
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.
Acting (45 movies)

Marlowe
1969

Return to Me
2000

Kelly's Heroes
1970

Cleopatra
1963

The Citadel
1960

Point Blank
1967

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966

Hawaii
1966

Lonely are the Brave
1962

In Harm's Way
1965

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
1972

For Love of Ivy
1968

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Waterhole #3
1967

Death of a Gunfighter
1969

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009

Warning Shot
1967

By Love Possessed
1961

Law and Disorder
1974

Doctors' Wives
1971

The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985

The Last Laugh
2016

A Different Approach
1978

Gideon
1998

The Father Clements Story
1987

Fear No Evil
1969

36 Hours to Die
1999

Parrish
1961

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995

A Fever in the Blood
1961

The Last Hurrah
1977

Lad: A Dog
1962

Parrish
1961

The Devil's Brigade
1968

Belle Sommers
1962

Convicted
1986

Ride a Northbound Horse
1969

Brass
1985

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995

Of Thee I Sing
1972

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Last Hurrah | 1977 | Writer |
| The Last Hurrah | 1977 | Executive Producer |
| Brass | 1985 | Writer |
| Brass | 1985 | Executive Producer |
| In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life | 1994 | Executive Producer |
| In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? | 1994 | Writer |