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Carroll O'Connor

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedAug 2, 1924 (Died at 77)
Zodiac Sign♌Leo
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Career Span1944 – 2001
Known Credits87 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.5

Carroll O'Connor

Also known as:John Carroll O'ConnorMatt Harris
Total Works

87

43 movies • 44 shows

Avg Rating

6.9 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Cleopatra
7.1
Cleopatra
1963•movie
as Casca
Kelly's Heroes
7.4
Kelly's Heroes
1970•movie
as Major General Colt
Saturday Night Live
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975•series
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Bonanza
7.5
Bonanza
1959•series
as Tom Slayden

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 87 titles featuring Carroll O'Connor

Cleopatra
7.1
Cleopatra
1963•movie

as Casca

Kelly's Heroes
7.4
Kelly's Heroes
1970•movie

as Major General Colt

Saturday Night Live
6.9
1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975•series

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Tom Slayden

Return to Me
6.7
Return to Me
2000•movie

as Marty O'Reilly

Point Blank
7.0
Point Blank
1967•movie

as Brewster

Mission: Impossible
7.6
1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1966•series

as Josef Varsh

Mad About You
6.8
4 eps
Mad About You
1992•series

as Gus Stemple

The Time Tunnel
7.7
1 eps
The Time Tunnel
1966•series

as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall

All in the Family
7.8
210 eps
All in the Family
1971•series

as Archie Bunker

Lonely are the Brave
7.4

as Hinton

In Harm's Way
6.6
In Harm's Way
1965•movie

as Lt. Commander Burke

The Outer Limits
7.8
1 eps
The Outer Limits
1963•series

as Deimos

The Untouchables
8.0
1 eps
The Untouchables
1959•series

as Barney Lubin

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.8
1 eps

as Old John

Party of Five
7.0
6 eps
Party of Five
1994•series

as Jake Gordon

Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as Hootie Kyle

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
10 eps
Marlowe
6.2
Marlowe
1969•movie

as Lt. Christy French

The Devil's Brigade
6.3

as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

The Wild Wild West
7.6
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
1965•series

as Fabian Lavendor

E! True Hollywood Story
8.1
1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.2
1 eps

as Walter B. Brach

In the Heat of the Night
7.6
146 eps

as Bill Gillespie

The Fugitive
7.3
1 eps
The Fugitive
1963•series

as Sheriff Bray

Hawaii
6.3
Hawaii
1966•movie

as Charles Bromley

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
5.9

as General Bolt

Death of a Gunfighter
6.3

as Lester Locke

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9
2 eps

as Mr. Davis

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.8
1 eps

as Self

That Girl
6.2
1 eps
That Girl
1966•series
I Spy
6.5
0
I Spy
1965•series

as Dr. Karolyi

Warning Shot
6.4
Warning Shot
1967•movie

as Paul Jerez

The Electric Company
7.3
1 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
6.5
97 eps

as Archie Bunker

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
2 eps

as Self - Guest

The Last Laugh
7.0
The Last Laugh
2016•movie

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards
7.0
4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944•series

as Self - Nominee

Waterhole #3
5.9
Waterhole #3
1967•movie

as Sheriff John Copperud

Doctors' Wives
4.9
Doctors' Wives
1971•movie

as Joe Gray

Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Roy Drummond

Gideon
6.4
Gideon
1998•movie

as Leo Barnes

Ben Casey
5.9
2 eps
Ben Casey
1961•series
36 Hours to Die
4.3
36 Hours to Die
1999•movie

as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley

Parrish
5.0
Parrish
1961•movie

as Fireman (uncredited)

Naked City
5.7
1 eps
Naked City
1958•series

as Owen Oliver

Law and Disorder
5.0
Law and Disorder
1974•movie

as Willie

The Merv Griffin Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
5.8

as General Parker

Fear No Evil
6.9
Fear No Evil
1969•movie

as Myles Donovan

The Defenders
6.3
1 eps
The Defenders
1961•series

as Joshua Ryder

The Mike Douglas Show
5.8
4 eps

as Self

By Love Possessed
5.2
By Love Possessed
1961•movie

as Bernie Breck

For Love of Ivy
6.2
For Love of Ivy
1968•movie

as Frank Austin

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
1 eps

as Frank Skeffington

Adventures in Paradise
6.1
1 eps

as Henry Gresham

A Fever in the Blood
6.7

as Matt Kenan

A Different Approach
6.0
The Jacksons
9.2
1 eps
The Jacksons
1976•series

as El mismo

Bronk
6.8
Bronk
1975•series

Role: Story

The GLO Friends Save Christmas
4.5

as Santa Claus (voice)

Stoney Burke
6.8
1 eps
Stoney Burke
1962•series

as Harry Clark

Kraft Mystery Theatre
7.2
1 eps
Dinah!
7.0
3 eps
Dinah!
1974•series

as Self

Lad: A Dog
7.7
Lad: A Dog
1962•movie

as Hamilcar Q. Glure

Dundee and the Culhane
5.3
1 eps
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
9.5
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
7.5
Brass
5.0
Brass
1985•movie

as Frank Nolan

Of Thee I Sing
7.0
Of Thee I Sing
1972•movie

as John P. Wintergreen

Tony Orlando and Dawn
3.5
1 eps

as Self

The Americans
6.5
1 eps
The Americans
1961•series
The Citadel
7.0
The Citadel
1960•movie
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
10.0

as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

Belle Sommers
9.0
Belle Sommers
1962•movie

as Mr. Griffith

Convicted
10.0
Convicted
1986•movie

as Lewis May

Ride a Northbound Horse
10.0

as Mr. Davis

The Great Adventure
10.0
1 eps
The Great Adventure
1963•series

as O'Rourke

The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah
1977•movie

as Frank Skeffington

Point Blank the Documentary

as Self

Tony Awards
1 eps
Tony Awards
1956•series

as Self - Presenter

En el calor de la noche
1 eps

as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie