Carroll O'Connor

ActorWriterProducerDirectorCrew Aug 2 (died age 76) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2016 (72 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Kelly's Heroes

Major General Colt

Film

Cleopatra

Casca

Film

Point Blank

Brewster

Film

Return to Me

Marty O'Reilly

Film

All in the Family

Archie Bunker

Film

Lonely are the Brave

Hinton

Film

In Harm's Way

Lt. Commander Burke

Film

In the Heat of the Night

Bill Gillespie

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (44)

The Last Laugh

2016

as Self

6.9

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air

2009

as Self

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

Return to Me

as Marty O'Reilly

36 Hours to Die

as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

3.9

Gideon

1998

as Leo Barnes

5.8

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

1995

as Bill Gillespie

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

1995

as Bill Gillespie

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

1994

as Bill Gillespie

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

1994

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

1994

as Bill Gillespie

10.0

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special

1991

9.0

The Father Clements Story

1987

Convicted

1986

as Lewis May

The GLO Friends Save Christmas

1985

as Santa Claus (voice)

Brass

as Frank Nolan

A Different Approach

The Last Hurrah

as Frank Skeffington

Law and Disorder

1974

as Willie

4.5

Of Thee I Sing

1972

as John P. Wintergreen

6.0

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking

1972

as Self

Doctors' Wives

1971

as Joe Gray

4.8

Kelly's Heroes

1970

as Major General Colt

7.3

Fear No Evil

1969

as Myles Donovan

6.7

Ride a Northbound Horse

1969

as Mr. Davis

Marlowe

1969

as Lt. Christy French

6.0

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

as Lester Locke

6.2

The Devil's Brigade

1968

as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

For Love of Ivy

as Frank Austin

Point Blank

as Brewster

Waterhole #3

as Sheriff John Copperud

Warning Shot

as Paul Jerez

Hawaii

as Charles Bromley

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966

as General Bolt

5.9

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

as General Parker

5.5

In Harm's Way

1965

as Lt. Commander Burke

Cleopatra

as Casca

Belle Sommers

as Mr. Griffith

Lonely are the Brave

as Hinton

Lad: A Dog

as Hamilcar Q. Glure

Parrish

as Fireman (uncredited)

By Love Possessed

as Bernie Breck

A Fever in the Blood

as Matt Kenan

The Citadel

Television (43)

E! True Hollywood Story

Party of Five

as Jake Gordon

Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

In the Heat of the Night

1988

as Bill Gillespie

7.5

Archie Bunker's Place

as Archie Bunker

The Jacksons

as El mismo

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

7.0

Dinah!

1974

as Self

6.7

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

All in the Family

as Archie Bunker

The Electric Company

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self

6.6

Dundee and the Culhane

Mission: Impossible

as Josef Varsh

The Time Tunnel

as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall

That Girl

The Wild Wild West

as Fabian Lavendor

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

as Old John

7.7

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Walter B. Brach

Profiles in Courage

as Grover Cleveland

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bray

The Outer Limits

as Deimos

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Lawson

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as O'Rourke

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Stoney Burke

as Harry Clark

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Dr. Kildare

as Roy Drummond

The Defenders

as Joshua Ryder

Ben Casey

Kraft Mystery Theatre

The Americans

Bonanza

as Tom Slayden

The Untouchables

as Barney Lubin

Adventures in Paradise

as Henry Gresham

Naked City

as Owen Oliver

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Gunsmoke

as Hootie Kyle

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mr. Davis

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Frank Skeffington

8.6

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (13)

Movies (7)

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

1994

Writer

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

1994

Executive Producer

10.0

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

Story

Brass

Executive Producer

Brass

Writer

The Last Hurrah

Executive Producer

The Last Hurrah

1977

Writer

Television (6)

In the Heat of the Night

1988

Director

7.5

In the Heat of the Night

1988

Producer

7.5

Archie Bunker's Place

Director

Bronk

Creator

Bronk

Story

All in the Family

Theme Song Performance

7.8