Actor
· Acting
Carroll O'Connor
Born 1924-08-02
Died 2001-06-21
📍 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 95
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
as Self
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
2004
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
2000
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1999
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie
1995
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie
1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie
1994
Party of Five
as Jake Gordon
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1994
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple
1992
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
In the Heat of the Night
as Bill Gillespie
1988
The Father Clements Story
1987
Convicted
as Lewis May
1986
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
1985
Brass
as Frank Nolan
1985
Archie Bunker's Place
as Archie Bunker
1979
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington
1977
The Jacksons
as El mismo
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Law and Disorder
as Willie
1974
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
as Self
1972
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
1972
The Electric Company
1971
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
1971
All in the Family
as Archie Bunker
1971
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt
1970
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
1969
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis
1969
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan
1969
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
1967
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Point Blank
as Brewster
1967
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker
1966
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley
1966
Mission: Impossible
as Josef Varsh
1966
The Time Tunnel
as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
1966
That Girl
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt
1966
The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Lavendor
1965
I Spy
as Dr. Karolyi
1965
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Walter B. Brach
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Old John
1964
The Great Adventure
as O'Rourke
1963
The Great Adventure
as Johann Sutter
1963
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bray
1963
The Outer Limits
as Deimos
1963
Cleopatra
as Casca
1963
Stoney Burke
as Harry Clark
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
1962
Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith
1962
Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Roy Drummond
1961
Dr. Kildare
as David Burnside
1961
The Defenders
as Joshua Ryder
1961
The Defenders
as Dr. Hugh Morgan
1961
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)
1961
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)
1961
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan
1961
The Americans
1961
The Citadel
1960
The Untouchables
as Barney Lubin
1959
The Untouchables
as Arnie Kurtz
1959
Adventures in Paradise
as Henry Gresham
1959
Bonanza
as Tom Slayden
1959
Naked City
as Owen Oliver
1958
Naked City
as Tony Corran
1958
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Gunsmoke
as Hootie Kyle
1955
Gunsmoke
as Major Vanscoy
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Davis
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frank Skeffington
1951
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944