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Carroll O'Connor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 2, 1924 In Manhattan, New York, United States
Movie/TV Credits:
46
First Appeared:
In the movie A Fever in the Blood 1961-01-28
Latest Project:
Movie The Last Laugh 2016-04-18
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Last Laugh Self 2016-04-18
Movie Los Angeles Plays Itself Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage) 2004-07-28
Movie Return to Me Marty O'Reilly 2000-04-07
Movie 36 Hours to Die Jack 'Balls' O'Malley 1999-04-11
Movie Gideon Leo Barnes 1998-10-26
Movie In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie 1995-05-16
Movie In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie 1995-02-17
Movie In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie 1994-05-11
Movie In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? Sheriff William O. "Bill" Gillespie 1994-12-09
Movie In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie 1994-10-21
Series In the Heat of the Night Bill Gillespie 1988-03-06
Movie The Father Clements Story 1987-12-13
Movie Convicted Lewis May 1986-05-12
Movie Brass Frank Nolan 1985-01-01
Movie The GLO Friends Save Christmas Santa Claus (voice) 1985-12-21
Series Archie Bunker's Place Archie Bunker 1979-09-23
Movie A Different Approach 1978-01-01
Movie The Last Hurrah Frank Skeffington 1977-11-16
Movie Law and Disorder Willie 1974-10-09
Movie Of Thee I Sing John P. Wintergreen 1972-10-24
Series All in the Family Archie Bunker 1971-01-12
Movie Doctors' Wives Joe Gray 1971-02-03
Movie Kelly's Heroes Major General Colt 1970-06-22
Movie Marlowe Lt. Christy French 1969-09-19
Movie Fear No Evil Myles Donovan 1969-03-03
Movie Ride a Northbound Horse Mr. Davis 1969-03-16
Movie Death of a Gunfighter Lester Locke 1969-05-08
Movie The Devil's Brigade Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter 1968-05-15
Movie For Love of Ivy Frank Austin 1968-07-17
Movie Warning Shot Paul Jerez 1967-01-18
Movie Point Blank Brewster 1967-08-30
Movie Waterhole #3 Sheriff John Copperud 1967-10-10
Movie Hawaii Charles Bromley 1966-10-10
Movie What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? General Bolt 1966-08-31
Movie Not With My Wife, You Don't General Parker 1966-11-02
Movie In Harm's Way Lt. Commander Burke 1965-04-06
Series I Spy Dr. Karolyi 1965-09-15
Movie Nightmare in Chicago 1964-04-02
Movie Cleopatra Casca 1963-06-12
Movie Pericles on 31st Street Leonard Barsevick 1962-04-12
Movie Lonely are the Brave Hinton 1962-05-24
Movie Lad: A Dog Hamilcar Q. Glure 1962-06-02
Movie Belle Sommers Mr. Griffith 1962-05-30
Movie A Fever in the Blood Matt Kenan 1961-01-28
Movie By Love Possessed Bernie Breck 1961-07-19
Movie Parrish Firechief (uncredited) 1961-05-04