Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 12 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly-rated ABC series The Rifleman (1958–63).
Selected filmography:
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Films
- Designing Woman (1957) as Johnnie O
- Old Yeller (1957) as Burn Sanderson
- The Big Country (1958) as Buck Hannassey
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) as Sen. Robert Fraser
- The Deserter (1971) as Chaplain Reynolds
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Swifty Morgan
- Soylent Green (1973) as Tab Fielding
- Tourist Trap (1979) as Mr. Slausen
- Virus (1980) (1980) as Captain McCloud
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) as The Sarge
- Summer Camp Nightmare (1987) as Mr. Warren
- Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) as Nash Crawford
Live Action TV
- The Rifleman as Lucas McCain
- Branded as Jason McCord
- Roots (1977) as Tom Moore
- Werewolf (1987) as Captain Janos Skorzeny
