He stepped into the play almost at the last minute when Louis Jean Heydt collapsed and died in the wings during the Boston run.

[2] He appeared in the films Tap Roots, Scarlet Angel, Prince of Pirates, The President's Lady, City of Bad Men, The Saracen Blade and BUtterfield 8.

He appeared in the television series The Bigelow Theatre, Guiding Light, Dragnet, The Loretta Young Show, Studio One, The Star and the Story, The Millionaire, Willy, Front Row Center, The Big Story, Decoy, The Phil Silvers Show and The Doctors, among others.

[1] Connor was also the commercial spokesperson for the Gulf Oil Corporation,[3] most notably during their sponsorship of NBC News programs (including coverage of NASA space missions) in the early 1960s.

"[2] The following year Connor returned to the theatre as the leading man in the summer stock cast and would continue in that role through 1953.