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