Carroll O'Connor
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.
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Movies (35)
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
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
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1994
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
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
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington
1977
Law and Disorder
as Willie
1974
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self
1973
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
as Self
1972
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
1972
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
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 Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
1968
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
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
TV Shows (15)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Party of Five
as Jake Gordon
1994
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple
1992
In the Heat of the Night
as Bill Gillespie
1988
Archie Bunker's Place
as Archie Bunker
1979
The Jacksons
as El mismo
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Bronk
Story (Writing)
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Electric Company
1971
All in the Family
as Archie Bunker
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Dundee and the Culhane
1967