Showand ratings began to drop. The show was cancelled in 1963 after five seasons and 168 episodes.

Connors withJohnny Crawford,1960

The rifle

Connors inThe Rifleman,1959

Three rifles were made for the show: two identical44–40 Winchester model 1892rifles, one that was used on the show and one for backup, and a Spanish version called anEl Tigreused in the saddle holster.The rifle levers were modified from the round type to more D-shaped in later episodes.

Two rifles were specifically made for Chuck Connors by Maurice "Moe" Hunt and were never used on the show. He was a fan of the show and gave them to Connors.Arnold Palmer,a friend and honorary chairman of the annual Chuck Connors charity golf event, was given one of the personal riflesby Connors and it was on display atThe World Golf Hall of Fame.

Typecasting and other TV roles

Connors oppositeBroderick CrawfordinArrest and Trial,1963

In 1963, Connors appeared in the filmFlipper.He also appeared oppositeJames GarnerandDoris Dayin the comedyMove Over, Darlingin the role earlier played byRandolph Scottin the original 1940Irene Dunne/Cary Grantversion entitledMy Favorite Wife.

As Connors was stronglytypecastfor playing the single-father rancher, he then starred in several short-lived series, including: ABC'sArrest and Trial(1963–1964), an early forerunner ofLaw and Orderfeaturing two young actorsBen GazzaraandDon Galloway;andNBC's post-Civil War-era seriesBranded(1965–1966).

Connors inBranded,1965

In 1967–1968, Connors starred in the ABC seriesCowboy in Africaalongside Tom Nardini and British actorRonald Howard.

Connors guest-starred in a last-season episode ofNight Gallerytitled "The Ring With the Red Velvet Ropes". In 1973 and 1974, he hosted a television series calledThrill Seekers.

Connors was nominated for anEmmy Awardfor his performance in a key role against type: aslave ownerin the 1977miniseriesRoots.

Connors hosted a number of episodes ofFamily Theateron theMutual Radio Network.This series was aimed at promoting prayer as a path to world peace and stronger families, with the motto, "The family which prays together stays together."

In 1980, he hostedChuck Connors' Great Western Theatre,a combination of off-network episodes ofBrandedandThe Guns of Will Sonnett,managed by Leo A. Gutman, Inc.

In 1983, Connors joinedSam Elliott,Cybill Shepherd,Ken Curtis,andNoah Beery Jr.in the short-livedNBCseriesThe Yellow Rose,about a modernTexasranching family.

In 1985, he first guest-starred in the pilot episode which would become a recurring role of "King Powers" in theABCTV seriesSpenser: For Hire,starringRobert Urichas “Spenser” — “with an S, like the poet” — andAvery Brooksas “Hawk.”

In 1987, he co-starred in theFoxseriesWerewolf,as drifter Janos Skorzeny.

In 1988, he guest-starred as "Gideon" in the TV seriesParadise,starringLee Horsley.

In 1991, Connors was inducted into theWestern Performers Hall of Fameat theNational Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseuminOklahoma City.

Personal life

Connors and son, Jeffrey, onThe Riflemanset in 1959. Jeffrey had a role as Toby Halperin in the episode "Tension".

Connors was married three times. He met his first wife, Elizabeth Jane Riddell Connors, at one of his baseball games and they were married on October 1, 1948. They had four sons: Michael (1950–2017), Jeffrey (1952–2014),Stephen (b. 1953), and Kevin (1956–2005). They were divorced in 1961.

Connors marriedKamala Devi(1963) the year after co-starring with her inGeronimo.She also acted with Connors inBranded,Broken Sabre,andCowboy in Africa.They were divorced in 1973.

Connors met his third wife, Faith Quabius, when they both appeared in the filmSoylent Green(1973). They were married in 1977 and divorced in 1979.

Connors was a supporter of theRepublican Partyand attended several fundraisers for campaigns for U.S. PresidentRichard M. Nixon.Connors also backedBarry Goldwaterin the1964 United States presidential election,and Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.He campaigned forRonald Reagan,a personal friend, and marched in support of theVietnam Warin 1967.

General Secretary of the Soviet Communist PartyLeonid Brezhnev(left)and interpreterViktor Sukhodrevmeet Chuck Connors, 1973

Leonid Brezhnev,the leader of the Soviet Union, met Connors when Brezhnev arrived on Air Force One at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station with President Richard Nixon in June 1973. Brezhnev noticed Connors in the group on the tarmac waiting to receive him and the President. Brezhnev shook Connors' hand and then wrapped his arms around him, and leapt into Connors' arms to be lifted up by the hulking American actor. The crowd laughed and clapped at the spectacle. Later, at a party given by Nixon at theWestern White HouseinSan Clemente, California,Connors presented Brezhnev with a pair of Colt Single Action Army "Six-Shooters" (revolvers) which Brezhnev liked greatly.

