Carroll O'Connor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1924
- Died
- June 21, 2001
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, 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
Point Blank the Documentary 2024
as Self
The Last Laugh 2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air 2009
as Self
Return to Me 2000
as Marty O'Reilly
36 Hours to Die 1999
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Gideon 1998
as Leo Barnes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me 1995
as Bill Gillespie
- In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound 1995
as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? 1994
as Bill Gillespie, Writer
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice 1994
as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life 1994
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie, Story, Executive Producer
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special 1991
Actor
The Father Clements Story 1987
Actor
Convicted 1986
as Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas 1985
as Santa Claus (voice)
Brass 1985
as Frank Nolan, Writer, Executive Producer
A Different Approach 1978
Actor
The Last Hurrah 1977
as Frank Skeffington, Writer, Executive Producer
Law and Disorder 1974
as Willie
- Keep U.S. Beautiful
Keep U.S. Beautiful 1973
as Self
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking 1972
as Self
Of Thee I Sing 1972
as John P. Wintergreen
Doctors' Wives 1971
as Joe Gray
Kelly's Heroes 1970
as Major General Colt
Marlowe 1969
as Lt. Christy French
Death of a Gunfighter 1969
as Lester Locke
Ride a Northbound Horse 1969
as Mr. Davis
Fear No Evil 1969
as Myles Donovan
For Love of Ivy 1968
as Frank Austin
The Devil's Brigade 1968
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Waterhole #3 1967
as Sheriff John Copperud
Point Blank 1967
as Brewster
Warning Shot 1967
as Paul Jerez
Not With My Wife, You Don't! 1966
as General Parker
Hawaii 1966
as Charles Bromley
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 1966
as General Bolt
In Harm's Way 1965
as Lt. Commander Burke
Cleopatra 1963
as Casca
Lad: A Dog 1962
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers 1962
as Mr. Griffith
Lonely are the Brave 1962
as Hinton
By Love Possessed 1961
as Bernie Breck
Parrish 1961
as Fireman (uncredited), as Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood 1961
as Matt Kenan
The Citadel 1960
Actor
Credits from TMDB.