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Mike Connors, ‘Mannix’ Star, Dies at 91
Variety ^ | January 26, 2017 | Pat Saperstein

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.

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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
...it confused me, because PM was the good guy and the prosecutor always had egg on his face at the end.

William Talman (who portrayed D.A. Burger) said that Burger would have considered his losses to PM as "wins", because in the end he would not have wanted to convict the wrong people.

61 posted on 01/26/2017 8:29:57 PM PST by thulldud
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To: PallMal
I remembered Mike Connors from an earlier series, "Tightrope".

The undercover cop played by Connors carried a small revolver in the small of his back. The bad guys never found it when they frisked him.

I just watched episode 1. I recognized a line that probably appears in most of the episodes: "In all the excitement, one man got away."

62 posted on 01/26/2017 8:37:24 PM PST by William Tell
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To: Falconspeed

I grew up in Tarzana. It has been very much a bedroom community of the entertainment industry. Pretty Jewish, too.


63 posted on 01/26/2017 9:22:45 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: FamiliarFace

Come to think of it, when I saw Mr. Connors in Malibu, he was playing a game of checkers. Don’t know why I said “chess.”

I liked California much better back in those days.


64 posted on 01/26/2017 9:39:24 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Our 8 Year Nightmare Has Ended!)
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To: PallMal
He’s of Armenian decent. Actual name is “Kreker Ohanian” and a WWII vet.

Wow. I had no idea. May he rest in peace...

65 posted on 01/26/2017 9:46:50 PM PST by nutmeg (CNN has *always* been FAKE NEWS)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken; poinq

Don’t forget about the cut brake lines!

I think if he had married Peggy, things would be different today.


66 posted on 01/26/2017 10:17:25 PM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

So in other words, he started off in season 1 as a conservative but by Season3 he was a brain dead liberal...


67 posted on 01/26/2017 10:20:55 PM PST by crusher2013
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To: McGarrett

FWIW I’m no drummer but it might have been the High Hat - small cymbals stacked on a foot pedal.

If I’m remembering the sound you’re mentioning ......


68 posted on 01/27/2017 12:06:04 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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69 posted on 01/27/2017 12:08:10 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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Technically >>operated<< by the foot pedal.


70 posted on 01/27/2017 12:09:20 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: FamiliarFace

Some years ago I saw a documentary that featured him a bit. During his prime money-making years, he still resided in his modest home in a quiet neighborhood, and kept his wife.


71 posted on 01/27/2017 3:44:40 AM PST by odawg
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

Only in a government job could Berger stay on despite blowing high profile and costly cases on a routine basis.

At least Berger wasn’t a power mad nut with axes to grind.


72 posted on 01/27/2017 3:45:58 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: yarddog

The casting on Perry Mason could have been this.
Actually William Hopper, who played Paul Drake was considered for Perry Mason and Raymond Burr for Paul Drake.
In the end they switched them.


73 posted on 01/27/2017 6:14:35 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I couldn’t see PM being successful with Hopper and Burr in opposite roles.


74 posted on 01/27/2017 3:59:40 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I couldn’t see PM being successful with Hopper and Burr in opposite roles.


75 posted on 01/27/2017 3:59:49 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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