Mike Connors on playing Joe Mannix
Original Airdates: Aug. 9-12, 2024
TVC 657.4: From May 2014: Ed welcomes Mike Connors, the actor known to three generations of television viewers as private eye Joe Mannix. Co-hosting this segment is David Breckman, writer, director, and co-executive producer of Monk, and a huge fan of Mannix. Mike Connors passed away in January 2017.
Mike Connors on his early work in movies and television
Original Airdates: Aug. 9-12, 2024
TVC 657.5: From May 2014: Ed and guest co-host David Breckman talk to Mike Connors about some of his early film roles, including working with John Wayne, William Wellman, and Roger Corman, John Wayne, as well as his short-lived but fondly remembered series Tightrope (CBS, 1959-1960). Mike Connors passed away in January 2017. Also in this segment: A clip from January 2017 in which Arthur Marks, producer and director of the original Perry Mason television series, shares a few memories of his friend Mike Connors.
Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television is available right now from our friends at BearManor Media.
