Carroll O'Connor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-08-02
Day of Death
2001-06-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Carroll O'Connor
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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.
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Acting
(2016)
The Last Laugh
as Self
(2009)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
(2000)
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
(1999)
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
(1998)
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
(1995)
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie
(1995)
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie
(1994)
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
(1994)
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie
(1994)
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie
(1991)
(1987)
(1986)
Convicted
as Lewis May
(1985)
Brass
as Frank Nolan
(1985)
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1978)
(1977)
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington
(1974)
Law and Disorder
as Willie
(1972)
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
(1972)
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
(1970)
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt
(1969)
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
(1969)
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke
(1969)
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan
(1969)
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis
(1968)
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
(1968)
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin
(1967)
Point Blank
as Brewster
(1967)
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
(1967)
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez
(1966)
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley
(1966)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt
(1966)
Not With My Wife, You Don't
as General Parker
(1965)
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Casca
(1962)
Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton
(1962)
Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith
(1962)
Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
(1961)
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)
(1961)
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)
(1961)
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck
(1961)
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan
(1960)
Crew
(1994)
(1994)
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Story, Executive Producer
(1985)
Brass
Executive Producer, Writer
(1977)
The Last Hurrah
Writer, Executive Producer