Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

  • Birthday: 1924-08-02
  • Deathday: 2001-06-21
  • Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Law and Disorder

1974

As Willie

The GLO Friends Save Christmas

1985

As Santa Claus (voice)

The Last Hurrah

1977

As Frank Skeffington

Ride a Northbound Horse

1969

As Mr. Davis

Brass

1985

As Frank Nolan

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

1995

As Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

Of Thee I Sing

1972

As John P. Wintergreen

Waterhole #3

1967

As Sheriff John Copperud

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

1994

As Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

Marlowe

1969

As Lt. Christy French

Return to Me

2000

As Marty O'Reilly

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

As Lester Locke

Gideon

1998

As Leo Barnes

36 Hours to Die

1999

As Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

Lad: A Dog

1962

As Hamilcar Q. Glure

Fear No Evil

1969

As Myles Donovan

Belle Sommers

1962

As Mr. Griffith

Convicted

1986

As Lewis May

Kelly's Heroes

1970

As Major General Colt

Point Blank

1967

As Brewster

Not With My Wife, You Don't

1966

As General Parker

Doctors' Wives

1971

As Joe Gray

Hawaii

1966

As Charles Bromley

Lonely Are the Brave

1962

As Hinton

Pericles on 31st Street

1962

As Leonard Barsevick

For Love of Ivy

1968

As Frank Austin

The Citadel

1960

As

A Fever in the Blood

1961

As Matt Kenan

Warning Shot

1967

As Paul Jerez

By Love Possessed

1961

As Bernie Breck

In Harm's Way

1965

As Lt. Commander Burke

Parrish

1961

As Fireman

The Devil's Brigade

1968

As Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

Cleopatra

1963

As Casca

The Last Laugh

2016

As Self

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

As Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

Production

Brass

1985

As Executive Producer

The Last Hurrah

1977

As Executive Producer

The Last Hurrah

1977

As Writer

Brass

1985

As Writer

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