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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

Saturday Night Live

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (46)

• Point Blank the Documentary2024 · as Self
• The Last Laugh2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air2009 · as Self
• Return to Me2000 · as Marty O'Reilly
• 36 Hours to Die1999 · as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
• Gideon1998 · as Leo Barnes
• In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me1995 · as Bill Gillespie
• In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound1995 · as Bill Gillespie
• In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?1994 · as Bill Gillespie
• In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice1994 · as Bill Gillespie
• In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life1994 · as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
• All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special1991
• The Father Clements Story1987
• Convicted1986 · as Lewis May
• The GLO Friends Save Christmas1985 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• Brass1985 · as Frank Nolan
• A Different Approach1978
• The Last Hurrah1977 · as Frank Skeffington
• Law and Disorder1974 · as Willie
• Keep U.S. Beautiful1973 · as Self
• Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking1972 · as Self
• Of Thee I Sing1972 · as John P. Wintergreen
• Doctors' Wives1971 · as Joe Gray
• Kelly's Heroes1970 · as Major General Colt
• Marlowe1969 · as Lt. Christy French
• Death of a Gunfighter1969 · as Lester Locke
• Ride a Northbound Horse1969 · as Mr. Davis
• Fear No Evil1969 · as Myles Donovan
• For Love of Ivy1968 · as Frank Austin
• The Devil's Brigade1968 · as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
• Waterhole #31967 · as Sheriff John Copperud
• Point Blank1967 · as Brewster
• Warning Shot1967 · as Paul Jerez
• Not With My Wife, You Don't!1966 · as General Parker
• Hawaii1966 · as Charles Bromley
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?1966 · as General Bolt
• In Harm's Way1965 · as Lt. Commander Burke
• Cleopatra1963 · as Casca
• Lad: A Dog1962 · as Hamilcar Q. Glure
• Belle Sommers1962 · as Mr. Griffith
• Lonely are the Brave1962 · as Hinton
• By Love Possessed1961 · as Bernie Breck
• Parrish1961 · as Fireman (uncredited)
• Parrish1961 · as Firechief (uncredited)
• A Fever in the Blood1961 · as Matt Kenan
• The Citadel1960

All TV Shows (53)

• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Party of Five1994 · as Jake Gordon
• Mad About You1992 · as Gus Stemple
• In the Heat of the Night1988 · as Bill Gillespie
• Archie Bunker's Place1979 · as Archie Bunker
• The Jacksons1976 · as El mismo
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The Electric Company1971
• All in the Family1971 · as Archie Bunker
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• Dundee and the Culhane1967
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Josef Varsh
• The Time Tunnel1966 · as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
• That Girl1966
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Fabian Lavendor
• I Spy1965 · as Dr. Karolyi
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Grover Cleveland
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Walter B. Brach
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964 · as Old John
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Lawson
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Capt. Ted Eyck
• The Great Adventure1963 · as O'Rourke
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Johann Sutter
• The Fugitive1963 · as Sheriff Bray
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Deimos
• Stoney Burke1962 · as Harry Clark
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Ben Casey1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Roy Drummond
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as David Burnside
• The Defenders1961 · as Joshua Ryder
• The Defenders1961 · as Dr. Hugh Morgan
• Kraft Mystery Theatre1961
• The Americans1961
• The Untouchables1959 · as Barney Lubin
• The Untouchables1959 · as Arnie Kurtz
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Henry Gresham
• Bonanza1959 · as Tom Slayden
• Naked City1958 · as Owen Oliver
• Naked City1958 · as Tony Corran
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Hootie Kyle
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Major Vanscoy
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Mr. Davis
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Frank Skeffington
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter