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Connors beat 40 other actors for the lead in The Rifleman, portraying Lucas McCain, a widowed rancher known for his skill with a customized Winchester rifle. This ABC Western series, which aired from 1958 to 1963, was also the first show to feature a widowed father raising a young child. [24]
During the next several years Connors made 20 movies, culminating in a key role in William Wyler 's 1958 western The Big Country (1958). Also appearing in many television series, he finally hit the big time in 1958 with The Rifleman (1958), which began its highly successful five-year run on ABC.
The Rifleman: With Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson. The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
The Rifleman is an American Western television series starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black and white, in half-hour episodes.
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, the professional baseball player who became an actor best known for his title role in the television series “The Rifleman,” died Tuesday. He was 71. The 6-foot, 5-inch actor...
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, a former professional basketball and baseball player who gained stardom as an actor on the television series "The Rifleman," died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...
During the next several years Connors made 20 movies, culminating in a key role in William Wyler's 1958 western The Big Country (1958). Also appearing in many television series, he finally hit the big time in 1958 with The Rifleman (1958), which began its highly successful five-year run on ABC. Other television series followed, as did a number ...
Nov 11, 1992 · Chuck Connors, who gained fame as the tough, gun-toting single father on the long-running television series “The Rifleman,” died yesterday in Los Angeles of lung cancer. He was 71.
While under contract to Four Star Productions for THE RIFLMAN series, Connors played the title role in the western biopic film "Geronimo" (1962). Over the next two and a half decades, he appeared in other films in a variety of genres, including the James Garner–Doris Day romantic comedy "Move Over, Darling" (1963).
6 days ago · Actor Chuck Connors, the fast-shooting Lucas McCain on the long-running television series "The Rifleman," died Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 71. Connors, who appeared in at least 28 movies,...
