Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 02, 1924
Died
Jun 21, 2001
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
91 titles
Carroll O'Connor
Biography
John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001), better known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades. Known at first for playing the role of Major General Colt in the 1970 movie, Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as the bigoted working man Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971 to 1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979 to 1983). O'Connor later starred in the NBC television crime drama In the Heat of the Night from 1988 to 1995, where he played the role of southern Police Chief William (Bill) Gillespie. At the end of his career in the late 1990s, he played the father of Jamie Stemple Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You.
Known For
Filmography
Point Blank the Documentary
Self
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
Return to Me
Marty O'Reilly
36 Hours to Die
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Gideon
Leo Barnes
E! True Hollywood Story
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
Party of Five
Jake Gordon
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Mad About You
Gus Stemple
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
In the Heat of the Night
Bill Gillespie
En el calor de la noche
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
The Father Clements Story
Convicted
Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
Frank Nolan
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker
A Different Approach
The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington
The Jacksons
El mismo
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Bronk
Story
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Dinah!
Self
Law and Disorder
Willie
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Self
Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen
The Electric Company
Doctors' Wives
Joe Gray
All in the Family
Archie Bunker
Kelly's Heroes
Major General Colt
Marlowe
Lt. Christy French
Death of a Gunfighter
Lester Locke
Ride a Northbound Horse
Mr. Davis
Fear No Evil
Myles Donovan
For Love of Ivy
Frank Austin
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Devil's Brigade
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Waterhole #3
Sheriff John Copperud
Dundee and the Culhane
Point Blank
Brewster
Warning Shot
Paul Jerez
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
General Parker