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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,587 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:18 PM Apr 2023

On this day, April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born.

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Mon Apr 11, 2022: Actor Chuck Connors was #BornOnThisDay,April 10, 1921.

Actor Chuck Connors was #BornOnThisDay April 10, 1921. Remembered for the TV series The Rifleman (1958–'63). A chronic smoker, Connors smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, until he quit in the mid-1970s, passed in 1992 (age 71) from #lungcancer #RIP #QuitSMOKING #GoneTooSoon #hunk







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On this day, April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 OP
Couldn't hit the curve ball Casady1 Apr 2023 #1
He hit .238 for the Cubs in 66 games in 1951. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #4
And That Man, Sir, Became --- 'Psycho-Dad' The Magistrate Apr 2023 #2
Played, briefly, for the Dodgers, Cubs and Celtics. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #3
Couldn't shoot either Casady1 Apr 2023 #5
I grew up in The Golden Age of b&w TV JohnnyRingo Apr 2023 #6

rsdsharp

(10,064 posts)
4. He hit .238 for the Cubs in 66 games in 1951.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 03:14 PM
Apr 2023

Not good for that era, but he’d make millions today.

JohnnyRingo

(19,269 posts)
6. I grew up in The Golden Age of b&w TV
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 03:53 PM
Apr 2023

The Rifleman was one of my favorite shows and he was steely and tougher than Gunsmoke, but if one stayed off his Hulk button, he was a good neighbor. A good protective dad to Luke too.

I laid before the small TV and watched with awe at the opening title clip where he strode like a boss down the middle of the street, working the lever on that Winchester like a jack handle at a NASCAR race. Shooting from the hip, bullets sprayed the street in rapid fire and presumable, piled up multiple targets. He didn't need a handgun like the others.

OK.... Um, I read that aloud.
I still liked the show and I mostly turned out OK. haha

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