What is Chuck Connors?
{{Infobox person | name = Chuck Connors | image = Chuck Connors 1974.JPG | alt = | caption = | birth_date = April 10, 1921 | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|11|10|1921|4|10}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[U.S.]] | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = actor / sports }} '''Chuck Connors''' (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]], and [[Sportsperson|athlete]]. Connors died in 1992 in [[Los Angeles]] at [[Cedars Sinai Medical Center]]. The cause of death was [[lung cancer]] and [[pneumonia]]. He was 71 year old. == Sports == In his early years he was a [[basketball]] and [[baseball]] player, playing for teams such as the [[Boston Celtics]]. Then he was a baseball player, where he started playing in the [[minor league]]s. In 1949, he debuted at the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], playing only one match for them. On the [[Chicago Cubs]], he playing 66 games at first base. == Actor career == Chuck Connors did both low-[[budget]] [[movie]]s and big [[Hollywood]] productions. These included ''[[South Sea Woman]]'' (1953), with [[Burt Lancaster]], and [[movie director|directed]] by [[Arthur Lubin]], and [[William Wyler]]'s [[Western movie|western]], ''[[The Big Country]]'' (1958), with [[Gregory Peck]]. Among his best [[performance]]s is the [[Native American|Indian]] [[warrior]] [[Geronimo]], in ''Geronimo'' (1962). Other classic movies he was in are ''Flipper'' (1963), ''Captain Nemo and the Underwater City'' (1969), ''[[Soylent Green]]'' (1973), with [[Charlton Heston]], and directed by [[Richard Fleischer]], ''99 44/100% Dead'' (1974). == Television == His [[television]] [[career]] was very successful. he is remembered for playing the role of a [[widow]]er Lucas McCain, in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Television series|series]] ''[[The Rifleman]]'' (1958-1962). ''The Rifleman'' told the story of a widower a