Few American television programs were permitted to be broadcast in the Soviet Union at that time:The Riflemanwas an exception, because it happened to be Brezhnev's favorite show. Connors and Brezhnev got along so well that Connors accepted an invitation to visit the Soviet leader in Moscow in December 1973. After Brezhnev's death in 1982, Connors expressed an interest in returning to the Soviet Union for the General Secretary's funeral, but the U.S. government would not allow Connors to be part of the official delegation.

Connors was left handed.

On July 18, 1984, Connors was awarded a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame(star location at 6838 Hollywood Blvd.) Over 200 close friends attended, including his family, and actor Johnny Crawford.

Charity

Connors hosted the annual Chuck Connors Charitable Invitational Golf Tournament, through the Chuck Connors Charitable Foundation, at the Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs, California. Proceeds went directly to the Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation and over $400,000 was raised.

Death

Connors died on November 10, 1992, atCedars-Sinai Medical Centerin Los Angeles at the age of 71 oflung cancer.He is buried in theSan Fernando Mission Cemetery.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Pat and Mike	Police Captain
1953	Trouble Along the Way	Stan Schwegler
1953	Code Two	Deputy Sheriff	Uncredited
1953	South Sea Woman	Pvt. Davey White
1954	Dragonfly Squadron	Captain Warnowski
1954	The Human Jungle	Earl Swados
1954	Naked Alibi	Capt. Owen Kincaide
1955	Target Zero	Pvt. Moose
1955	Good Morning, Miss Dove	Bill Holloway
1955	Three Stripes in the Sun	Idaho Johnson
1956	Walk the Dark Street	Frank Garrick
1956	Hot Rod Girl	Det. Ben Merrill
1956	Hold Back the Night	Sgt. Ekland
1957	Tomahawk Trail	Sgt. Wade McCoy
1957	Designing Woman	Johnnie O
1957	Death in Small Doses	Mink Reynolds
1957	The Hired Gun	Judd Farrow
1957	Old Yeller	Burn Sanderson
1958	The Lady Takes a Flyer	Phil Donahoe
1958	The Big Country	Buck Hannassey
1962	Geronimo	Geronimo
1963	Flipper	Porter Ricks
1963	Move Over, Darling	Stephen 'Adam' Burkett
1965	Synanon	Ben
1966	Ride Beyond Vengeance	Jonas Trapp
1968	Kill Them All and Come Back Alone	Clyde McKay
1969	Captain Nemo and the Underwater City	Senator Robert Fraser
1971	The Deserter	Chaplain Reynolds
1971	The Birdmen	Colonel Morgan Crawford
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Swifty Morgan	Uncredited
1972	Embassy	Kesten
1972	The Proud and Damned	Will Hansen
1972	Pancho Villa	Col. Wilcox
1973	The Mad Bomber	William Dorn
1973	Soylent Green	Tab Fielding
1974	99 and 44/100% Dead	Marvin "Claw" Zuckerman
1975	Legend of the Sea Wolf	Wolf Larsen
1979	Tourist Trap	Mr. Slausen
1979	Day of the Assassin	Fleming
1980	Virus	Captain McCloud
1981	Bordello	Jonathan
1982	Hit Man	Sam Fisher
1982	Airplane II: The Sequel	The Sarge
1982	There Was a Little Girl
1983	The Vals	Trish's Father
1983	Balboa	Alabama Dern
1983	Lone Star	Jake Ferrell
1983	Afghanistan pourquoi?	Soviet Colonel
1987	Hell's Heroes	Senator Morris
1987	Sakura Killers	The Colonel
1987	Summer Camp Nightmare	Mr. Warren
1987	Maniac Killer	Professor Roger Osborne
1988	Once Upon a Texas Train	Nash Crawford
1988	Terror Squad	Chief Rawlings
1988	Taxi Killer	Jenny's Father
1989	Trained to Kill	Ed Cooper
1989	Skinheads	Mr. Huston
1990	Last Flight to Hell	Red Farley
1990	Face the Edge	Buddy
1991	Salmonberries	Bingo Chuck
1992	Three Days to a Kill	Capt. Damian Wright
2001	A Man Who Fell from the Sky	Narrator and host

