Name
Carroll O'Connor
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-08-02
Deathday
2001-06-21 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lin...
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After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedl...
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It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date ...
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A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and get...
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A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then ...
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At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a un...
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A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian sold...
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Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable...
- 1969 Marlowe as Lt. Christy French
- 2000 Return to Me as Marty O'Reilly
- 1970 Kelly's Heroes as Major General Colt
- 1963 Cleopatra as Casca
- 1960 The Citadel
- 1967 Point Blank as Brewster
- 1966 What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as General Bolt
- 1966 Hawaii as Charles Bromley
- 1962 Lonely are the Brave as Hinton
- 1965 In Harm's Way as Lt. Commander Burke
- 1972 Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking as Self
- 1968 For Love of Ivy as Frank Austin
- 1967 Waterhole #3 as Sheriff John Copperud
- 1969 Death of a Gunfighter as Lester Locke
- 1966 Not With My Wife, You Don't! as General Parker
- 2009 The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air as Self
- 1967 Warning Shot as Paul Jerez
- 1961 By Love Possessed as Bernie Breck
- 1974 Law and Disorder as Willie
- 1971 Doctors' Wives as Joe Gray
- 1985 The GLO Friends Save Christmas as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2016 The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978 A Different Approach
- 1998 Gideon as Leo Barnes
- 1987 The Father Clements Story
- 1969 Fear No Evil as Myles Donovan
- 1999 36 Hours to Die as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
- 1961 Parrish as Fireman (uncredited)
- 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
- 1994 In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
- 1995 In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me as Bill Gillespie
- 1961 A Fever in the Blood as Matt Kenan
- 1977 The Last Hurrah as Frank Skeffington
- 1962 Lad: A Dog as Hamilcar Q. Glure
- 1961 Parrish as Firechief (uncredited)
- 1968 The Devil's Brigade as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
- 1962 Belle Sommers as Mr. Griffith
- 1986 Convicted as Lewis May
- 1969 Ride a Northbound Horse as Mr. Davis
- 1985 Brass as Frank Nolan
- 1995 In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound as Bill Gillespie
- 1972 Of Thee I Sing as John P. Wintergreen
- 1991 All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
- 1973 Keep U.S. Beautiful as Self
- 2024 Point Blank the Documentary as Self
- 1966 The Time Tunnel ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
- 1992 Mad About You ( 4 episodes ) as Gus Stemple
- 1988 In the Heat of the Night ( 146 episodes ) as Bill Gillespie
- 1963 The Great Adventure ( 1 episode ) as O'Rourke
- 1971 All in the Family ( 210 episodes ) as Archie Bunker
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Owen Oliver
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Hootie Kyle
- 1979 Archie Bunker's Place ( 97 episodes ) as Archie Bunker
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Josef Varsh
- 1971 The Electric Company ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Frank Skeffington
- 1965 I Spy ( 0 episode ) as Dr. Karolyi
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Fabian Lavendor
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Bray
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lawson
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Henry Gresham
- 1964 Profiles in Courage ( 1 episode ) as Grover Cleveland
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 2 episodes )
- 1967 Dundee and the Culhane ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode ) as Harry Clark
- 1976 The Jacksons ( 1 episode ) as El mismo
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Roy Drummond
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Joshua Ryder
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Hugh Morgan
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Deimos
- 1961 Kraft Mystery Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Tony Orlando and Dawn ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Americans ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Walter B. Brach
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Tony Corran
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as David Burnside
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Barney Lubin
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Major Vanscoy
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 10 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 The Great Adventure ( 1 episode ) as Johann Sutter
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Tom Slayden
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1974 Dinah! ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Ted Eyck
- 1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( 1 episode ) as Old John
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Davis
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Kurtz
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1994 Party of Five ( 6 episodes ) as Jake Gordon
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1988 En el calor de la noche ( 1 episode ) as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
