Im 68 years old and I still watch The Reruns of The Rifle Man.Will continue to watch it untill the day I die.A lot of values and good morals were taught in that series.
Chuck Connors' life and career was a commentary on what was wonderful and beautiful about America back then. You can just taste the freedom that Americans were enjoying at that time. I'm from the Philippines, and when I was watching The Rifleman as a young boy back in the 60s, I just can't help but admire the image of a morally upright man who pursues justice for those who have been wronged. I guess the values being projected thru the show sort of helped influence many young people like me back then to "fight and stand up for what is right". And other shows like Daniel Boone and Bonanza, were also good to watch for their redeeming values and for "inspiring" boys like myself to aspire to grow up on the right track. Thank you for sharing this informative video on one of the shows and it's star that we frequently watched on TV.
Very well written & articulated, & I agree with you 100%. The Rifleman was one of my favorite shows, & each episode always represented a great message & lesson for any young kid, & any adult that watched. Johnny Crawford (Mark McCain) was also outstanding in every episode as well - the show was always very realistic. The two of them had a great chemistry - it all seemed so genuine. RIP to both of them.
He was a good actor, I didn't know him, so have no idea if he was a good person or not. I like to think so. You really can't say, unless you know the person personally. No matter who they they are.
I think the year was 1963. I was 10 & a big baseball fan. Dad took me to an L.A. Angel V NY Yankee baseball game in L.A. There was an old-timers game before the main game with retired players that'd put on a show first. One of the retired "old timer" players was Chuck Connors. Being that The Rifleman was my favorite TV show, I kept my eye on Chuck Connors during the entire game. He appeared to me to be the best player on the field, by far. He really was still a highly skilled baseball player while he was starring in The Rifleman. I still have images of him playing baseball better than the other retired ball players - today - SIXTY YEARS LATER.
@@skyboy1956Really? That is amazing to say the least. Not very many athletes were capable of playing in 2 sports at the pro level. I was 11 in 1963 and I never knew he was a pro level athlete. He was the spitting image of his father. When I look at that family picture, it’s hard to believe the man in the white shirt and pants isn’t Chuck.
@@skyboy1956 And he was almost drafted into the NFL, can't remember which team. And during a warm-up before a Celtics game he was the first guy to smash a backboard.
The Rifleman was one of my Dad's favorite TV shows. He allowed me to sit on his lap during the show. To this day, every time I hear that rifle go off in the opening of the show, I see Dad there with a happy grin on his face!
I was born in Australia in 1956 and grew up watching American shows on TV 📺. All of the post World War 2 shows like Rifleman and Superman. This is a great commentary about a great fellow. Thanks to who ever was part of making this brilliant life story.
My dad and I watched all these icon western shows...Gunsmoke.High Chaparral,The Big Valley, Bonanza but my favorite was Rifle Man because I had a big crush on Mark(Johnny Crawford 😊
Great video ! I have even more respect for Chuck now than I did before. He was great as a guest star in Gunsmoke during the late 50's before The Rifleman debuted. The fight scenes he had with James Arness are legendary.
age 71. Back when the tobacco companies lied about the health implications from using their products. Today, the meat industry is doing the same thing, lying about health ramifications from consuming their products. Some industries will say or do anything to keep customers . . .
Wow!. I'm glad to hear Chuck Conners was a good strong Republican! We need more men like him. I grew up watching the Rifleman. What a great western it was.
Johnny Crawford related a story that during the breaks while filming The Rifleman they'd play baseball, when Chuck Connors was at bat, they'd quit playing because Connors would hit the ball so far they couldn't spend the time looking for it.
Loved Chuck Connors in his role as, Buck, in The Big Country! One of is best performances! As a boy, I never missed the original airings of the "Rifleman". That fast-action Winchester was the greatest!!
My brother n I grew up watching the Rifleman but I missed a show now n then. My brother watched every show n rerun n reminded me so much of Chuck Conners as Duane learned so much good qualities from that show n all others Chuck Conner was in. He was Duane’s hero n everytime I think of my beloved brother I remember the Rifleman. Thanks for the story about his life. He truly was a beloved man & TV star and sportsman.
For all the Chuck Connor fans, just know this is an AI voice (nicely done), verbatim of facts from Wikipedia. Nothing new you didn’t already know. The old man pic is just click bait.
The narration was very poorly done. It did not even jibe with the pictures and video, and the pauses and grammatical errors were glaring. AI needs a lot of work.
