Acting credits
85
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Carroll O'Connor
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 44Series: 42Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 26512
IMDb ID: nm0005279
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1924
Died: June 21, 2001
Age: 76
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2016
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 7.02
Wikidata: Q555487
Also known as
John Carroll O'Connor • Matt Harris
Other jobs
Director (2)Story (2)Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)Theme Song Performance (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Carroll O'Connor.
6.9
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016 Movie
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
as Self
2009 Movie
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
2004 Movie
6.6
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
2000 Movie
3.9
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1999 Movie
5.8
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
1998 Movie
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Bill Gillespie
1995 Movie
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Bill Gillespie
1995 Movie
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Bill Gillespie
1994 Movie
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Bill Gillespie
1994 Movie
10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1994 Movie
9.0
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991 Movie
The Father Clements Story
1987 Movie
Convicted
as Lewis May
1986 Movie
3.0
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
1985 Movie
1.0
Brass
as Frank Nolan
1985 Movie
6.3
A Different Approach
1978 Movie
The Last Hurrah
as Frank Skeffington
1977 Movie
4.5
Law and Disorder
as Willie
1974 Movie
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
as Self
1972 Movie
6.0
Of Thee I Sing
as John P. Wintergreen
1972 Movie
4.8
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
1971 Movie
7.3
Kelly's Heroes
as Major General Colt
1970 Movie
6.0
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
1969 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Carroll O'Connor.
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Party of Five
as Jake Gordon • 6 eps
1994 Series
6.7
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple • 4 eps
1992 Series
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
as Bill Gillespie • 146 eps
1988 Series
6.5
Archie Bunker's Place
as Archie Bunker • 97 eps
1979 Series
9.0
The Jacksons
as El mismo • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.2
Bronk
Story • 1 eps
1975 Series
3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 3 eps
1974 Series
7.1
The Electric Company
1 eps
1971 Series
7.8
All in the Family
as Archie Bunker • 210 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 1 eps
1968 Series
4.0
Dundee and the Culhane
1 eps
1967 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Josef Varsh • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.6
The Time Tunnel
as Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall • 1 eps
1966 Series
6.1
That Girl
1 eps
1966 Series
7.6
The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Lavendor • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.5
I Spy
as Dr. Karolyi
1965 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Walter B. Brach • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Old John • 1 eps
1964 Series
The Great Adventure
as O'Rourke • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bray • 1 eps
1963 Series