# Mike Connors RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309 "2017-01-27T11:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/21 "2017-01-27T20:23:13Z")
Here are photos of Gregoire Aslan and Joseph Barnard. It’s easy to see how I confused them after 40 years: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8p2AqotY014ANpOJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIydmdtdXZpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyMTRmOTU4NDc4MjIzZTZkZGUwMWRkYzQyY2E5MjA0ZgRncG9zAzIEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dgregoire%2Baslan%26fr%3Dmcafee%26imgurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmovie-dude.co.uk%252FGregoire%252520Aslan%252520%252520%2526%252339%253BThe%252520Saint%2526%252339%253B%252520%25281968%2529%2525206.6.jpg%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D2&w=190&h=270&imgurl=movie-dude.co.uk%2FGregoire%2520Aslan%2520%2520'The%2520Saint'%2520(1968)%25206.6.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmovie-dude.co.uk%2FGregoire%2520Aslan.htm&size=+9.0KB&name=\Gregoire+Aslan\<%2Fb\>&p=gregoire+aslan&oid=214f958478223e6dde01ddc42ca9204f&fr2=&fr=mcafee&tt=\Gregoire+Aslan\<%2Fb\>&b=0&ni=108&no=2&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11c4qjuq0&sigb=16rfictpp&sigi=1271ai25j&sigt=10l2knt9k&sign=10l2knt9k&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8p2AqotY014ANpOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIydmdtdXZpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyMTRmOTU4NDc4MjIzZTZkZGUwMWRkYzQyY2E5MjA0ZgRncG9zAzIEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dgregoire%2Baslan%26fr%3Dmcafee%26imgurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmovie-dude.co.uk%252FGregoire%252520Aslan%252520%252520%2526%252339%253BThe%252520Saint%2526%252339%253B%252520%25281968%2529%2525206.6.jpg%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D2&w=190&h=270&imgurl=movie-dude.co.uk%2FGregoire%2520Aslan%2520%2520%27The%2520Saint%27%2520%281968%29%25206.6.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmovie-dude.co.uk%2FGregoire%2520Aslan.htm&size=+9.0KB&name=%3Cb%3EGregoire+Aslan%3C%2Fb%3E&p=gregoire+aslan&oid=214f958478223e6dde01ddc42ca9204f&fr2=&fr=mcafee&tt=%3Cb%3EGregoire+Aslan%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0&ni=108&no=2&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11c4qjuq0&sigb=16rfictpp&sigi=1271ai25j&sigt=10l2knt9k&sign=10l2knt9k&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee) > **[Tark](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tark)** > > Tark was an Argelian musician from Argelius II and the father of the female dancer Kara. Both had had a show together since Kara had been a little girl, when Kara was brutally murdered in 2267 by the Redjac entity. Tark was saddened about her death,... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/22 "2017-01-27T20:24:46Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Got it.](https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA783&lpg=PA783&dq=ohanian+pilot+tv&source=bl&ots=R3EHmiWQ9v&sig=PpMfc4KWHFasWmUKcKmo4LujZXs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN6trZjePRAhXL6iYKHa3bDJAQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=ohanian%20pilot%20tv&f=false) > > Possibly worth noting that aside from Gail Fisher as ‘Peggy,’ there was another recurring character for most of the series, Lt. Art Malcolm, played by Robert Ward Wood. > > According to an interview with Connors some years ago, Wood kept a dirty \*coat of some sort. The reason, according to Connors, was that Wood had confided that he had spent a number of years as an alcoholic, and had basically nothing as the result, except for the old coat. He did eventually get clean, but kept the coat as a reminder of how down he had been. I was surprised that this wasn’t listed on the imdb, so I went back to check – I think it is, but under the title of the pilot – _The Killer Who Wouldn’t Die_. The description matches yours, except that the detective’s name is _Karl_ Ohanian, not Kirk. It looks like James Shigeta (not Keye Luke) might be the diplomat > **[The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (TV Movie 1976) ⭐ 6.2 | Drama, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074748/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32)** > > 1h 40m ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/23 "2017-01-27T20:26:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Here are photos of Gregoire Aslan and Joseph Barnard. It’s easy to see how I confused them after 40 years:. . You and me, both. In my head, that role was being played by Harold J. Stone! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/24 "2017-01-27T20:37:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It looks like James Shigeta (not Keye Luke) might be the diplomat > > [The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (TV Movie 1976) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074748/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32) Nope, it was Philip Ahn. I’m certain of that! [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8pdqr4tYDBoAtbyJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIzNHB0bGViBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwZjJkM2ExYTQ1OTNlYzk0ODU5YWZiZGJhMWY4N2I0NARncG9zAzg0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dphilip%2Bahn%26fr%3Dmcafee%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D84&w=144&h=171&imgurl=www.philipahn.com%2Fport01a.