Backboard made by Tiffany…. how the hell do you shatter a backboard taking a shot, even a full court shot? (Video explicitly sez it was NOT a dunk.) 🤷🏻
I can't help but wonder if the narration voice is done by AI? Several words were mispronounced and it seemed weird. Also, the narrator refers to the Rifleman as being a movie, quite a few times. Obviously, it was a TV series, not a movie.
As a boy in the 60s I never missed an episode of the Rifleman, when I had my confirmation I chose St Luke for my patron saint because of my hero Lucas McCain and believe it or not my sister age 69 still calls me "sodbuster" RIP Chuck -
Should be ashamed to show such picture that was not what he looked like I would have watched it if you just said his name . He was great in everything he played in not to get to see him anything else he died to soon.❤❤❤❤
You seem to use the term "movie" interchangeably with the term "tv series". This greatly effects the understanding of some viewers. Also, the pictures and video snippets used do not always correspond to the audio. This makes your vid border on untrustworthy.
It's quite amusing at first but then turns annoying, the lameness of alleged "AI". I was waiting for an old-time Globetrotter clip to be thrown in there....
It's a shame that Chuck (Kevin) didn't stay married to his first wife and mother of 4, but it is understandable. What I love about The Rifleman series is how it portrays scenes that would never be allowed now. I mean, seriously, who's dad gets into fistfights in a bar, and breaks stuff, and then rides back home with his kid? I find scenes like that hilarious in view of today's censors. That said, the Rifleman series was a really great Western TV series that was well produced and brilliantly edited. Connors owned the screen on that show and it's totally stood the test of time.
I grew up watching "The Rifleman," aka Chuck Conners and had a crush on "Mark," aka Johnny Crawford. I still strongly remember those espisodes today. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
If I were a little older when the show came out, I know I would have had a crush on Mark/Johnny Crawford. Looking back as an adult, he was actually a very cute/handsome little boy, and he maintained his cuteness as he grew. More importantly, Johnny Crawford was a very good actor, even as that little boy. Was he what, 8, 9, 10 when the show began, impressive for a little kid!
I had a huge crush on Chuck Connors when I was a young girl and watched the Rifleman every day after school! Interesting that he named one of his sons Kevin when he didn't like the name for himself.
It’s not that he hated it. He thought the movie character he saw @ 12 was cool. Also, in that era, kids w/nicknames were more popular. He named his son, like many dads do, to carry on a traditional family name, most likely to honor an ancestor
The picture they show of him in the clickbait area on the right (yeah, I know, I clicked it), is not what Chuck Connors ever looked like. If the base images is him, it's been severely edited.
It wasn't a "movie", it was a TV show. The computer generated voice used for this mini-documentary mis-stated a bunch of things and I found to be very annoying.
At 66, I still remember The Rifleman & Dark Shadows coming on at 4:00 PM, M-F. (Channel 5 & 7). My older sister, loved Dark Shadows and Me The Rifleman. We would have some pretty good fights, who got to watch what, back then. I usually won, but I did lose from time to time. Now, I simply put The Rifleman on automatic record from ME TV and still watch it all the time. Sadly, my sister is gone. Yet, the memory lives on!
BROTHER,EXACTLY.WRITEING A SCREENPLAY RT. NOW WHERE THAT IS ONE OF THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS.STORY IS ABOUT 70'S CALIFORNIA SURF GHETTOES AND THE FAMILIES THAT BECAME INTERCONNECTED TO THIS DAY.THAT WAS THE NORM AFTER SCHOOL RITUAL BACK TO 70,71 72,@ .YOUR STORY IS SPOT ON.THAT HAPPENED IN SO MANY HOUSEHOLDS.NO AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@thelakeman5207 We had written a screenplay with an adult Mark as sheriff (having taken over for a retired Micah) with a vendetta story revolving around Lucas from his wilder days. All the main cast members were still around and Chuck was very willing. Unfortunately the producers and creators of the original series declined.
I met Johnny Crawford in 2016 at a several day western show in Utah. He was very friendly as we talked a bit about the show. This was before he suffered from major symptoms from Alzheimers, however there were a couple of times he struggled to remember someone's name. The one thing that I'll always remember is how small his hands were. My hands are of a normal size, but his got lost in my hand as we shook hands. I can't imagine him playing a sheriff. Bad casting. Still, meeting him was a blessing. I had missed out on meeting Clint Walker from the year before at the same show.
I'm a hundred and seven, and I loved this video. I never once got to meet Brezhnev, but it is gratifying to know the communist leader could appreciate a right wing actor and be friends with him and invite him to Moscow. It goes to show you that if you have a good TV show that's about a rifleman, the communists might like you and invite to Moscow. Maybe this friendship helped the thaw in U.S. -CCCP relations under the administrartion of Connors' friend Ronald Reagan.
