Christopher Connelly

 Christopher Connelly (September 8, 1941 – December 7, 1988)

Connelly is best remembered for his role as Norman Harrington in the successful prime time soap opera Peyton Place. He stayed with the series during its entire five-year run, from 1964 to 1969. Connelly also guest-starred in 1973 on Lorne Greene's short-lived ABC crime drama Griff, and in 1974, he starred in the television series Paper Moon, with a young Jodie Foster playing his daughter. In 1964, he appeared as “Trainey”, a reform school kid in the episode “The Warden” on Gunsmoke with George Kennedy. Connelly also starred in the films Corky (1972), They Only Kill Their Masters (1972), Benji (1974) and Liar's Moon (1982). He also released a long-playing record of his singing, titled The Boy from Peyton Place on Phillips Records. In the 1980s, Connelly made numerous appearances in Italian cult B-movies such as Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby, Enzo G. Castellari's 1990: The Bronx Warriors, Ruggero Deodato's The Atlantis Interceptors, and Antonio Margheriti's Jungle Raiders. He also made guest appearances on dozens of television series, such as The Brian Keith Show, the miniseries The Martian Chronicles, Martin Eden, Airwolf, CHiPs, and the television movie Return of the Rebels. He was married and had two children. Following a two-year battle with lung cancer, Connelly died at home in December 1988. He was 47 years old.