Carroll O'Connor
Acting
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.
TV Shows(44)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Party of Five
Jake Gordon
1994
Mad About You
Gus Stemple
1992
In the Heat of the Night
Bill Gillespie
1988
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker
1979
The Jacksons
El mismo
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Electric Company
1971
All in the Family
Archie Bunker
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Mission: Impossible
Josef Varsh
1966
The Time Tunnel
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
1966
That Girl
1966
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Lavendor
1965
I Spy
Dr. Karolyi
1965
Profiles in Courage
Grover Cleveland
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Walter B. Brach
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Old John
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lawson
1963
The Great Adventure
O'Rourke
1963
The Fugitive
Sheriff Bray
1963
The Outer Limits
Deimos
1963
Stoney Burke
Harry Clark
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
Roy Drummond
1961
The Defenders
Joshua Ryder
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
The Americans
1961
The Untouchables
Barney Lubin
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Henry Gresham
1959
Bonanza
Tom Slayden
1959
Naked City
Owen Oliver
1958
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Gunsmoke
Hootie Kyle
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Davis
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Skeffington
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(45)
The Last Laugh
Self
2016
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
2004
Return to Me
Marty O'Reilly
2000
36 Hours to Die
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1999
Gideon
Leo Barnes
1998
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Bill Gillespie
1995
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1994
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The Father Clements Story
1987
Convicted
Lewis May
1986
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
1985
Brass
Frank Nolan
1985
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington
1977
Law and Disorder
Willie
1974
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
1973
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
Self
1972
Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen
1972
Doctors' Wives
Joe Gray
1971
Kelly's Heroes
Major General Colt
1970
Marlowe
Lt. Christy French
1969
Death of a Gunfighter
Lester Locke
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Mr. Davis
1969
Fear No Evil
Myles Donovan
1969
For Love of Ivy
Frank Austin
1968
The Devil's Brigade
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
1968
Waterhole #3
Sheriff John Copperud
1967
Point Blank
Brewster
1967
Warning Shot
Paul Jerez
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
General Parker
1966
Hawaii
Charles Bromley
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
General Bolt
1966
In Harm's Way
Lt. Commander Burke
1965
Cleopatra
Casca
1963
Lad: A Dog
Hamilcar Q. Glure
1962
Belle Sommers
Mr. Griffith
1962
Lonely are the Brave
Hinton
1962
By Love Possessed
Bernie Breck
1961
Parrish
Fireman (uncredited)
1961
A Fever in the Blood
Matt Kenan
1961
The Citadel
1960