@@ELucas-ip4bv I’m so sorry, I was just being very silly! I don’t know why I attempted such an unfunny joke! I hope your blessing still stands and may the same blessing apply to you!! I’m so sorry about my silly comment! But I did mean it about the impact on Soviet-U.S. relations!
When I was a kid in Woodland Hills, CA in the 1950s I went to grade school with at least one of Chuck Connor’s sons. When he told me who he was, I immediately recognized his resemblance to his father. That was when The Rifleman was a hot TV show!
I grew up on my dad watching westerns and the rifleman was one of his favorites. Its sad what happened to him which is why I gave up smoking. Thinking about Chuck Connors and others that died from smoking helped me quit
It seems there is one alternative. But do we have a choice? Put on that baggie shirt of acceptance. Loose and roomy and warm. Feels like Freedom to me. Over and out..... .
Saw Chuck and Mark horse back at the Rose Parade around 1968 or so when I was a kid. Mark was roping people as he rode by. I so wanted to be roped but wasn't. Great times and a great western with moral values unlike today's movies. Every day in the late afternoons my grandmother would holler at my grandpa - "hey paw the rifleman is on". That was one of his favorites. Memories.
Bravo! Very good documentary of Mr. Connors. I also remember his acting in "The Mad Bomber" which was shown on The Ghoul show in Detroit in the 70s. The Ghoul added quips and belches to every flick he showed and The Mad Bomber was no exception. Chuck let out some terrific belches, ha ha!
Why is the stupid computer voice showing bunches of shows with OTHER actors, simply attributing them to Connors because they kind of look similar? Enough of this incompetent AI crap that never had a human intervene to correct such lame BS.
I met Chuck Connors back in about 1982 or 83, what a gentleman he was, never looked down on anybody at the dealership! I still have the autographed photo of him. I too as others have said, I remember the Rifleman and I do watch the reruns from time to time.
I'm 62 years old and as a young boy I really liked the Rifleman. It was a good show that displayed good American values. Nobody messed with Lucas McCain!
IM 62 YEARS OLD I HOPE THE LAST THING ALONG SIDE FAMILY THE RIFLE MAN FAVORITS IN A LOOP VIDEO UNTILE MY LAST BREATH WEARING MY BLACK HAWK'S HAT GOT WHEN I WAS 16 AND MY S&W 357 MAGNUM 327 8 SHOT HOLSTERED SITTING IN MY 2000 MONTE CARLO SUPER SPORT OWNDED 22 YEARS. YOU COULD SEE THE LOVE FATHER AND SON IN EVERY EPISODE THANK ALL INVOLVED IN THE RIFLE MEN
I met Chuck when he came down from to Navy oil in Bakersfield to purchase some oil. This guy was a normal guy and was gracious. As far as I’m concerned, he was a great person!
The Rifleman: Not a movie. Flipper: Not a movie. The reason these videos use a mechanized voice is that English is not their first language. The video was created by foreigners pretending to be experts on on American culture, and they aren't even competent with the American version of the English language. The video's entire purpose is not to entertain or educate, but to gather clicks which translate into dollars. Which, it seems, a huge preponderance of videos on TH-cam are the same.
I was born in 1950. Always watched the Rifleman among other Westerns and old black and white movies. Never realized Chuck Connors was born in 1921, the same year as both my parents. I knew he had been a baseball player, but was never too interested in any actor's private life. To me, their persona on screen was more interesting.
Great show with a lot of things that are good for society. Good guys follow the rules and a good father raising a son with some help from good community.
Exactly and I wonder if they are paying Paul Frees estate or his heirs to use his voice? You would think they could fix the script so the AI doesn't stumble dropping "S''s" or calling a "Private in the US Marines" a "marina privata". How does TH-cam allow this misuse of an AI?
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Im 68 years old and I still watch The Reruns of The Rifle Man.Will continue to watch it untill the day I die.A lot of values and good morals were taught in that series.
I watch on METV as often as I can.
So do I. Nothing like the rifleman at supper time!
Your right. I watch old shows every weekday. I tell my husband those shows had a meaning to each one. They taught morals and manners
If we had shows like that now kids would be growing up a lot different
@@user-kh7rz6rv4ome too
I enjoyed learning more about Chuck Connors but the click-bait falsely aged picture of him used for this video is very disrespectful of the man.
I was saying to myself with no disrespect, that he looks like a old alien!! That's terrible what people will do. This really piss's ME OFF!!
