Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Kevin Joseph Connors

Although the world knows him as Chuck Connors, Kevin Joseph Connors is the real man behind Lucas. Born on April 10, 1921, the Brooklyn Native struggled through the Great Depression with parents Allen and Marcella and sister Gloria. Somehow his mother always managed to feed her family and Connors experienced a relatively normal childhood as an altar boy. In his spare time he loved to play sandlot ball at the Bay Ridge Boy’s Club and truly found comfort in the wisdom he acquired from Bay Ridge Celtic coach John Flynn.