Carroll O'Connor

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 Appearances)

The Last Laugh

2016

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

2009

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Return to Me

2000

36 Hours to Die

1999

Gideon

1998

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

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

1995

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

1995

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

1994

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

1994

Party of Five

1994

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

1994

Mad About You

1992

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

1991

In the Heat of the Night

1988

The Father Clements Story

1987

Convicted

1986

The GLO Friends Save Christmas

1985

Brass

1985

Archie Bunker's Place

1979

A Different Approach

1978

The Last Hurrah

1977

The Jacksons

1976

Saturday Night Live

1975

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1974

Dinah!

1974

Law and Disorder

1974

Keep U.S. Beautiful

1973

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking

1972

Of Thee I Sing

1972

The Electric Company

1971

Doctors' Wives

1971

All in the Family

1971

Kelly's Heroes

1970

Marlowe

1969

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

Ride a Northbound Horse

1969

Fear No Evil

1969

For Love of Ivy

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

The Devil's Brigade

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

Waterhole #3

1967

Dundee and the Culhane

1967

Point Blank

1967

Warning Shot

1967

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

Hawaii

1966

Mission: Impossible

1966

The Time Tunnel

1966

That Girl

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966

The Wild Wild West

1965

I Spy

1965

In Harm's Way

1965

Profiles in Courage

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

The Great Adventure

1963

The Fugitive

1963

The Outer Limits

1963

Cleopatra

1963

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

Stoney Burke

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Lad: A Dog

1962

Belle Sommers

1962

Lonely are the Brave

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Ben Casey

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961

The Defenders

1961

By Love Possessed

1961

Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961

Parrish

1961

A Fever in the Blood

1961

The Americans

1961

The Citadel

1960 Debut

The Untouchables

1959

Adventures in Paradise

1959

Bonanza

1959

Naked City

1958

Tony Awards

1956

Gunsmoke

1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Golden Globe Awards

1944
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