Chuck Connors' life and career was a commentary on what was wonderful and beautiful about America back then. You can just taste the freedom that Americans were enjoying at that time.
I'm from the Philippines, and when I was watching The Rifleman as a young boy back in the 60s, I just can't help but admire the image of a morally upright man who pursues justice for those who have been wronged. I guess the values being projected thru the show sort of helped influence many young people like me back then to "fight and stand up for what is right". And other shows like Daniel Boone and Bonanza, were also good to watch for their redeeming values and for "inspiring" boys like myself to aspire to grow up on the right track.
Thank you for sharing this informative video on one of the shows and it's star that we frequently watched on TV.
Daniel Boone was my favorite but I do remember The Rifleman
I couldn't agree with uou more ,my friend.
Very well written post.
Thanks a lot...!
Very well written & articulated, & I agree with you 100%. The Rifleman was one of my favorite shows, & each episode always represented a great message & lesson for any young kid, & any adult that watched. Johnny Crawford (Mark McCain) was also outstanding in every episode as well - the show was always very realistic. The two of them had a great chemistry - it all seemed so genuine. RIP to both of them.
I'm forty years old. I love ❤️ The Rifleman...Chuck Connor & Johnny Crawford.
Also the show, Gunsmoke. It was a real good western show and it ran for 20 years.
Chuck Connors was a good actor and a great man. Excellent athlete as well. May he rest in peace.
He was a good actor, I didn't know him, so have no idea if he was a good person or not. I like to think so. You really can't say, unless you know the person personally. No matter who they they are.
He's been dead since 1992.
Yeah he was good basketball player too
@@JPowell-kz7znindeed and even then you don't know until you're facing a rough road and need support, thats the ultimate test of a person's morals 😊
@@thomasrodabaugh2992🤣 he certainly looks it in the selfie 😉🤔 wait, how he took selfle, 😬
As a boy, I loved the Rifleman show. My Pop and I would look forward to it every week. I'm sure I wasn't alone.
Ditto😊
@@nelsontoondrawer7618 as fake as Gilligans Island...
Are you so old you fart dust like my gramma does ?
I think the year was 1963. I was 10 & a big baseball fan. Dad took me to an L.A. Angel V NY Yankee baseball game in L.A. There was an old-timers game before the main game with retired players that'd put on a show first. One of the retired "old timer" players was Chuck Connors. Being that The Rifleman was my favorite TV show, I kept my eye on Chuck Connors during the entire game. He appeared to me to be the best player on the field, by far. He really was still a highly skilled baseball player while he was starring in The Rifleman. I still have images of him playing baseball better than the other retired ball players - today - SIXTY YEARS LATER.
Chuck Conners was a dual sports guy. He also played pro basketball for the Celtics.
@@skyboy1956Really? That is amazing to say the least. Not very many athletes were capable of playing in 2 sports at the pro level. I was 11 in 1963 and I never knew he was a pro level athlete. He was the spitting image of his father. When I look at that family picture, it’s hard to believe the man in the white shirt and pants isn’t Chuck.
@@skyboy1956 And he was almost drafted into the NFL, can't remember which team. And during a warm-up before a Celtics game he was the first guy to smash a backboard.
@@TheRealDrJoey Played basketball too
I would turn 4...
The Rifleman was one of my Dad's favorite TV shows. He allowed me to sit on his lap during the show. To this day, every time I hear that rifle go off in the opening of the show, I see Dad there with a happy grin on his face!
What a wonderful memory! It's so nice having great memories!
I grew up watching him seeing that I was in a body cast for over a year.I still watch the rifeman on metv.They dont make tv shows like that anymore.
Yup.
Same.
Thanks "Dad"(s) . ....
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😊 good memory, thank you for sharing that. 😊
I'm 67 and watch the reruns. I always will as The Rifleman is one of my very favorites.
No one cares how old you are for crying out loud
The Rifleman was my favorite TV show. It WAS NOT a movie...
You haven’t seen the movie? Only the show?
30 minute show at that, unlike alot of the hour long western shows back then.
There's a British movie by that name. Chuck had nothing to do with it.@@3quartertim3
the movie was not about him, but about WWI.
@@oNeGiAnTLiE The AI-Bot pronounced Micheal, Mish.A.e.al.
I was born in Australia in 1956 and grew up watching American shows on TV 📺. All of the post World War 2 shows like Rifleman and Superman. This is a great commentary about a great fellow. Thanks to who ever was part of making this brilliant life story.
Two of my favorites also!
Manly men who love America very much out of fashion nowadays
I enjoyed watching Chuck connors in rifleman.The way he handle that rifle was a sight to see.
Was he the little puppet with the bride 🤔
Lets cut the chase and call Chuck what he was.
A LEGEND AND LEGENDARY
Hello ... yes he was and is!
(@@beatleographer_10-51
Wonder if he is any HOF’s ?
God I loved this video! Intended to watch only a few seconds, but was glued all the way to the end.
My dad and I watched all these icon western shows...Gunsmoke.High Chaparral,The Big Valley, Bonanza but my favorite was Rifle Man because I had a big crush on Mark(Johnny Crawford 😊
Couldn't wait to watch the Rifleman every Saturday, right after I got my cartoon fix!
Great video ! I have even more respect for Chuck now than I did before. He was great as a guest star in Gunsmoke during the late 50's before The Rifleman debuted. The fight scenes he had with James Arness are legendary.
Yes, those were great fight scenes!
@@Dstrbrdgrnd Yes, finally they had someone their own sizes to fight .
A great actor and athlete. I watch the Rifleman whenever I can. He died too young from smoking cigarettes.
age 71. Back when the tobacco companies lied about the health implications from using their products. Today, the meat industry is doing the same thing, lying about health ramifications from consuming their products. Some industries will say or do anything to keep customers . . .
@@skyboy1956what is wrong with meat, the additives post slaughter? Or is it the antibiotics and steroids pre slaughter, or just meat period?😮
A great American!
I like Chuck acting with Mark in Rifleman.❤
Wow!. I'm glad to hear Chuck Conners was a good strong Republican! We need more men like him. I grew up watching the Rifleman. What a great western it was.
Yeah...good ol' white, non-intellectual tough guys.
Amen!!
Johnny Crawford related a story that during the breaks while filming The Rifleman they'd play baseball, when Chuck Connors was at bat, they'd quit playing because Connors would hit the ball so far they couldn't spend the time looking for it.
Loved Chuck Connors in his role as, Buck, in The Big Country! One of is best performances! As a boy, I never missed the original airings of the "Rifleman". That fast-action Winchester was the greatest!!
I love the Rifleman this was a great show and I still watch the reruns and I still love this show
Loved the rifleman. Watched with dad.
My brother n I grew up watching the Rifleman but I missed a show now n then. My brother watched every show n rerun n reminded me so much of Chuck Conners as Duane learned so much good qualities from that show n all others Chuck Conner was in. He was Duane’s hero n everytime I think of my beloved brother I remember the Rifleman. Thanks for the story about his life. He truly was a beloved man & TV star and sportsman.
Great man, GREAT SHOW.
For all the Chuck Connor fans, just know this is an AI voice (nicely done), verbatim of facts from Wikipedia. Nothing new you didn’t already know. The old man pic is just click bait.
Stopped watching 3 minutes in, after 5 glaring errors. Won't be finishing this poorly done POS.
The narration was very poorly done. It did not even jibe with the pictures and video, and the pauses and grammatical errors were glaring. AI needs a lot of work.
Try to find anyone in Hollywood like him now.
Hollyweird has moved away from the manly man types.
It's racist to be manly nowadays
You never will.
Hollywood likes to star masculine black men, and wimpy beta white boys now. It's just another tool to destroy America.
First person to shatter a backboard in college! Mr. Conners was an exceptional athlete.
Backboard made by Tiffany…. how the hell do you shatter a backboard taking a shot, even a full court shot? (Video explicitly sez it was NOT a dunk.) 🤷🏻
I can't help but wonder if the narration voice is done by AI? Several words were mispronounced and it seemed weird. Also, the narrator refers to the Rifleman as being a movie, quite a few times. Obviously, it was a TV series, not a movie.
It had to be AI and was poorly done but still managed to portray how great a guy Chuck Connors was
So right!
He was a womanizer and faithful to no woman.
@@monteduncan The AI mispronounced the word 'private'. Pree Vat Eh.
It was terrible. AI needs a lot of work.
I still watch The Rifleman today. I will be watching it as long as it is on TV. I loved watching Chuck Connors and still do.
As a boy in the 60s I never missed an episode of the Rifleman, when I had my confirmation I chose St Luke for my patron saint because of my hero Lucas McCain and believe it or not my sister age 69 still calls me "sodbuster" RIP Chuck -
I watch him every day of the week. Love the oldies.
Should be ashamed to show such picture that was not what he looked like I would have watched it if you just said his name . He was great in everything he played in not to get to see him anything else he died to soon.❤❤❤❤
yeah, that was some creepy looking “Rabbit in a headlight” pic, needs to be destroyed
I love chuxk! Still watch the Rifleman
Me too although it was before my time. I was born in 1971 I only watched it on reruns on Amazon Prime.
