Carroll O'Connor
Acting · 76 years old
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Bill Gillespie
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
The Jacksons
El mismo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Skeffington
E! True Hollywood Story
The Untouchables
Barney Lubin
The Untouchables
Arnie Kurtz
All in the Family
Archie Bunker
The Outer Limits
Deimos
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Davis
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Old John
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
The Time Tunnel
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
Mission: Impossible
Josef Varsh
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Lavendor
In the Heat of the Night
Bill Gillespie
