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Chuck Connors - Wikipedia. Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player.
Playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946, Chuck Connors was the first NBA player to shatter a backboard, doing so during a pre-game warm-up in the Boston Garden. Connors was one of only twelve athletes in history to have played for both Major League Baseball and in the NBA. 31 more All.
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, a former professional basketball and baseball player who gained stardom as an actor on the television series "The Rifleman," died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in...
Chuck Connors. Actor: Tourist Trap. Chuck Connors was born Kevin Joseph Connors in Brooklyn, New York, to Marcella (nee Lundrigan; died 1971) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors (died 1966), Roman Catholic immigrants of Irish descent from the Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Canada).
Chuck Connors was the first person in the history of the ‘NBA’ to shatter a glass backboard in a pregame warm-up session. In the 1960s and 1970s, Chuck was active in Republican politics. He was a strong supporter of Richard Nixon who became the President of the United States in 1968.
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, the professional baseball player who became an actor best known for his title role in the television series “The Rifleman,” died Tuesday. He was 71. The 6-foot, 5-inch actor died...
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, who gained fame as the tough, gun-toting single father on the long-running television series "The Rifleman," died yesterday in Los Angeles of lung cancer. He was 71.
Nov 10, 1992 · 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.
Chuck Connors, the "Mayor of Chinatown" around the turn of the previous century, was born George Washington Connors, most likely in Providence, Rhode Island, though he claimed to have been born on Mott Street in what is now New York City's Little Italy.
As the father of four boys in real life, playing a strong father figure came naturally to Chuck Connors. Standing 6'5", Connors' physical stature, rugged build and good looks also made him ideally suited for the role. He learned to shoot and do his own stunts to prepare for the role.