You seem to use the term "movie" interchangeably with the term "tv series". This greatly effects the understanding of some viewers.
Also, the pictures and video snippets used do not always correspond to the audio. This makes your vid border on untrustworthy.
it's ai voiced and the images are all over the place as are 40% of the pronunciations.
The commentary is a computer.
Agreed, the many errors detract from what should be a good story.
I noticed that too. I am also wondering about how they say he hated the name Kevin yet named one of his sons Kevin??
It's quite amusing at first but then turns annoying, the lameness of alleged "AI". I was waiting for an old-time Globetrotter clip to be thrown in there....
Got a picture of him and Mark hanging up on the wall !!❤❤
Had I been a little older when the show came out, I could see me having a crush on Mark. He was a cute little boy, and a very good actor too!
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Why would he name his son Kevin if he hatted the name?
I believe Johnny Crawford who played his son Mark in The Rifleman passed away recently of Alzheimers.
He did
My wife was in love with Johnny Crawford - would have left in a heartbeat for him. I loved how he would call his Dad 'Pa.'
He died Apr 29, 2021…he was born in 1946
Poor video.... 😣
That is Kevin Corcoran at 1:28.
Too many mistakes throughout!!!
It's a shame that Chuck (Kevin) didn't stay married to his first wife and mother of 4, but it is understandable. What I love about The Rifleman series is how it portrays scenes that would never be allowed now. I mean, seriously, who's dad gets into fistfights in a bar, and breaks stuff, and then rides back home with his kid? I find scenes like that hilarious in view of today's censors. That said, the Rifleman series was a really great Western TV series that was well produced and brilliantly edited. Connors owned the screen on that show and it's totally stood the test of time.
I grew up watching "The Rifleman," aka Chuck Conners and had a crush on "Mark," aka Johnny Crawford. I still strongly remember those espisodes today. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
If I were a little older when the show came out, I know I would have had a crush on Mark/Johnny Crawford. Looking back as an adult, he was actually a very cute/handsome little boy, and he maintained his cuteness as he grew. More importantly, Johnny Crawford was a very good actor, even as that little boy. Was he what, 8, 9, 10 when the show began, impressive for a little kid!
I never missed an episode -- Tuesday nights at 8:30.
I had a huge crush on Chuck Connors when I was a young girl and watched the Rifleman every day after school! Interesting that he named one of his sons Kevin when he didn't like the name for himself.
yeah that thumbnail pic of him on this upload, sheesh, probably was beating the girls off with a stick
It’s not that he hated it. He thought the movie character he saw @ 12 was cool. Also, in that era, kids w/nicknames were more popular. He named his son, like many dads do, to carry on a traditional family name, most likely to honor an ancestor
The picture they show of him in the clickbait area on the right (yeah, I know, I clicked it), is not what Chuck Connors ever looked like. If the base images is him, it's been severely edited.
Liked watching The Rifleman movies back in the day. Call me old school.
It wasn't a "movie", it was a TV show. The computer generated voice used for this mini-documentary mis-stated a bunch of things and I found to be very annoying.
OK, I see what your saying. You're right.
At 66, I still remember The Rifleman & Dark Shadows coming on at 4:00 PM, M-F. (Channel 5 & 7). My older sister, loved Dark Shadows and Me The Rifleman. We would have some pretty good fights, who got to watch what, back then. I usually won, but I did lose from time to time. Now, I simply put The Rifleman on automatic record from ME TV and still watch it all the time. Sadly, my sister is gone. Yet, the memory lives on!
BROTHER,EXACTLY.WRITEING A SCREENPLAY RT. NOW WHERE THAT IS ONE OF THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS.STORY IS ABOUT 70'S CALIFORNIA SURF GHETTOES AND THE FAMILIES THAT BECAME INTERCONNECTED TO THIS DAY.THAT WAS THE NORM AFTER SCHOOL RITUAL BACK TO 70,71 72,@ .YOUR STORY IS SPOT ON.THAT HAPPENED IN SO MANY HOUSEHOLDS.NO AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dark Shadows? Jerry Lacey, was my neighbor, 25 + years ago. I love all those precolor B&Ws back then. I don't need to name them.
Loved the rifle man. Quite a life of this man. Died of lung Cancer at 71 in 1992. Chuck loved Lucky Strikes.
Thats why I don't smoke anymore
not as smart as he portrayed...all acting
I knew Chuck, worked with Chuck, and that's not Chuck in your thumbnail. Also, there was never a movie based on The Rifleman series.
