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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,689 posts) Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:00 AM Apr 11

On April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born.

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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Thu Apr 10, 2025: 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.

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On April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 OP

I always thought my father bore a superficial resemblance to Chuck Connors MIButterfly Apr 11 #1

He had another (short-lived) TV show.... lastlib Apr 11 #2

MIButterfly

(3,134 posts)

1. I always thought my father bore a superficial resemblance to Chuck Connors

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:15 AM

Apr 11

I thought that from a picture I had of him. I barely knew him; my mother left him when I was an infant. We reconnected when I was an adult and I saw him maybe eight times in my whole life. Anyway, my mother thought he bore a superficial resemblance to Chuck Connors too, so it wasn't just me.

lastlib

(28,600 posts)

2. He had another (short-lived) TV show....

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:36 PM

Apr 11

"Branded" where he played an 1870s Army soldier accused of cowardice. My brother wrote a variation of its theme song:

"Stranded, sitting' on the bathroom bowl,
What do you do when you're stranded,
And you can't reach a roll?
Wherever you go for the rest of your life,
You must carry a roll...."

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