Here is Chuck Connors' biography:
Chuck Connors was born Kevin Joseph Connors on November 10, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, to Marcella (nee Lundrigan) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors, Roman Catholic immigrants of Irish descent from the Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Canada). He had a younger sister, Gloria.
Growing up in a working-class neighborhood on the west side of Brooklyn, Connors attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica School and later became a member of the Bay Ridge Boys' Club and played sandlot ball with the Bay Ridge Celtics.
A lifelong fan of the Dodgers, Connors dreamed of a baseball career with his favorite team. He earned a scholarship to Adelphi Academy and later to Seton Hall University, where he played center for the school's basketball team.
Connors enlisted in the army in 1942, serving mostly as a tank-warfare instructor. After his discharge, he resumed his athletic pursuits, playing minor league baseball and eventually reaching his goal of playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949.
However, after just five weeks, Connors returned to Montreal, where he met his future wife, Elizabeth Riddell. They married in 1948 and had four sons during their 13-year marriage.
Connors' baseball career eventually gave way to acting, after he was spotted by a casting director and recommended for a part in the 1952 film Pat and Mike. He went on to make 20 movies and numerous television series, often playing roles that emphasized his muscular physique.
Connors' breakout role came in 1958 with the television series The Rifleman, which ran for five years. He continued to act in films and television until his death on November 10, 1992, at the age of 71, due to lung cancer and pneumonia.