Great idea tho.
@@thelakeman5207 We had written a screenplay with an adult Mark as sheriff (having taken over for a retired Micah) with a vendetta story revolving around Lucas from his wilder days. All the main cast members were still around and Chuck was very willing. Unfortunately the producers and creators of the original series declined.
@@es7614 I think this movie would have been a great idea. I'm sure it would have been well received by the public. Too bad they declined!
I met Johnny Crawford in 2016 at a several day western show in Utah. He was very friendly as we talked a bit about the show. This was before he suffered from major symptoms from Alzheimers, however there were a couple of times he struggled to remember someone's name. The one thing that I'll always remember is how small his hands were. My hands are of a normal size, but his got lost in my hand as we shook hands. I can't imagine him playing a sheriff. Bad casting. Still, meeting him was a blessing. I had missed out on meeting Clint Walker from the year before at the same show.
I'm a hundred and seven, and I loved this video. I never once got to meet Brezhnev, but it is gratifying to know the communist leader could appreciate a right wing actor and be friends with him and invite him to Moscow. It goes to show you that if you have a good TV show that's about a rifleman, the communists might like you and invite to Moscow. Maybe this friendship helped the thaw in U.S. -CCCP relations under the administrartion of Connors' friend Ronald Reagan.
My goodness are you really 107 yrs old? Tell me the secret to a long life? Congratulations and may God bless you!!
My goodness are you really 107 yrs old? Please tell me the secret to life! Congratulations and may God bless you!!
@@ELucas-ip4bv I’m so sorry, I was just being very silly! I don’t know why I attempted such an unfunny joke! I hope your blessing still stands and may the same blessing apply to you!! I’m so sorry about my silly comment!
But I did mean it about the impact on Soviet-U.S. relations!
I loved the Rifleman. Chuck was so handsome. RIP
Why do you have a picture posted of a man that is not
Chuck Connors ?
Will you PLEASE post
an Authentic Flattering
Picture of him ?
THANK YOU !
Still watch it in 2024 good show
Poorly written script, riddled with errors, annoyingly voiced by TTS. D.
This was a poorly constructed homage to a great actor and great show. The narration and picture choices was often nothing less than bizarre.
You certainly got that right! I can’t stand AI!!
Why show a picture of Johnny Crawford when referring to Connors early life?
Exactly right. This is why AI is just garbage.
Yes, And showing Fess Parker from Old Yeller instead of Chuck was weird-o!
No it's not a movie. It was my favorite show also. He's a great actor.
When I was a kid in Woodland Hills, CA in the 1950s I went to grade school with at least one of Chuck Connor’s sons. When he told me who he was, I immediately recognized his resemblance to his father. That was when The Rifleman was a hot TV show!
I grew up on my dad watching westerns and the rifleman was one of his favorites. Its sad what happened to him which is why I gave up smoking. Thinking about Chuck Connors and others that died from smoking helped me quit
Chuck one of the BEST!
old age destroys all
I guess without "old age" we'd live forever, huh?
Weakest of comments
It seems there is one alternative. But do we have a choice?
Put on that baggie shirt of acceptance.
Loose and roomy and warm. Feels like Freedom to me. Over and out.....
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Saw Chuck and Mark horse back at the Rose Parade around 1968 or so when I was a kid. Mark was roping people as he rode by. I so wanted to be roped but wasn't. Great times and a great western with moral values unlike today's movies. Every day in the late afternoons my grandmother would holler at my grandpa - "hey paw the rifleman is on". That was one of his favorites. Memories.
I don't care about Chuck Connors' Secrets, I just know he was a Great Actor and I liked all the parts he played! R.I.P Chuck!
Why is the rifleman referred to as a movie over and over again? It was a tv series. There was no movie. How does this get by editing?
Bravo! Very good documentary of Mr. Connors. I also remember his acting in "The Mad Bomber" which was shown on The Ghoul show in Detroit in the 70s. The Ghoul added quips and belches to every flick he showed and The Mad Bomber was no exception. Chuck let out some terrific belches, ha ha!
The reason why A.I. should never replace human narration.
(If correct pronunciation matters.)
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Amazing how Chuck looked like a spitting image of his father.
LOL,,,,
Every one is just gonna act like the man in the thumbnail isn’t criminally insane! LMAO
I wasn't drawn to the actor or shows but, I like this summary of his life.
Down-voted for your crappy, fake, click-bait thumbnail.
Why is the stupid computer voice showing bunches of shows with OTHER actors, simply attributing them to Connors because they kind of look similar? Enough of this incompetent AI crap that never had a human intervene to correct such lame BS.
And why are television shows referred to as movies?
I met Chuck Connors back in about 1982 or 83, what a gentleman he was, never looked down on anybody at the dealership! I still have the autographed photo of him. I too as others have said, I remember the Rifleman and I do watch the reruns from time to time.
My favorite actor of all time…!
Chuck Conners , the rifleman…
A man’s man …!
And a true patriot …! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻
My 6th grade teacher was Chuck's niece Miss Connors
She was tall hot and blonde
Was the school in Brooklyn?
I was in grammar school. My mom bought me the t shirt, The Rifleman.
The image you depicted is disgraceful for a man of this stature, he never looked like this picture you used to bate viewers to watch
I’m 33 and love The Rifleman,grew up watching westerns and western tv shows with my dad and because of that show my first hunting rifle was a 30-30.
Thank You for this awesome video!! I learned a lot. Lot's I didn't know about him.
A quick trip to Wikipedia and you don't even need a video to learn "a lot".
I'm 62 years old and as a young boy I really liked the Rifleman. It was a good show that displayed good American values. Nobody messed with Lucas McCain!
The Rifleman was one of my favorite
IM 62 YEARS OLD I HOPE THE LAST THING ALONG SIDE FAMILY THE RIFLE MAN FAVORITS IN A LOOP VIDEO UNTILE MY LAST BREATH WEARING MY BLACK HAWK'S HAT GOT WHEN I WAS 16 AND MY S&W 357 MAGNUM 327 8 SHOT HOLSTERED SITTING IN MY 2000 MONTE CARLO SUPER SPORT OWNDED 22 YEARS. YOU COULD SEE THE LOVE FATHER AND SON IN EVERY EPISODE THANK ALL INVOLVED IN THE RIFLE MEN
AI voice over is very annoying,
Branded was my favorite. Truly a cast of future stars, that appeared with chuck in Rifleman and Branded.
Scorned as the one who ran….
@stevenhoude7594 yea WHAT DO YOU DO
I met Chuck when he came down from to Navy oil in Bakersfield to purchase some oil. This guy was a normal guy and was gracious. As far as I’m concerned, he was a great person!
I’m sure Chuck was Dolph Lundgre’s real father.
Yes,they do look somewhat similar.
The Rifleman: Not a movie. Flipper: Not a movie. The reason these videos use a mechanized voice is that English is not their first language. The video was created by foreigners pretending to be experts on on American culture, and they aren't even competent with the American version of the English language. The video's entire purpose is not to entertain or educate, but to gather clicks which translate into dollars. Which, it seems, a huge preponderance of videos on TH-cam are the same.
I was born in 1950. Always watched the Rifleman among other Westerns and old black and white movies. Never realized Chuck Connors was born in 1921, the same year as both my parents. I knew he had been a baseball player, but was never too interested in any actor's private life. To me, their persona on screen was more interesting.
Along with 'Gunsmoke' The Rifleman was one of my two favorite TV Westerns.
One of the greatest. I'd rather watch shows like this as well as others is because they dont have cussing and sex.❤
Appreciate you pronouncing Newfoundland correctly.
Wow that picture at the 2:00 mark of Chuck as a baby with his parents is amazing. Chuck is a spitting image of his father!
Why does the narrator continue to call TV series as Movies?
Chuck was in alot of movies
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Because it's a computer talking not a human. Welcome to the wonderful world of AI.
Because it’s a computer.
I remember seeing Chuck come up to bat in an all star game with his famous rifle instead of a standard baseball bat.
Connors' Lucas McCain was an inspiring character in The Rifle Man series. Chuck was a seemingly well-rounded American hero.
Great show with a lot of things that are good for society. Good guys follow the rules and a good father raising a son with some help from good community.
I am 83 years young .I love The Rifle Man .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Not a movie, it's a TV show!
Oh, l loved the Rifle Man and Branded. His part in Roots, was deep. I didnt know it was him. His life history is like most of us.
Ditch the computer narration and employ real people.
Exactly and I wonder if they are paying Paul Frees estate or his heirs to use his voice? You would think they could fix the script so the AI doesn't stumble dropping "S''s" or calling a "Private in the US Marines" a "marina privata". How does TH-cam allow this misuse of an AI?
I would be interested to know about his 4 sons.
Chuck Conners', was tremendous. In His role, as he Rifleman !!!
Thanks, & God Bless !!!
His Winchester didn't hold as many rounds as shown in the opening scene. They added 1 more round to sequence better with the opening music.
He had one in the chamber...