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philipahn.com%2Fpacessay.html&size=49.7KB&name=\Philip+Ahn\<%2Fb\>%3A+Born+in+America&p=philip+ahn&oid=0f2d3a1a4593ec94859afbdba1f87b44&fr2=piv-web&fr=mcafee&tt=\Philip+Ahn\<%2Fb\>%3A+Born+in+America&b=61&ni=21&no=84&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=116cduoel&sigb=139h4mg3c&sigi=10tnddhd9&sigt=112l907vh&sign=112l907vh&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pdqr4tYDBoAtbyJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzNHB0bGViBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwZjJkM2ExYTQ1OTNlYzk0ODU5YWZiZGJhMWY4N2I0NARncG9zAzg0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dphilip%2Bahn%26fr%3Dmcafee%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D84&w=144&h=171&imgurl=www.philipahn.com%2Fport01a.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philipahn.com%2Fpacessay.html&size=49.7KB&name=%3Cb%3EPhilip+Ahn%3C%2Fb%3E%3A+Born+in+America&p=philip+ahn&oid=0f2d3a1a4593ec94859afbdba1f87b44&fr2=piv-web&fr=mcafee&tt=%3Cb%3EPhilip+Ahn%3C%2Fb%3E%3A+Born+in+America&b=61&ni=21&no=84&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=116cduoel&sigb=139h4mg3c&sigi=10tnddhd9&sigt=112l907vh&sign=112l907vh&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/25 "2017-01-27T22:36:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Nope, it was Philip Ahn. I’m certain of that! > > [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8pdqr4tYDBoAtbyJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIzNHB0bGViBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwZjJkM2ExYTQ1OTNlYzk0ODU5YWZiZGJhMWY4N2I0NARncG9zAzg0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dphilip%2Bahn%26fr%3Dmcafee%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D84&w=144&h=171&imgurl=www.philipahn.com%2Fport01a.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philipahn.com%2Fpacessay.html&size=49.7KB&name=\Philip+Ahn\<%2Fb\>%3A+Born+in+America&p=philip+ahn&oid=0f2d3a1a4593ec94859afbdba1f87b44&fr2=piv-web&fr=mcafee&tt=\Philip+Ahn\<%2Fb\>%3A+Born+in+America&b=61&ni=21&no=84&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=116cduoel&sigb=139h4mg3c&sigi=10tnddhd9&sigt=112l907vh&sign=112l907vh&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pdqr4tYDBoAtbyJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzNHB0bGViBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwZjJkM2ExYTQ1OTNlYzk0ODU5YWZiZGJhMWY4N2I0NARncG9zAzg0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dphilip%2Bahn%26fr%3Dmcafee%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D84&w=144&h=171&imgurl=www.philipahn.com%2Fport01a.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philipahn.com%2Fpacessay.html&size=49.7KB&name=%3Cb%3EPhilip+Ahn%3C%2Fb%3E%3A+Born+in+America&p=philip+ahn&oid=0f2d3a1a4593ec94859afbdba1f87b44&fr2=piv-web&fr=mcafee&tt=%3Cb%3EPhilip+Ahn%3C%2Fb%3E%3A+Born+in+America&b=61&ni=21&no=84&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=116cduoel&sigb=139h4mg3c&sigi=10tnddhd9&sigt=112l907vh&sign=112l907vh&.crumb=bxQvwdkzFHF&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web) Well, he’s listed in the cast. I just chose Shigeta as the most familiar appropriate name in the cast, and thus possibly the likeliest. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/26 "2017-01-27T22:46:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Well, he’s listed in the cast. I just chose Shigeta as the most familiar appropriate name in the cast, and thus possibly the likeliest. As soon as I saw his name, my memory kicked in. The two Asian actors I would immediately recognize from that period are Luke and Ahn (“that \*\*other \*\*Asian guy”). I don’t recall Shigeta being in it at all, but I don’t remember Mariette Hartley being in it either. **THAT** is odd! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/27 "2017-01-27T22:53:42Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You _do_ know that Kenny didn’t really die in every episode of _South Park_, right? Actually Connors had a number of injuries, at least during the first season, from doing his own stunts. I think broken bones were mentioned. (Long about the second or third commercial break, my dad used to say "it’s about time for Mannix to get hit over the head, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/28 "2017-01-27T23:04:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’m surprised Mike Connors lasted as long as he did, seeing that he was the all-time network TV leader in concussions (someone bashed Mannix in the head on virtually every show). This was my initial reaction. We used to love watching the show. And waiting for the obligatory hit-by-a-car (tumbling over the hood) scene ! I think he must hold the record among TV PI’s for the number of such hits he’d sustained ! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/29 "2017-01-27T23:24:45Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > This was my initial reaction. We used to love watching the show. And waiting for the obligatory hit-by-a-car (tumbling over the hood) scene ! I think he must hold the record among TV PI’s for the number of such hits he’d sustained ! More than Jim Rockford? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/30 "2017-01-28T00:00:09Z")
Rockford was only on for six seasons; two more and they might have tied, but I doubt either one would remember it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309/31 "2017-01-28T00:23:30Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > This was my initial reaction. We used to love watching the show. And waiting for the obligatory hit-by-a-car (tumbling over the hood) scene ! I think he must hold the record among TV PI’s for the number of such hits he’d sustained ! The last panel of the Mad TV satire (_Mann-eccch_, IIRC) had Mannix pulling off a mask to show how he covered up all the injuries he sustained in the show [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309.md?page=1)