A biography for Mike Connorshasn’t been written yet.
“I was a rough ballplayer. Lots of elbows and knees.”
“I work when something special comes along or if a friend calls me.”
“Weekends I'm a basket case.”
“I am Armenian American.”
“If I had my druthers, I'd do television movies, a Broadway play or maybe a miniseries like 'Columbo.'”
“Ordinarily I would play the Lee Marvin role in 'Avalanche.' You know, the cynical, two-fisted rebel. But I play the president's agent on the mission, an Ivy Leaguer in suit and tie. Although I take part In the adventure, I'm not the instigator.”
“Mannix got emotionally involved. He was not above being taken advantage of.”
“The light, humorous touch works well for 'Columbo,' 'McMillan and Wife,' and 'McCloud.'”
“I'd much prefer to have a laugh instead of a fight.”
“Up until 'Mannix,' most private investigators were hard-nosed, cynical guys who lived in a seedy area and had no emotions.”
“I think pictures to appeal to those over 30 can be made with quality and on a budget.”
“What happened was I discovered that even though 'Tightrope' had bombed in the United States, it was a big hit in Latin America. So I put together this act, with singing and dancing, and I did 10 weeks in Mexico and four weeks in South America.”
“Our son, Gunnar, was always a great salad maker. He chopped everything he could find.”
“Dana, our daughter, was the best pizza baker around.”
“We have the very best censoring devices in our own homes. If we don't like what we see on television, we can turn off the set.”
“I have always been a frustrated nightclub performer. I think that would be the most exciting form of entertainment.”
“There are three ways to achieve stardom. Do a hit Broadway play, make a top box-office feature, or go into a successful TV series.”
“On the set, I see so many areas where someone will save a penny and waste 10, only because that's the way things were done 10 years ago.”
“TV has a responsibility to prepare our kids to face the world.”
“Acting is such an insecure business, mainly because your career is always in somebody else's hands unless you're Robert Redford, Steve McQueen or Paul Newman.”