Carroll O'Connor
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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.
Known for
Credits
Cleopatra (1963)
as Casca
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
as Major General Colt
In Harm's Way (1965)
as Lt. Commander Burke
Point Blank (1967)
as Brewster
Return to Me (2000)
as Marty O'Reilly
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
as Hinton
Marlowe (1969)
as Lt. Christy French
By Love Possessed (1961)
as Bernie Breck
Hawaii (1966)
as Charles Bromley
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
as General Bolt
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
as General Parker
For Love of Ivy (1968)
as Frank Austin
36 Hours to Die (1999)
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Warning Shot (1967)
as Paul Jerez
A Fever in the Blood (1961)
as Matt Kenan
Law and Disorder (1974)
as Willie
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
as Lester Locke
Doctors' Wives (1971)
as Joe Gray
The Citadel (1960)
Actor
Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Sheriff John Copperud
Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973)
as Self
Point Blank the Documentary (2024)
as Self
A Different Approach (1978)
Actor
Parrish (1961)
as Fireman (uncredited)
Brass (1985)
as Frank Nolan
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking (1972)
as Self
Convicted (1986)
as Lewis May
The Father Clements Story (1987)
Actor
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
Ride a Northbound Horse (1969)
as Mr. Davis
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994)
as Bill Gillespie
Fear No Evil (1969)
as Myles Donovan
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991)
Actor
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
as John P. Wintergreen
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound (1995)
as Bill Gillespie
Gideon (1998)
as Leo Barnes
Belle Sommers (1962)
as Mr. Griffith
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me (1995)
as Bill Gillespie
The Last Hurrah (1977)
as Frank Skeffington
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air (2009)
as Self
Lad: A Dog (1962)
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
The GLO Friends Save Christmas (1985)
as Santa Claus (voice)