Acting · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · Born August 2, 1924
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.
MoviePoint Blank the Documentary
2024
as Self
MovieThe Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009
as Self
MovieReturn to Me
2000
as Marty O'Reilly
Movie36 Hours to Die
1999
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
MovieGideon
1998
as Leo Barnes
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieIn the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
as Bill Gillespie
MovieIn the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
as Bill Gillespie
MovieIn the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
as Bill Gillespie
MovieIn the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
as Bill Gillespie
TVParty of Five
1994
as Jake Gordon
MovieIn the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
TVMad About You
1992
as Gus Stemple
MovieAll in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
TVIn the Heat of the Night
1988
as Bill Gillespie
TVEn el calor de la noche
1988
as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
MovieThe Father Clements Story
1987
MovieConvicted
1986
as Lewis May
MovieThe GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieBrass
1985
as Frank Nolan
TVArchie Bunker's Place
1979
as Archie Bunker
MovieA Different Approach
1978
MovieThe Last Hurrah
1977
as Frank Skeffington
TVThe Jacksons
1976
as El mismo
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TVTony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieLaw and Disorder
1974
as Willie
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973
as Self
MovieDon Rickles: Alive and Kicking
1972
as Self
MovieOf Thee I Sing
1972
as John P. Wintergreen
TVThe Electric Company
1971
MovieDoctors' Wives
1971
as Joe Gray
TVAll in the Family
1971
as Archie Bunker
MovieKelly's Heroes
1970
as Major General Colt
MovieMarlowe
1969
as Lt. Christy French
MovieDeath of a Gunfighter
1969
as Lester Locke
MovieRide a Northbound Horse
1969
as Mr. Davis
MovieFear No Evil
1969
as Myles Donovan
MovieFor Love of Ivy
1968
as Frank Austin
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Devil's Brigade
1968
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MovieWaterhole #3
1967
as Sheriff John Copperud
TVDundee and the Culhane
1967
MoviePoint Blank
1967
as Brewster
MovieWarning Shot
1967
as Paul Jerez
MovieNot With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as General Parker
MovieHawaii
1966
as Charles Bromley
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Josef Varsh
TVThe Time Tunnel
1966
as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
TVThat Girl
1966
MovieWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as General Bolt
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
as Fabian Lavendor
TVI Spy
1965
as Dr. Karolyi
MovieIn Harm's Way
1965
as Lt. Commander Burke
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Grover Cleveland
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Walter B. Brach
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Old John
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Lawson
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as O'Rourke
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Sheriff Bray
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Deimos
MovieCleopatra
1963
as Casca
TVStoney Burke
1962
as Harry Clark
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieLad: A Dog
1962
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
MovieBelle Sommers
1962
as Mr. Griffith
MovieLonely are the Brave
1962
as Hinton
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Roy Drummond
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Joshua Ryder
MovieBy Love Possessed
1961
as Bernie Breck
TVKraft Mystery Theatre
1961
MovieParrish
1961
as Fireman (uncredited)
MovieA Fever in the Blood
1961
as Matt Kenan
TVThe Americans
1961
MovieThe Citadel
1960
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Barney Lubin
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Henry Gresham
TVBonanza
1959
as Tom Slayden
TVNaked City
1958
as Owen Oliver
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Hootie Kyle
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Davis
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Frank Skeffington
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
