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===Later career=== [[File:Genevieve Gilles Mike Connors Mannix 1973.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Connors with [[Genevieve Gilles]] in a publicity photo for ''Mannix'', 1973]] He narrated [[J. Michael Hagopian]]'s 1975 documentary film ''The Forgotten Genocide'', one of the first full-length features on the [[Armenian genocide]]. The documentary was nominated for two [[Emmy Award|Emmys]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitehorn |first=Alan |title=The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |page=45 |isbn=978-1-61069-687-6 |date=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0vrnCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA45}}</ref> In 1995, Connors narrated another Armenian documentary by Hagopian, ''Ararat Beckons''.<ref name="Grode nytimes"/> In 1976, Connors played Karl Ohanian in the television film ''The Killer Who Wouldn't Die''. Producers and writers [[Ivan Goff]] and [[Ben Roberts (writer)|Ben Roberts]], who were also producers for ''Mannix'', wanted the character to have Connors' real last name.{{sfn|Weaver|2003|p=20}} The film was intended to be the pilot for a new ABC series titled ''Ohanian'', about an Armenian-American former homicide detective who is now a charter-boat skipper.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |title=Armenian Part Just The Thing For Mike |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |date=March 30, 1976 |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19760330.2.163&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> However, the series was not picked up.{{sfn|Weaver|2003|p=20}} Connors had roles in the thriller films ''[[Avalanche Express]]'' (1979) and ''[[Nightkill]]'' (1980).<ref name="filmtalk 2015"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Film: 'Avalanche Express':Snow Job |work=The New York Times |date=October 19, 1979 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/19/archives/film-avalanche-expresssnow-job.html |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> He starred as a bureau veteran who mentors a team of agents in ''[[Today's FBI]]'' (1981β1982). The series only lasted one season.<ref name="Pedersen deadline"/> Connors both starred in and produced the independent horror film ''[[Too Scared to Scream]]'' (1985).{{sfn|Weaver|2003|p=34}} He played Colonel Harrison "Hack" Peters in the 1988 miniseries ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]''. Connors hosted the 1989 series ''Crimes of the Century''. He voiced the character Chipacles in the [[Disney]] animated series ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]'' from 1998 to 1999.<ref name="Barnes hollywoodreporter"/> Connors' final appearance was in a 2007 ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' episode, as a love interest of Evelyn Harper's ([[Holland Taylor]]).<ref name="Pedersen deadline"/> {{Clear|left}}
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