Carroll O'Connor
Acting
89 titles
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.
Filmography
Point Blank the Documentary
2024
The Last Laugh
2016
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
Return to Me
2000
36 Hours to Die
1999
Gideon
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
Party of Five
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
Mad About You
1992
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
In the Heat of the Night
1988
The Father Clements Story
1987
Convicted
1986
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985
Brass
1985
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
A Different Approach
1978
The Last Hurrah
1977
The Jacksons
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
Dinah!
1974
Law and Disorder
1974
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
1972
Of Thee I Sing
1972
The Electric Company
1971
Doctors' Wives
1971
All in the Family
1971
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Marlowe
1969
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969
Fear No Evil
1969
For Love of Ivy
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Devil's Brigade
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Waterhole #3
1967
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Point Blank
1967
Warning Shot
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
Hawaii
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966
That Girl
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
The Wild Wild West
1965
I Spy
1965
In Harm's Way
1965
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Great Adventure
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
Cleopatra
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Lad: A Dog
1962
Belle Sommers
1962
Lonely are the Brave
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
By Love Possessed
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Parrish
1961
A Fever in the Blood
1961
The Americans
1961
The Citadel
1960
The Untouchables
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Bonanza
1959
Naked City
1958
Tony Awards
1956
Gunsmoke
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944