Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-08-02
Day of Death
2001-06-21
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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 (47)
Point Blank the Documentary
2024
The Last Laugh
2016
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Return to Me
2000
36 Hours to Die
1999
Gideon
1998
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The Father Clements Story
1987
