Carroll O'Connor
Born: 1924-08-02
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
Cleopatra
Hawaii
Waterhole #3
Marlowe
Kelly's Heroes
Brass
Gideon
Parrish
Parrish
The Citadel
In Harm's Way
The Father Clements Story
Return to Me
Belle Sommers
Death of a Gunfighter
Point Blank
Convicted
The Devil's Brigade
Lonely are the Brave
Law and Disorder
For Love of Ivy
Fear No Evil
Los Angeles Plays Itself
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
The Last Laugh
By Love Possessed
Warning Shot
Lad: A Dog
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Doctors' Wives
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
The Last Hurrah
Of Thee I Sing
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
A Fever in the Blood
Ride a Northbound Horse
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
36 Hours to Die
A Different Approach
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