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Your Jeweler's Showcase		Episode: "Three and One Half Musketeers"
1954	Dear Phoebe	Rocky	Episode: "Billy Gets a Job"
1954	Big Town		Episode: "Semper Fi"
1954	Four Star Playhouse	Mervyn / Stan	2 episodes
1954–1957	General Electric Theater	Soldier / Long Jack	2 episodes
1955	Letter to Loretta	Jess Hayes	Episode: "The Girl Who Knew"
1955	City Detective	Sam	Episode: "Trouble in Toyland"
1955	TV Reader's Digest	Charlie Masters	Episode: "The Manufactured Clue"
1955	Private Secretary	Mr. Neanderthal	Episode: "Mr. Neanderthal"
1955	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Stanley O'Connor	Episode: "O'Connor and the Blue-Eyed Felon"
1955	Adventures of Superman	Sylvester J. Superman	Episode: "Flight to the North"
1955	Screen Directors Playhouse	Art Shirley	Episode: "The Brush Roper"
1955–1956	The Star and the Story		3 episodes
1955	Matinee Theatre		Episode: "O'Toole from Moscow"
1955	Cavalcade of America	Harry	Episode: "Barbed Wire Christmas"
1956	Fireside Theatre	Officer Handley	Episode: "The Thread"
1956	Frontier	Thorpe Henderson	Episode: "The Assassin"
1956	Gunsmoke	Sam Keeler	Episode: "The Preacher"
1956	Climax!		Episode: "Fear is the Hunter"
1956	The Joseph Cotten Show	Andy	Episode: "The Nevada Nightingale"
1956	Crossroads	Lou Brissie	Episode: "The Comeback"
1956	The West Point Story	Maj. Nielson	Two episodes
1956	The Gale Storm Show	Ooma	Episode: "The Witch Doctor"
1957	The Millionaire	Hub Grimes	Episode: "The Hub Grimes Story"
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo	Sam Bass / Button Smith	2 episodes
1957	The Silent Service	Lt. Jim Liddell	Episode: "The Story of the U.S.S. Flier"
1957	Wagon Train	Private John Sumter	Episode: "The Charles Avery Story"
1957	The Restless Gun	Toby Yeager	Episode: "Silver Threads"
1958	Hey, Jeannie!	Buck Matthews	Episode: "The Bet"
1958	Date with the Angels	Stacey L. Stacey	Episode: "Double Trouble"
1958	Love That Jill	Cliff	Episode: "They Went Thataway"
1958	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Lucas McCain	Episode: "The Sharpshooter"
1958	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Cephas K. Ham	2 episodes
1958–1963	The Rifleman	Lucas McCain	Lead role 168 episodes
1960	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	George Ainsworth	Episode: "Trial by Fear"
1963–1964	Arrest and Trial	John Egan	Lead role 30 episodes
1965–1966	Branded	Jason McCord	Lead role 48 episodes
1967–1968	Cowboy in Africa	Jim Sinclair	Lead role 26 episodes
1971	The Virginian	Gustaveson	Episode: "The Animal"
1971	The Name of the Game	Governor Brill	Episode: "The Broken Puzzle"
1971	The Birdmen	Colonel Morgan Crawford	TV movie
1972	Night of Terror	Brian DiPaulo	TV movie
1972	Night Gallery	Roderick Blanco	Episode: "The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes"
1973	Set This Town on Fire	Buddy Bates	TV movie
1973	The Horror at 37,000 Feet	Captain Ernie Slade	TV movie
1973	Here's Lucy	Himself	Episode: "Lucy and Chuck Connors Have a Surprise Slumber Party"
1973	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour	Himself	Episode: "Chuck Conners, Howard Cosell, Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe: 9/12/73"
1973–1976	Police Story	Various	4 episodes
1975	The Six Million Dollar Man	Niles Lingstrom	Episode: "The Price of Liberty"
1976	Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free	Sam Ivory	TV movie
1976	Nightmare in Badham County	Sherriff Slim Danen	TV movie
1977	Roots	Tom Moore	Miniseries
1977	The Night They Took Miss Beautiful	Mike O'Toole	TV movie
1978	Standing Tall	Major Roland Hartline	TV movie
1980	Stone	Tom Lettleman	Episode: "Case Number HM-89428, Homicide"
1981	Walking Tall	Theo Brewster	Episode: "Kidnapped"
1982	Best of the West		Episode: "Frog's First Gunfight"
1982	The Capture of Grizzly Adams	Frank Briggs	TV movie
1982	Fantasy Island	Frank Barton	Episode: "Sitting Duck/Sweet Suzi Swann"
1983	Lone Star	Jake Farrell	TV movie
1983	Kelsey's Son	Boone Kelsey	TV movie
1983	The Love Boat	Roy	Episode: "Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers"
1983	Matt Houston	Castanos	Episode: "Get Houston"
1983–1984	The Yellow Rose	Jeb Hollister	Main cast 21 episodes
1985	Spenser: For Hire	King Powers	2 episodes
1985–1989	Murder, She Wrote	Fred Keller / Tyler Morgan	2 episodes
1985	The All-American Cowboy		TV movie
1987	Werewolf	Captain Janos Skorzeny	Recurring role 5 episodes
1988	Once Upon a Texas Train	Nash Crawford	TV movie
1988	Wolf		Episode: "Pilot"
1989	High Desert Kill	Stan Brown	TV movie
1989–1990	Paradise	Gideon McKay	3 episodes
1991	The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw	Lucas McCain	TV movie

External links

• Official website(Internet Archive)
• The Rifleman:Chuck Connors
• Chuck ConnorsatIMDb
• Chuck Connorsat theTCM Movie Database
• Chuck ConnorsatAllMovie
• Jack Bales,"'The Rifleman' (As a Cub)".WrigleyIvy.

• Career statistics and player information fromNBAandBasketball-Reference

• Career statistics and player information fromMLB,orBaseball Reference,orBaseball Reference (Minors)
• TVparty– Meeting with Brezhnev
• Timemagazine– Meeting with Brezhnev
• Chuck ConnorsatFind a Grave