
Cast
Carroll O'Connor
Acting
Cast
Carroll O'Connor
Known for
Acting
Born
1924-08-02
From
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2001-06-21
Also known as John Carroll O'Connor, Matt Harris
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.

Cleopatra
as Casca

Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt

Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French

In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke

Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud

Point Blank
as Brewster

Gideon
as Leo Barnes

Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly

Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton

The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

Hawaii
as Charles Bromley

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt

The Citadel

The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke

Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)

Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck

A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan

Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray

Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez

Brass
as Frank Nolan

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

Convicted
as Lewis May

A Different Approach

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
as Self

For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin

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

36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington

Point Blank the Documentary
as Self

The Father Clements Story

Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan

Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith

Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen

Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis

Law and Disorder
as Willie

The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)

Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure

Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self