Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors in Skinheads

Chuck Connors (1921 - 1992)

Former player with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs baseball teams

Former player with the Boston Celtics basketball team

Film Deaths

• Walk the Dark Street (1956) [Frank Garrick]: Dies of a heart attack.
• The Big Country (1958) [Buck Hannassey]: Shot in the chest by his father (Burl Ives), after Chuck unsuccessfully tries to kill Gregory Peck by firing the signal during a duel; he dies in Burl's arms shortly afterwards.

• The Deserter (La Spina dorsale del diavolo; The Devil's Backbone) (1971) [Reynolds]: Killed in a battle with Apache warriors.

• The Mad Bomber (Detective Geronimo; The Police Connection) (1973) [William Dorn]: Commits suicide by blowing himself up with one of his own explosives.

• Soylent Green (1973) [Tab Fielding]: Stabbed to death with a knife in a fight with Charlton Heston in a cathedral.

• 99 and 44/100% Dead (Call Harry Brown) (1974) [Marvin 'Claw' Zuckerman]: Thrown into a vat of chemicals at the end of a fight with Richard Harris in a factory.

• Tourist Trap (1979) [Mr. Slausen]: Hit in the neck with a hatchet by Jocelyn Jones.
• Virus (Day of Resurrection; Fukkatsu no hi) (1980) [Capt. McCloud - HMS Nereid]: Dies when the base he is on is hit by a nuclear bomb.

• The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982) [Frank Briggs]: Falls off of a bridge at the end of a fight with Dan Haggerty.

• Summer Camp Nightmare (The Butterfly Revolution) (1987) [Mr. Warren]: Accidentally stabbed to death by Stuart Rogers in the woods during a struggle.

• Skinheads (Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate) (1989) [Mr. Huston]: Shot in the chest by Brian Brophy in Chuck's cabin; Chuck manages to ignite a gunpowder booby-trap with his shotgun before dying.

TV Deaths

• Night Gallery: The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes (1972) [Roderick Blanco]: Rapidly ages to death after losing his champion title (and thus his immortality) in a boxing match with Gary Lockwood.

• Roots (1977 TV mini-series) [Tom Moore]: Dies (off-screen) of natural causes.

• Matt Houston: Get Houston (1983) [Castanos] Dives out of a high window while trying to escape from the police (off screen). We learn of it when Pamela Hensley tells Lee Horsley, after she receives the news in a phone call.

• Werewolf: The Black Ship (1987) [Janos Skorzeny]: Killed in a struggle with John J. York while both of them are in their werewolf forms.

• Murder, She Wrote: Coal Miner's Slaughter (1988) [Tyler Morgan]: Shot to death with his own rifle by Cliff De Young.

Notable Connections

• Ex-Mr. Kamala Devi.

• Ex-Mr. Faith Quabius.