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.
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Movies (45)
Point Blank the Documentary
2024 · Self
The Last Laugh
2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009 · Self
Hechizo del corazón
2000 · Marty O'Reilly
36 Hours to Die
1999 · Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Gideon
1998 · Leo Barnes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995 · Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995 · Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994 · Bill Gillespie, Writer
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994 · Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994 · Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie, Story, Executive Producer
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The Father Clements Story
1987
Convicted
1986 · Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985 · Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
1985 · Frank Nolan, Writer, Executive Producer
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
1977 · Frank Skeffington, Writer, Executive Producer
Law and Disorder
1974 · Willie
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973 · Self
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
1972 · Self
Of Thee I Sing
1972 · John P. Wintergreen
Doctors' Wives
1971 · Joe Gray
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Major General Colt
Marlowe
1969 · Lt. Christy French
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Lester Locke
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969 · Mr. Davis
Fear No Evil
1969 · Myles Donovan
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Frank Austin
The Devil's Brigade
1968 · Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Waterhole #3
1967 · Sheriff John Copperud
Point Blank
1967 · Brewster
Warning Shot
1967 · Paul Jerez
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · General Parker
Hawaii
1966 · Charles Bromley
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 · General Bolt
In Harm's Way
1965 · Lt. Commander Burke
Cleopatra
1963 · Casca
Lad: A Dog
1962 · Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers
1962 · Mr. Griffith
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · Hinton
By Love Possessed
1961 · Bernie Breck
Parrish
1961 · Fireman (uncredited), Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
1961 · Matt Kenan
The Citadel
1960
TV shows (46)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Party of Five
1994 · Jake Gordon
Mad About You
1992 · Gus Stemple
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · Bill Gillespie, Producer, Director
En el calor de la noche
1988 · Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · Archie Bunker, Director
The Jacksons
1976 · El mismo
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Bronk
1975 · Story, Creator
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The Electric Company
1971
All in the Family
1971 · Archie Bunker, Theme Song Performance
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Josef Varsh
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
That Girl
1966
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Fabian Lavendor
I Spy
1965 · Dr. Karolyi
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Grover Cleveland
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Walter B. Brach
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Old John
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Lawson, Capt. Ted Eyck
The Great Adventure
1963 · O'Rourke, Johann Sutter
The Fugitive
1963 · Sheriff Bray
The Outer Limits
1963 · Deimos
Stoney Burke
1962 · Harry Clark
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Roy Drummond, David Burnside
The Defenders
1961 · Joshua Ryder, Dr. Hugh Morgan
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
The Americans
1961
The Untouchables
1959 · Barney Lubin, Arnie Kurtz
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Henry Gresham
Bonanza
1959 · Tom Slayden
Naked City
1958 · Owen Oliver, Tony Corran
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Gunsmoke
1955 · Hootie Kyle, Major Vanscoy
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mr. Davis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Frank Skeffington
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter