Imposing, lantern-jawed leading man of TV, most famous as Lucas McCain, the righteous, chain-smoking... (Learn more)
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Chuck Connors’s Milestones
| Began acting career | |
| Sent down to the Angels, the Cubs' farm team in Los Angeles | |
| Served in the Army for four years during World War II, mainly as a tank instructor at West Point | |
| 1946 | Signed as a professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics |
| 1949 | Switched to pro baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1951 | Played for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1952 | Early credit in a major film, George Cukor's "Pat and Mike", starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn |
| 1958 - 1963 | Cast as Lucas McCain in the popular TV series, "The Rifleman" |
| 1973 | Met longtime fan, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, at a poolside party given by President Nixon in San Clemente |
| 1977 | Appeared in an Emmy-nominated role as a lustful slave owner in the ABC-TV miniseries, "Roots" |
| 1979 | Final major starring role in a feature, "Tourist Trap", a horror film set in a wax museum |
| 1991 | Reprised the role of Lucas McCain, "The Rifleman" for the TV movie, "Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns", starring Kenny Rogers |
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