Carroll O'Connor

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-08-02

Deathday 2001-06-21 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As John Carroll O'Connor, Matt Harris

Carroll O'Connor

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2016
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

2000
Return to Me

as Marty O'Reilly

1999
36 Hours to Die

as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

1998
Gideon

as Leo Barnes

1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

as Sheriff William O. "Bill" Gillespie

1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

1992
Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

1988
In the Heat of the Night

as Bill Gillespie

1986
Convicted

as Lewis May

1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas

as Santa Claus (voice)

1985
Brass

as Frank Nolan

1979
Archie Bunker's Place

as Archie Bunker

1977
The Last Hurrah

as Frank Skeffington

1976
The Jacksons

as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974
1974
Dinah!

as Self

1972
Of Thee I Sing

as John P. Wintergreen

1971
Doctors' Wives

as Joe Gray

1971
All in the Family

as Archie Bunker

1970
Kelly's Heroes

as Major General Colt

1969
Marlowe

as Lt. Christy French

1969
Death of a Gunfighter

as Lester Locke

1969
1969
Fear No Evil

as Myles Donovan

1968
For Love of Ivy

as Frank Austin

1968
The Devil's Brigade

as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Waterhole #3

as Sheriff John Copperud

1967
Point Blank

as Brewster

1967
Warning Shot

as Paul Jerez

1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't

as General Parker

1966
Hawaii

as Charles Bromley

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Josef Varsh

1966
The Time Tunnel

as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall

1965
In Harm's Way

as Lt. Commander Burke

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Fabian Lavendor

1965
I Spy

as Dr. Karolyi

1964
Profiles in Courage

as Grover Cleveland

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Walter B. Brach

1963
Cleopatra

as Casca

1963
1963
The Great Adventure

as Johann Sutter

1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bray

1963
1962
Lad: A Dog

as Hamilcar Q. Glure

1962
Belle Sommers

as Mr. Griffith

1962
1962
Pericles on 31st Street

as Leonard Barsevick

1962
Stoney Burke

as Harry Clark

1961
By Love Possessed

as Bernie Breck

1961
Parrish

as Fireman (uncredited)

1961
Parrish

as Firechief (uncredited)

1961
A Fever in the Blood

as Matt Kenan

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Roy Drummond

1961
Dr. Kildare

as David Burnside

1961
The Defenders

as Joshua Ryder

1961
The Defenders

as Dr. Hugh Morgan

1959
The Untouchables

as Barney Lubin

1959
The Untouchables

as Arnie Kurtz

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Henry Gresham

1959
Bonanza

as Tom Slayden

1958
Naked City

as Owen Oliver

1958
Naked City

as Tony Corran

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
Gunsmoke

as Hootie Kyle

1955
Gunsmoke

as Major Vanscoy

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Frank Skeffington

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Producer

1988
1985
Brass

as Executive Producer

1977
The Last Hurrah

as Executive Producer

Director

1988
1979

Creator

1975
Bronk

as Creator