Carroll O'Connor
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
Credits
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2009 · The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air as Self
- 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
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 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
- 1991 · All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special as
- 1988 · In the Heat of the Night as Bill Gillespie
- 1987 · The Father Clements Story as
- 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
- 1978 · A Different Approach as
- 1977 · The Last Hurrah as Frank Skeffington
- 1976 · The Jacksons as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Law and Disorder as Willie
- 1972 · Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking as Self
- 1972 · Of Thee I Sing as John P. Wintergreen
- 1971 · The Electric Company as
- 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 · Ride a Northbound Horse as Mr. Davis
- 1969 · Fear No Evil as Myles Donovan
- 1968 · For Love of Ivy as Frank Austin
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Devil's Brigade as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Sheriff John Copperud
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Dundee and the Culhane as
- 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
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1966 · What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as General Bolt
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Fabian Lavendor
- 1965 · I Spy as Dr. Karolyi
- 1965 · In Harm's Way as Lt. Commander Burke
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Grover Cleveland
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Walter B. Brach
- 1964 · Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Old John
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Lawson
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Capt. Ted Eyck
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as O'Rourke
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Johann Sutter
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Sheriff Bray
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Deimos
- 1963 · Cleopatra as Casca
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as Harry Clark
- 1962 · Lad: A Dog as Hamilcar Q. Glure
- 1962 · Belle Sommers as Mr. Griffith
- 1962 · Lonely are the Brave as Hinton
- 1962 · Pericles on 31st Street as Leonard Barsevick
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 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
- 1961 · By Love Possessed as Bernie Breck
- 1961 · Kraft Mystery Theatre as
- 1961 · Parrish as Fireman (uncredited)
- 1961 · Parrish as Firechief (uncredited)
- 1961 · A Fever in the Blood as Matt Kenan
- 1961 · The Americans as
- 1960 · The Citadel as
- 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
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Davis
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Frank Skeffington
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee