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Military

In October of 1942, Chuck Connors dropped out of school (Seton Hall) on his senior year to enlist in the US Army. He served as an instructor at the tank-warfare school at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, followed by a posting at West Point. He was discharged in 1946.

I know the Campbells, they have a difficulties with the Truth! Cibwin2885 (talk) 01:22, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Underground film career?

Haven't there been rumors that he played in stag films (as they were then called) at some point in his career? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 12:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I, too have heard these rumors. From the best I can tell, they are not true. It stems from an early 70's male-on-male porno involving a man who looked similar to (but was not) Chuck Connors. Interestingly, the real Chuck Connors has a foreskin whereas this look-a-like did not. Or so teh internets tell me. 71.205.13.162 04:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a stag film circa 1943 with an "actor" who looks like Connors. The footage is grainy, so it's difficult to make a positive ID based on that alone, but that's the film that's linked to the rumor. Bbreezeg (talk) 07:47, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Saw a frame from the porn in a magazine once. Easy to see how people could be confused, because it was a close facial resemblance. But it looked to me as though he wasn't as tall as Connors, either. Hypercallipygian (talk) 06:49, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck Connors played baseball with my father in Cuba in the early 50's. Chuck taught me how to swim! We have shots of him on old home films my dad took in Havana.

Chuck was my cousin (somehow) He was the first player to break a backboard in the NBA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.95.182.125 (talk) 14:04, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Anderson (obcpastor@comcast.net)

I Just Seen him On A Episode Of The Night Gallery Dated 1973, Titled "The Ring With The Red Velvet Ropes", Staring Gary Lockwood, Joan Van Ark, With Chuck Connors. A Heavyweight champion must fight one more bout.

haley sparks was a long relitive —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.113.13.229 (talk) 19:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox birthplace flagicon

I've just changed the flagicon in the infobox for his birthplace, since Newfoundland wasn't in Canada at the time. -- Arwel (talk) 01:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Numerous sources [1] [2], [3], [4] list his place of birth as Brooklyn, New York. Why is Placentia Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland listed here? Hirolovesswords 23:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Brezhnev presents

Connors presented Brezhnev with a set of pistols that had been used on the set of Branded. As Connors' role name in the international version of "The Rifleman" was John McLean it was said that Brezhnev was fond of this character because of the similarity to a Western spy of the same name who worked for the Soviet Union. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.5.99.252 (talk) 11:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion re' 1942

Two differing accounts. In one he enlisted in the army; the second is he left to play for Yanks, but after a year army grabbed him. Both can't be correct. Will someone please change.Mwinog2777 (talk) 04:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Complete rewrite

This article is probably one of the less appealing ones on w/p. If there is any way someone could proof read and edit this article, that would be fantastic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.93.131.83 (talk)

Edit

I just made a large edit to the article - mainly tried to tighten it up and remove bad sentence structure, spelling, and grammar. It's still pretty awkward reading because I didn't want to revamp the whole article from start to finish. If I did delete any necessary info, please feel free to put said info back in. I deleted the entire quotes section: the quotes can be found on IMDB and I feel that an actor of Connors' fame doesn't need a whole section of quotes; it's not John Wayne we're writing about here.

The reference in the biography section links up to a fan site - guess it should be changed to link up to a more reliable and professional resource such as IMDB. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claire Wolf (talk • contribs) 23:26, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article needs correction.

I was a young lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1973 when Air Force One arrived at El Toro MCB. Onboard were Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev. Waiting to receive them at the bottom of the steps was a group of people, one of whom was Chuck Connors. Given his height, Connors was quite prominent.

Brezhnev and Nixon came down the steps and they walked to the group. Brezhnev was obviously in a buoyant mood, and it was clear that he was mostly interested in Connors. He suddenly threw his arms around Connors in a bear hug. He then picked up Connors, a much taller man, and lifted him off his feet and upward by at least a foot. His effort elicited great laughter in the group, including from Connors, himself. That would have been where Brezhnev met Connors, not at a party at the Western White House later.

What happened after Nixon, Brezhnev, and the receiving group left the airport I was not, of course, privy to. ECMann (talk) 22:45, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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overlooked movie

Connors starred in "The Proud and the Damned" as Will Hansen in 1972. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.237.115.202 (talk) 01:04, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit with summery listing "mainly cleaned up style, grammar, redundancy"

I have not looked closely but there was a lot of content removed and the edit summery indicated that it was a clean up that included redundancy. When someone removes a lot of referenced content it is more than just "cleaning up redundancy". I am not saying this is a bad thing yet and will look. Content reflecting his sports career is encyclopedic and it is of interest that he was the first player to break a backboard that is noted at Backboard shattering. I started watching Connors as far back as 1963, and he was famous as a long time actor, but he did have a professional sports career that I was not aware of except through Wikipedia, so there is nothing wrong with the article expounding on this. Otr500 (talk) 23:09, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Smoking

Chuck Connors admitted in an interview at the time of "The Rifleman" that he smoked three packs of Camel cigarettes a day. He did apparently quit smoking in the mid-1970s, although he said in a 1987 interview that he had started again. I think this should be in the article as it was the main cause of his death. (92.11.206.6 (talk) 14:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Never in NBA

Chuck Connors is not one of 12 athletes to play in both MLB and the NBA, nor is he the first NBA player to break a backboard. Connors played for the Celtics when they were in the BAA. Randall Bart Talk 16:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree! Cibwin2885 (talk) 01:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was just a name change. The BAA is counted as the NBA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association -Topcat777 20:14, 8 April 2022

Drafted by the Chicago Bears

There is no information which shows Connors was drafted by the Chicago Bears. MeTV.com is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.254.120.214 (talk) 16:16, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rifleman images

There are 5 images of Connors from the Rifleman in this article. It seems excessive. Considering he acted in 61 films and 73 television shows. One is sufficient. Maineartists (talk) 00:00, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

5 images of legendary Connors is only a good START on what fans would like to see!!!!!! 76.14.213.246 (talk) 09:58, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck Connors TV

Why is there no mention of the television series Branded in his TV career. 86.20.185.125 (talk) 20:10, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]