Chuck Connors

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Apr 10, 1921
Died	Nov 10, 1992 (71)
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Popularity	1 (history)
Updated	Jul 08, 2025
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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 Chu ... ck Connors, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance

2023

as (archive footage)

Three Days To A Kill

1992

as Capt. Damian Wright

Salmonberries

1991

as Bingo Chuck

Last Flight To Hell

1990

as Red Farley

Face The Edge

1990

as Buddy

Skinheads

1989

as Mr. Huston

High Desert Kill

1989

as Stan Brown

Trained To Kill

1989

as Ed Cooper

Terror Squad

1988

as Chief Rawlings

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988

as Nash Crawford

Maniac Killer

1987

as Professor Roger Osborne

Summer Camp Nightmare

1987

as Mr. Warren

Sakura Killers

1987

as The Colonel

Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell's Heroes

1987

as Senator Morris

The Steel Collar Man

1985

as J.G. Willis

Balboa

1983

as Alabama Dern

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as The Sarge

The Vals

1982

as Trish's Father

The Best of Sex and Violence

1982

as (archive footage)

The Capture of Grizzly Adams

1982

as Frank Briggs

Tourist Trap

1979

as Mr. Slausen

Day of the Assassin

1979

as Fleming

Standing Tall

1978

as Maj. Roland Hartline

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977

as Mike O'Toole

Nightmare in Badham County

1976

as Sheriff Danen

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

1976

as Sam Ivory

Legend of the Sea Wolf

1975

as Wolf-Larsen

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

as Claw Zuckerman

Set This Town on Fire

1973

as Buddy Bates

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973

as Captain Ernie Slade

The Mad Bomber

1973

as William Dorn

Soylent Green

1973

as Tab Fielding

The Birdmen

1973

as Colonel Morgan Crawford

Embassy

1972

as Kesten

Night of Terror

1972

as Brian DiPaulo

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

as 'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)

The Deserter

1970

as Reynolds

Hollywood Blue

1970

as (archive footage)

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

1969

as Senator Robert Fraser

Ride Beyond Vengeance

1966

as Jonas Trapp

Broken Sabre

1965

as Jason McCord

Synanon

1965

as Ben

Flipper

1963

as Porter Ricks

Move Over, Darling

1963

as Stephen Burkett

Geronimo

1962

as Geronimo

The Lady Takes a Flyer

1958

as Phil Donahoe

The Big Country

1958

as Buck Hannassey

Death in Small Doses

1957

as Mink Reynolds

The Hired Gun

1957

as Judd Farrow

Old Yeller

1957

as Sanderson

Designing Woman

1957

as Johnnie 'O'

Walk the Dark Street

1956

as Frank Garrick

Hot Rod Girl

1956

as Detective Ben Merrill

Boy with a Knife

1956

as Bud Williams

Hold Back The Night

1956

as Sgt. Ekland

Target Zero

1955

as Pvt. Moose

Three Stripes in the Sun

1955

as Idaho Johnson

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

as Bill Holloway

Dragonfly Squadron

1954

as Capt. Warnowski

The Human Jungle

1954

as Earl Swados

Naked Alibi

1954

as Capt. Owen Kincaide

Trouble Along the Way

1953

as Stan Schwegler

South Sea Woman

1953

as Pvt. Davey White

Pat and Mike

1952

as Police Captain

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Organization	Category	Movie
Golden Globes	Best Supporting Actor	The Big Country	Nominated

The Rifleman

as Lucas McCain

Episodes: 168

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Branded

as Captain Jason McCord

Episodes: 48

First Aired: Jan 24, 1965

Arrest and Trial

as Attorney John Egan

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Sep 15, 1963

Cowboy in Africa

as Jim Sinclair

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Sep 11, 1967

The Yellow Rose

as Jeb Hollister

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Oct 02, 1983

Roots

as Tom Moore

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 23, 1977

Murder, She Wrote

as Fred Keller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Here's Lucy

as Chuck Connors

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

Gunsmoke

as Sam Keeler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Night Gallery

as Roderick Blanco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1970

General Electric Theater

as Long Jack

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Millionaire

as Hub Grimes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Stanley O'Connor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

General Electric Theater

as Soldier

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Cavalcade of America

as Harry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Lucas McCain

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as George Ainsworth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1959

Letter to Loretta

as Jess Hayes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Werewolf

as Captain Janos Skorzeny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 11, 1987

Murder, She Wrote

as Tyler Morgan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Adventures of Superman

as Sylvester J. Superman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1952

The Star and the Story

as Attendant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1955

Four Star Playhouse

as Stan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Mervyn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Rocky Nelson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 18, 1957

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Niles Lingstrom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

Spenser: For Hire

as King Powers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1985

The Virginian

as Gustaveson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Matt Houston

as Castanos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Miss USA

as Judge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 17, 1963

Miss USA

as Entertainment

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 17, 1963

Police Story

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

West Point

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 07, 1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

Spenser: For Hire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1985

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 01, 1971

The Name of the Game

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Paradise

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 1988

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1970

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1968

City Detective

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1953

Hero

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Stone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1980

The Dick Clark Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 15, 1958

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Guest Performer (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Big Party

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1959

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Accepting Award

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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