Chuck Connors: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights

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American actor, writer and professional basketball and baseball player, and one of the few athletes in American professional sports’ history who played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, “Chuck” Connors was born on 10 April 1921, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, to parents Marcella Nondrigan and Alban ‘Allan’ Connors, of part-Irish descent. Connors is perhaps best known for having played the role of Lucas McCain in the hit ABC TV series “The Rifleman” from 1958 to ‘63. Chuck Connors passed away in 1992.
So just how wealthy was Chuck Connors? As celebrity dot money states, Connors had established a net worth of over five million dollars, acquired partly during his professional baseball and basketball careers, but largely during his career in the entertainment industry.
Kevin Joseph Aloysius “Chuck” Connors grew up in West Brooklyn. He excelled in baseball and basketball which helped him to earn a scholarship to a private high school, Adelphi Academy. Upon matriculating in 1939, he enrolled in Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey on a baseball scholarship, and played for both the college baseball and basketball teams. Two years later he dropped out and joined the army at the start of US involvement in the Second World War, as a tank-warfare instructor, but managed to continue playing both sports during his service.
When discharged in 1946, Connors briefly joined the Boston Celtics basketball team, becoming the first player in the NBA history to break a glass backboard. He then left for spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers, a major-league baseball club, and went on to devote himself to his baseball career, playing in several minor leagues at various places such as in Mobile Alabama, Montreal Canada, Rochester New York, and Newark New Jersey. In 1949 Connors finally joined the Dodgers, but soon returned to Montreal. Then in 1950 he joined the Chicago Cubs and later played in the minor leagues again, for the Cubs’ team the Los Angeles Angels. His baseball and basketball years contributed to raise his net worth, but he realized that he would never make the top grade in either sport.
In 1951 Connors was offered a small role in the movie “Pat and Mike” by the MGM casting director Bill Grady, a passionate Angels fan. Connors was cast in the role of a police captain, actually earning $12,000 before the baseball spring training started, which was more than double his baseball salary, but he went on to play his last season with the Angels in 1952. The following year he retired from baseball to devote himself to his acting career, taking roles in the 1953 movies “Code Two”, “South Sea Woman” and “Trouble Along the Way”. He went on to appear in a number of television series of the time, such as “The Loretta Young Show”, “City Detective”, “Private Secretary” “Adventures of Superman”, “Gunsmoke” and “Crossroads” to name a few. His acting career grew and his net worth certainly improved.
Connors’ big break came with the 1957 film “Old Yeller”. His performance as a strong father figure generated astonishing popularity, significantly added to his wealth and led him to be cast in the hit ABC Western series “The Rifleman”, as Lucas McCain, the role which would remain Connors’ signature; he played a Wild West rancher owning a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, in the series which lasted from 1958 to 1963, and was the first to portray a widowed father raising a son alone. It became extremely popular and considerably boosted Connors’ wealth.
Meanwhile, Connors appeared in numerous other television series and movies, such as the 1963 movies “Flipper” and “Move Over, Darling”. He hosted the 1973 series “Thrill Seekers”, and numerous episodes of the radio series “Family Theater”. His part in the 1977 mini series “Roots” brought him a nomination for an Emmy Award.
Overall, Chuck Connors appeared in more than 65 movies and over 50 TV productions, which established him as a Hollywood star and earned him an appreciable fortune. In 1991 Connors became an inductee into the Western Performance Hall of Fame.
Speaking of his personal life, Connors was married three times, firstly with Elizabeth Jane Riddell Connors from 1948 to 1962, and they had four sons together. In 1963 he married his co-star Kamala Devi, however, their marriage ended in 1973. He then married another co-star, Faith Quabius in 1977, but they divorced two years later. At the time when he died, his companion was Rose Mary Grumley. He died of lung cancer in Los Angeles in 1992, being aged 71.

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