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.
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Cleopatra
as Casca
★7.4
MOVIE1970
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt
★6.6
MOVIE1965
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke
★7.0
MOVIE1967
Point Blank
as Brewster
★6.7
MOVIE2000
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
★6.3
MOVIE1968
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
★7.4
MOVIE1962
Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton
★6.1
MOVIE1969
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
★5.3
MOVIE1961
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck
★6.3
MOVIE1966
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley
★5.9
MOVIE1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt
★5.8
MOVIE1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker
★6.2
MOVIE1968
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin
★4.3
MOVIE1999
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
★6.4
MOVIE1967
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez
★6.7
MOVIE1961
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan
★5.0
MOVIE1974
Law and Disorder
as Willie
★7.0
MOVIE2016
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1969
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke
★5.0
MOVIE1971
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
★7.0
MOVIE1960
The Citadel
★5.9
MOVIE1967
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
MOVIE1973
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self
MOVIE2024
Point Blank the Documentary
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1978
A Different Approach
★5.0
MOVIE1961
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1961
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1985
Brass
as Frank Nolan
MOVIE1972
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1986
Convicted
as Lewis May
★9.0
MOVIE1987
The Father Clements Story
★10.0
MOVIE1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie
★10.0
MOVIE1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
★10.0
MOVIE1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis
★9.5
MOVIE1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan
★9.0
MOVIE1991
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
★7.0
MOVIE1972
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
★9.0
MOVIE1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie
★6.1
MOVIE1998
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith
★7.5
MOVIE1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie
MOVIE1977
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington
MOVIE2009
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE1962
Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
★4.5
MOVIE1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)