Carroll O'Connor

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.

Acting

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

2000

Return to Me

Marty O'Reilly

1998

Gideon

Leo Barnes

1996

1994

Party of Five

Jake Gordon

1992

Mad About You

Gus Stemple

1988

1987

1985

Brass

Frank Nolan

1979

1978

1976

The Jacksons

El mismo

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

1974

Dinah!

Self

1971

1971

1971

All in the Family

Archie Bunker

1970

Kelly's Heroes

Major General Colt

1969

Marlowe

Lt. Christy French

1969

1969

Fear No Evil

Myles Donovan

1968

For Love of Ivy

Frank Austin

1968

1968

The Devil's Brigade

Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

1968

1967

Waterhole #3

Sheriff John Copperud

1967

1967

Point Blank

Brewster

1967

Warning Shot

Paul Jerez

1966

1966

Hawaii

Charles Bromley

1966

1966

The Time Tunnel

Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall

1966

That Girl

Unknown

1966

1965

The Wild Wild West

Fabian Lavendor

1965

I Spy

Dr. Karolyi

1965

In Harm's Way

Lt. Commander Burke

1964

Profiles in Courage

Grover Cleveland

1964

1964

1963

1963

1963

The Great Adventure

Johann Sutter

1963

1963

The Fugitive

Sheriff Bray

1963

1963

1962

Stoney Burke

Harry Clark

1962

1962

1962

Lad: A Dog

Hamilcar Q. Glure

1962

1961

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host

1961

Ben Casey

Unknown

1961

Dr. Kildare

Roy Drummond

1961

Dr. Kildare

David Burnside

1961

The Defenders

Dr. Hugh Morgan

1961

The Defenders

Joshua Ryder

1961

By Love Possessed

Bernie Breck

1961

1961

Parrish

Firechief (uncredited)

1961

Parrish

Fireman (uncredited)

1961

1961

1959

The Untouchables

Barney Lubin

1959

The Untouchables

Arnie Kurtz

1959

1959

Bonanza

Tom Slayden

1958

Naked City

Tony Corran

1958

Naked City

Owen Oliver

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

1955

Gunsmoke

Hootie Kyle

1955

Gunsmoke

Major Vanscoy

1954

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Frank Skeffington

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee / Presenter

Directing

Production

1988

1985

Brass

Executive Producer

Writing

1985

Brass

Writer

1975

Bronk

Story

Creator

1975

Bronk

Creator

Crew

1975

Bronk

Creator

Infos

Full Name
Carroll O'Connor
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
8/2/1924
Date of Death
6/21/2001
Also Known As

John Carroll O'Connor

Matt Harris