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) [Edward Slausen]: Hit in the neck with a hatchet by Jocelyn Jones.
- Virus (Day of Resurrection; Fukkatsu no hi) (1980) [Capt. McCloud - HMS Nereid]: Presumably dies when the submarine he is in is hit by a nuclear bomb. Even if he didn't die there, he's implied to have died in the scenes that are set four years later after the event as Masao Kusakari appears to be the only survivor.
- 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.
Television 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) [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.
Gallery[]
Chuck Connors in Soylent Green
Chuck Connors in Tourist Trap
Notable Connections[]
- Ex-Mr. Kamala Devi.
- Ex-Mr. Faith Quabius.