Carroll O'Connor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1924
- Died
- June 21, 2001 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Point Blank the Documentary
Movie · as Self
The Last Laugh
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Movie · as Self
Return to Me
Movie · as Marty O'Reilly
36 Hours to Die
Movie · as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Gideon
Movie · as Leo Barnes
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Movie · as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie · as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie · as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie · as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie · as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Party of Five
TV · as Jake Gordon · 6 eps
Mad About You
TV · as Gus Stemple · 4 eps
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie
In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Bill Gillespie · 146 eps
En el calor de la noche
TV · as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie · 1 ep
The Father Clements Story
Movie
Convicted
Movie · as Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
Movie · as Frank Nolan
Archie Bunker's Place
TV · as Archie Bunker · 97 eps
A Different Approach
Movie
The Last Hurrah
Movie · as Frank Skeffington
The Jacksons
TV · as El mismo · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
Law and Disorder
Movie · as Willie
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Movie · as Self
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Movie · as Self
Of Thee I Sing
Movie · as John P. Wintergreen
Doctors' Wives
Movie · as Joe Gray
All in the Family
TV · as Archie Bunker · 210 eps
The Electric Company
TV · 1 ep
Kelly's Heroes
Movie · as Major General Colt
Marlowe
Movie · as Lt. Christy French
Death of a Gunfighter
Movie · as Lester Locke
Fear No Evil
Movie · as Myles Donovan
Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie · as Mr. Davis
For Love of Ivy
Movie · as Frank Austin
The Devil's Brigade
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Point Blank
Movie · as Brewster
Waterhole #3
Movie · as Sheriff John Copperud
Warning Shot
Movie · as Paul Jerez
Dundee and the Culhane
TV · 1 ep
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie · as General Bolt
Hawaii
Movie · as Charles Bromley
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Movie · as General Parker
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Josef Varsh · 1 ep
In Harm's Way
Movie · as Lt. Commander Burke
I Spy
TV · as Dr. Karolyi
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Fabian Lavendor · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Grover Cleveland · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Walter B. Brach · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Old John · 1 ep
Cleopatra
Movie · as Casca
The Great Adventure
TV · as O'Rourke, Johann Sutter · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Sheriff Bray · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Lawson, Capt. Ted Eyck · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Deimos · 1 ep
Lonely are the Brave
Movie · as Hinton
Lad: A Dog
Movie · as Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers
Movie · as Mr. Griffith
Stoney Burke
TV · as Harry Clark · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 10 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
By Love Possessed
Movie · as Bernie Breck
Parrish
Movie · as Fireman (uncredited), Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
Movie · as Matt Kenan
Ben Casey
TV · 2 eps
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Roy Drummond, David Burnside · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Joshua Ryder, Dr. Hugh Morgan · 1 ep
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Americans
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 4 eps
The Citadel
Movie
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Henry Gresham · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Barney Lubin, Arnie Kurtz · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Tom Slayden · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Owen Oliver, Tony Corran · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Hootie Kyle, Major Vanscoy · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mr. Davis · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Frank Skeffington · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 4 eps