Carroll O'Connor profile
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Carroll O'Connor

2nd August 1924 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 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.

44 Movies 51 TV Shows 100 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Gideon 26th October 1998 as Leo Barnes
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Brass 11th September 1985 as Frank Nolan
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Marlowe 19th September 1969 as Lt. Christy French
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Hawaii 10th October 1966 as Charles Bromley
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Parrish 4th May 1961 as Fireman (uncredited)
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Parrish 4th May 1961 as Firechief (uncredited)
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I Spy 15th September 1965 as Dr. Karolyi
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Tom Slayden
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Hootie Kyle
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Major Vanscoy