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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
Bonanza
1959
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
0Tony Awards
1956
Mad About You
1992
The Fugitive
1963
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Bonanza
as Tom Slayden · 1959
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple · 1992
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bray · 1963
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Party of Five
as Jake Gordon · 1994
Mission: Impossible
as Josef Varsh · 1966
Dr. Kildare
as Roy Drummond · 1961
Dr. Kildare
as David Burnside · 1961
Naked City
as Owen Oliver · 1958
Naked City
as Tony Corran · 1958
The Defenders
as Joshua Ryder · 1961
The Defenders
as Dr. Hugh Morgan · 1961
Ben Casey
· 1961
The Untouchables
as Barney Lubin · 1959
The Untouchables
as Arnie Kurtz · 1959
The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Lavendor · 1965
All in the Family
as Archie Bunker · 1971
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Lawson · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Capt. Ted Eyck · 1963
Dinah!
as Self · 1974
The Electric Company
· 1971
That Girl
· 1966
In the Heat of the Night
as Bill Gillespie · 1988
Gunsmoke
as Hootie Kyle · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Major Vanscoy · 1955
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Old John · 1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self · 1968
The Outer Limits
as Deimos · 1963
Adventures in Paradise
as Henry Gresham · 1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Walter B. Brach · 1964
The Time Tunnel
as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall · 1966
Archie Bunker's Place
as Archie Bunker · 1979
I Spy
as Dr. Karolyi · 1965
The Great Adventure
as O'Rourke · 1963
The Great Adventure
as Johann Sutter · 1963
Stoney Burke
as Harry Clark · 1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Davis · 1954
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self · 1974
Profiles in Courage
as Grover Cleveland · 1964
Cleopatra
as Casca · 1963
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt · 1970
The Americans
· 1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
· 1961
The Jacksons
as El mismo · 1976
Point Blank
as Brewster · 1967
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Frank Skeffington · 1951
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly · 2000
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke · 1965
Dundee and the Culhane
· 1967
Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton · 1962
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter · 1968
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French · 1969
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt · 1966
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke · 1969
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley · 1966
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez · 1967
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud · 1967
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck · 1961
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley · 1999
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker · 1966
En el calor de la noche
as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie · 1988
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie · 1994
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray · 1971
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited) · 1961
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited) · 1961
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie · 1995
Point Blank the Documentary
as Self · 2024
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie · 1994
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin · 1968
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan · 1969
A Different Approach
· 1978
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie · 1994
The Father Clements Story
· 1987
Law and Disorder
as Willie · 1974
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen · 1972
The Citadel
· 1960
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan · 1961
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self · 1973
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
· 1991
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
as Self · 1972
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie · 1995
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis · 1969
Gideon
as Leo Barnes · 1998
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
as Self · 2009
Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure · 1962
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice) · 1985
Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith · 1962
Convicted
as Lewis May · 1986
Brass
as Frank Nolan · 1985
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington · 1977