Carroll O'Connor
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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self | HIT | |
| 2009 | The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air | Self | FLOP | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Marty O'Reilly | HIT | |
| 1999 | 36 Hours to Die | Jack 'Balls' O'Malley | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Gideon | Leo Barnes | FLOP | |
| 1995 | In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me | Bill Gillespie | HIT | |
| 1995 | In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound | Bill Gillespie | HIT | |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? | Bill Gillespie | HIT | |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice | Bill Gillespie | HIT | |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life | Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie | HIT | |
| 1991 | All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special | - | HIT | |
| 1987 | The Father Clements Story | - | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Convicted | Lewis May | FLOP | |
| 1985 | The GLO Friends Save Christmas | Santa Claus (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Brass | Frank Nolan | FLOP | |
| 1978 | A Different Approach | - | FLOP | |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Frank Skeffington | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Law and Disorder | Willie | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking | