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.
45 movies · 45 shows
Point Blank the Documentary
2024·0.0
The Last Laugh
2016·7.0
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009·0.0
Return to Me
2000·6.7
36 Hours to Die
1999·4.3
Gideon
1998·6.1
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995·7.5
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995·9.0
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994·9.5
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994·10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994·10.0
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991·9.0
The Father Clements Story
1987·9.0
Convicted
1986·10.0
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985·4.5
Brass
1985·5.0
A Different Approach
1978·6.5
The Last Hurrah
1977·0.0
Law and Disorder
1974·5.0
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973·0.0
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
1972·0.0
Of Thee I Sing
1972·7.0
Doctors' Wives
1971·5.0
Kelly's Heroes
1970·7.4
Marlowe
1969·6.1
Death of a Gunfighter
1969·6.2
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969·10.0
Fear No Evil
1969·6.9
For Love of Ivy
1968·6.2
The Devil's Brigade
1968·6.3
Waterhole #3
1967·5.9
Point Blank
1967·7.0
Warning Shot
1967·6.4
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966·5.8
Hawaii
1966·6.3
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966·5.9
In Harm's Way
1965·6.6
Cleopatra
1963·7.0
Lad: A Dog
1962·7.7
Belle Sommers
1962·9.0
Lonely are the Brave
1962·7.4
By Love Possessed
1961·5.3
Parrish
1961·5.0
A Fever in the Blood
1961·6.7
The Citadel
1960·7.0