Acting
Carroll O'Connor
EN cinema · 45 credits
Born
2 August 1924
Died
21 June 2001 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as John Carroll O'Connor · Matt Harris
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie, Writer
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie, Story, Executive Producer
Convicted
as Lewis May
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
as Frank Nolan, Executive Producer, Writer
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington, Writer, Executive Producer
Law and Disorder
as Willie
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mr. Davis
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Point Blank
as Brewster
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke
Cleopatra
as Casca
Lonely are the Brave
as Hinton
Lad: A Dog
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers
as Mr. Griffith
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited), as Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan
