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Carroll O'Connor
Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

ActingBorn August 2, 1924Died June 21, 2001 (age 76)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.

Filmography

2016
The Last Laugh

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2000
Return to Me

as Marty O'Reilly

Movie
1999
36 Hours to Die

as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

Movie
1998
Gideon

as Leo Barnes

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Party of Five

as Jake Gordon

TV
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

Movie
1992
Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

TV
1988
In the Heat of the Night

as Bill Gillespie

TV
1986
Convicted

as Lewis May

Movie
1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie
1985
Brass

as Frank Nolan

Movie
1979
Archie Bunker's Place

as Archie Bunker

TV
1977
The Last Hurrah

as Frank Skeffington

Movie
1976
The Jacksons

as El mismo

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974Movie
1973Movie
1972
Of Thee I Sing

as John P. Wintergreen

Movie
1971
Doctors' Wives

as Joe Gray

Movie
1971
All in the Family

as Archie Bunker

TV
1970
Kelly's Heroes

as Major General Colt

Movie
1969
Marlowe

as Lt. Christy French

Movie
1969
Death of a Gunfighter

as Lester Locke

Movie
1969Movie
1969
Fear No Evil

as Myles Donovan

Movie
1968
For Love of Ivy

as Frank Austin

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
The Devil's Brigade

as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

Movie
1967
Waterhole #3

as Sheriff John Copperud

Movie
1967
Point Blank

as Brewster

Movie
1967
Warning Shot

as Paul Jerez

Movie
1966Movie
1966
Hawaii

as Charles Bromley

Movie
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Josef Varsh

TV
1966
The Time Tunnel

as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall

TV
1966TV
1966Movie
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Fabian Lavendor

TV
1965
I Spy

as Dr. Karolyi

TV
1965
In Harm's Way

as Lt. Commander Burke

Movie
1964
Profiles in Courage

as Grover Cleveland

TV
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Walter B. Brach

TV
1963TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Johann Sutter

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bray

TV
1963TV
1963
Cleopatra

as Casca

Movie
1962
Stoney Burke

as Harry Clark

TV
1962
Lad: A Dog

as Hamilcar Q. Glure

Movie
1962
Belle Sommers

as Mr. Griffith

Movie
1962Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Roy Drummond

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as David Burnside

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Joshua Ryder

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Dr. Hugh Morgan

TV
1961
By Love Possessed

as Bernie Breck

Movie
1961
Parrish

as Fireman (uncredited)

Movie
1961
Parrish

as Firechief (uncredited)

Movie
1961Movie
1960Movie
1959
The Untouchables

as Barney Lubin

TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Arnie Kurtz

TV
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Henry Gresham

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Tom Slayden

TV
1958
Naked City

as Owen Oliver

TV
1958
Naked City

as Tony Corran

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Hootie Kyle

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Major Vanscoy

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Frank Skeffington

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 2, 1924
Day of DeathJune 21, 2001
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.1