Posted on 01/26/2017 7:01:44 PM PST by PallMal
Mike Connors, best known for playing detective Joe Mannix on 1960s and ’70s show “Mannix,” died Thursday in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91.
(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...
I read the same thing.
Burr actually was really good in the roll. I personally think Perry Mason was the best show ever. Della Street was a doll. I read also that Orson Wells thought Ray Collins (Lt. Tragg) was the best actor he ever knew.
Mannix was one of the better old TV shows.
Theme song by Lalo Schifrin, who also wrote theme song for Mission Impossible, and significant score elements for Dirty Harry.
Produced a score for The Exorcist, which was rejected by William Friedkin (who used Tubular Bells instead).
Just as Henry Mancini did a score for Frenzy, which was rejected by Alfred Hitchcock, who used music by Ron Goodwin instead.
(Many many years ago) One of the funniest “Lucy Show” episodes I ever saw had Mike Connors as the guest star. He was in his heyday as the star of “Mannix.”
Somehow Lucy and Connors got tied up in ropes by bad guys, they were in chairs back-to-back. All their efforts to escape were just hilarious. Mike Connors fit right in with the slapstick physical humor, he was very good. After all this time I still remember that very funny episode.
R.I.P.
My favorite thing on Mannix, his Car Phone.
It consisted of a House Phone handle with the curled wire hanging down. Looked like it came off my Mother’s Princess Phone.
You never saw where the wire was connected inside the car, probably because it wasn’t.
I like the one were an old army buddy is visiting Mannix.
Mannix..damn shame, I always liked that showed.
His real Armenian name was Krekor Ohanian. I memorized that name as a kid, it was so unusual and different than his stage name.
There goes another part of my youth. RIP Mike Connors. Thank you for all that fun on TV in the 60s and 70s.
PM is definitely a gold standard program. I liked William Hopper aka Paul Drake.
Burr did some radio drama, Fort Laramie. It’s rather good.
I’ve got a few Mannix DVDs around, maybe they’ll get some play this weekend.
Mannix would also always flying tackle some thug from way up high in a warehouse, making stacks of obviously empty boxes go flying.
Well, he did have to stay in touch with Peggy.....rrrowrr.
What ever happened to Peggy? Good looking woman, and faithful assistant?
Jerry: We're doing sixty miles an hour!
George: So we jump and roll, you won't get hurt.
Jerry: Who are you, Mannix?
RIP
That happened quite often with Inspector Lou Erskine as well.
On “Mannix”, he drove an Olds Toronado convertible that was custom made for the show(It may have been one of car customizer George Barris’ designs.)
Gail Fisher passed away in 2000.
That must’ve been early in the series. I recall Mannix driving a series of Mopar vehicles, even a Cuda.
Peggy (Gail Fisher) died in 2000.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.