Carroll O'Connor
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-08-02 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2001-06-21
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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Bonanza
as Tom Slayden
Mission: Impossible
as Josef Varsh
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bray
The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Lavendor
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Party of Five
as Jake Gordon
Dr. Kildare
as Roy Drummond
Dr. Kildare
as David Burnside
The Untouchables
as Barney Lubin
The Untouchables
as Arnie Kurtz
The Outer Limits
as Deimos
All in the Family
as Archie Bunker