Carroll O'Connor
Acting • Born 1924-08-02 – Died 2001-06-21
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
98 credits
Marlowe
Movie • 1969
Lt. Christy French
Return to Me
Movie • 2000
Marty O'Reilly
Kelly's Heroes
Movie • 1970
Major General Colt
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Casca
The Citadel
Movie • 1960
Point Blank
Movie • 1967
Brewster
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie • 1966
General Bolt
Hawaii
Movie • 1966
Charles Bromley
Lonely are the Brave
Movie • 1962
Hinton
In Harm's Way
Movie • 1965
Lt. Commander Burke
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
Movie • 1972
Self
For Love of Ivy
Movie • 1968
Frank Austin
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
Waterhole #3
Movie • 1967
Sheriff John Copperud
Death of a Gunfighter
Movie • 1969
Lester Locke
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Movie • 1966
General Parker
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Movie • 2009
Self
Warning Shot
Movie • 1967
Paul Jerez
By Love Possessed
Movie • 1961
Bernie Breck
Law and Disorder
Movie • 1974
Willie
Doctors' Wives
Movie • 1971
Joe Gray
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Movie • 1985
Santa Claus (voice)
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
A Different Approach
Movie • 1978
Gideon
Movie • 1998
Leo Barnes
The Father Clements Story
Movie • 1987
Fear No Evil
Movie • 1969
Myles Donovan
36 Hours to Die
Movie • 1999
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Parrish
Movie • 1961
Fireman (uncredited)
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie • 1994
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie • 1994
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie • 1994
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Movie • 1995
Bill Gillespie
A Fever in the Blood
Movie • 1961
Matt Kenan
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1977
Frank Skeffington
Lad: A Dog
Movie • 1962
Hamilcar Q. Glure
Parrish
Movie • 1961
Firechief (uncredited)
The Devil's Brigade
Movie • 1968
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Belle Sommers
Movie • 1962
Mr. Griffith
Convicted
Movie • 1986
Lewis May
Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie • 1969
Mr. Davis
Brass
Movie • 1985
Frank Nolan
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie • 1995
Bill Gillespie
Of Thee I Sing
Movie • 1972
John P. Wintergreen
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1991
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Movie • 1973
Self
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Gus Stemple
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Bill Gillespie
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
O'Rourke
That Girl
TV • 1966
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Archie Bunker
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Naked City
TV • 1958
Owen Oliver
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Hootie Kyle
Archie Bunker's Place
TV • 1979
Archie Bunker
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Josef Varsh
The Electric Company
TV • 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Frank Skeffington
I Spy
TV • 1965
Dr. Karolyi
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Fabian Lavendor
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Sheriff Bray
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Lawson
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Henry Gresham
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Grover Cleveland
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Dundee and the Culhane
TV • 1967
Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
Harry Clark
The Jacksons
TV • 1976
El mismo
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Roy Drummond
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Joshua Ryder
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Deimos
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Dr. Hugh Morgan
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV • 1961
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
The Americans
TV • 1961
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Walter B. Brach
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Naked City
TV • 1958
Tony Corran
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
David Burnside
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Barney Lubin
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Major Vanscoy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Johann Sutter
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Tom Slayden
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Old John
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Capt. Ted Eyck
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Arnie Kurtz
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Mr. Davis
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Jake Gordon
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self