Carroll O'Connor
Acting
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
2016The Last Laugh
Self
2009The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
2000Return to Me
Marty O'Reilly
199936 Hours to Die
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1998Gideon
Leo Barnes
1995In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
1995In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Bill Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1991All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1987The Father Clements Story
1986Convicted
Lewis May
1985The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
1985Brass
Frank Nolan
1978A Different Approach
1977The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington
1974Law and Disorder
Willie
1972Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
Self
1972Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen
1971Doctors' Wives
Joe Gray
1970Kelly's Heroes
Major General Colt
1969Marlowe
Lt. Christy French