Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

8/2/1924 – 6/21/2001Manhattan, 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 (89 titles)

Point Blank the DocumentaryMovie

Point Blank the Documentary

Self · 2024

The Last Laugh7.0Movie

The Last Laugh

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the AirMovie

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air

Self · 2009

Return to Me6.7Movie

Return to Me

Marty O'Reilly · 2000

36 Hours to Die4.3Movie

36 Hours to Die

Jack 'Balls' O'Malley · 1999

Gideon6.1Movie

Gideon

Leo Barnes · 1998

E! True Hollywood Story8.2Show

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me7.5Movie

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

Bill Gillespie · 1995

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound9.0Movie

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

Bill Gillespie · 1995

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?9.5Movie

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

Bill Gillespie · 1994

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice10.0Movie

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

Bill Gillespie · 1994

Party of Five7.0Show

Party of Five

Jake Gordon · 1994

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life10.0Movie

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie · 1994

Mad About You6.7Show

Mad About You

Gus Stemple · 1992

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special9.0Movie

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

1991

In the Heat of the Night7.6Show

In the Heat of the Night

Bill Gillespie · 1988

The Father Clements Story9.0Movie

The Father Clements Story

1987

Convicted10.0Movie

Convicted

Lewis May · 1986

The GLO Friends Save Christmas4.5Movie

The GLO Friends Save Christmas

Santa Claus (voice) · 1985

Brass5.0Movie

Brass

Frank Nolan · 1985

Archie Bunker's Place6.5Show

Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker · 1979

A Different Approach6.5Movie

A Different Approach

1978

The Last HurrahMovie

The Last Hurrah

Frank Skeffington · 1977

The Jacksons9.2Show

The Jacksons

El mismo · 1976

Saturday Night Live6.9Show

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975

Tony Orlando and Dawn3.5Show

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Self · 1974

Dinah!7.0Show

Dinah!

Self · 1974

Law and Disorder5.0Movie

Law and Disorder

Willie · 1974

Movie

Keep U.S. Beautiful

Self · 1973

Don Rickles: Alive and KickingMovie

Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking

Self · 1972