Carroll O'Connor
Actor
Born August 2, 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
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
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
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Dinah!
Self
Law and Disorder
Willie
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
Hawaii
Charles Bromley
Mission: Impossible
Josef Varsh
The Time Tunnel
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
That Girl
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
General Bolt
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Lavendor
I Spy
Dr. Karolyi
In Harm's Way
Lt. Commander Burke
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Walter B. Brach
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Old John
The Great Adventure
O'Rourke
The Fugitive
Sheriff Bray
The Outer Limits
Deimos
Cleopatra
Casca
Stoney Burke
Harry Clark
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Lad: A Dog
Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers
Mr. Griffith
Lonely are the Brave
Hinton
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Roy Drummond
The Defenders
Joshua Ryder
By Love Possessed
Bernie Breck
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Parrish
Fireman (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
Matt Kenan
The Americans
The Citadel
The Untouchables
Barney Lubin
Adventures in Paradise
Henry Gresham
Bonanza
Tom Slayden
Naked City
Owen Oliver
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Gunsmoke
Hootie Kyle
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Davis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Skeffington
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee