No one is ever the same after watching their dad get lasso'd. Chuck Connors is Lucas McCain in The Rifleman! https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5e825550e758c700077b0aef #WesternsOnPlutoTV | Pluto TV

"I wasn't really looking back, just remembering back." - Mark McCain Chuck Connors just knew right away that he wanted Johnny Crawford to play the role of Mark McCain, after meeting for the first time on his second casting interview for the series. | The Rifleman - the Original Series

Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 12 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played both Major League Baseball and in the National Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series The Rifleman (1958–63). A towering presence, Connors was listed as 6 foot 5 inches when he played baseball for the