profile image

Carroll O'Connor

Aug 02, 1924 - Jun 21, 2001 (76 years old) in 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

poster
Bonanza
Tom Slayden
poster
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
poster
The Fugitive
Sheriff Bray
poster
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
poster
Mission: Impossible
Josef Varsh
poster
Mad About You
Gus Stemple
poster
Dr. Kildare
Roy Drummond
poster
Naked City
Owen Oliver
poster
The Untouchables
Barney Lubin
poster
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Lavendor

Credits