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.
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
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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
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
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The Father Clements Story
1987
Convicted
1986
as Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985
as Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
1985
as Frank Nolan
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
1977
as Frank Skeffington
Law and Disorder
1974
as Willie
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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