AMERICAN TV ICON
CHUCK CONNORS
Actor Chuck Connors is truly an America Western Icon. Chuck's roles on the 1960's T.V. series "The Rifleman" (1958-1963) was well received and well known by many T.V. viewers. Though not as popular as other T.V. series like Gunsmoke or Bonanza. The Rifleman had its lions share of viewers. According to Neilsen ratings, The Rifleman was watched regularly by 40-45 million households in the united states. Chuck Connors had a towering 6-foot-5 frame and a rapid-fire Winchester, his unmistakable presence and chiseled appearance are from the golden age of Westerns, and there was no one quite like Chuck Connors.
Photo of Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford
as his son Mark. From the T.V. program The Rifleman.
Photo in the public domain.
Before he ever rode the American frontier or shouldered a modified 1892 rifle as Lucas McCain on The Rifleman, Chuck (Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors) lived a separate life. He was a true multi-sport athlete—one of the handful of players in professional sports history to play both Major League Baseball (for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs) and professional basketball (for the Boston Celtics). Chuck also had an extensive filmography which included movies like Branded (1965), A Cowboy in Africa (1967) and Roots (1972).
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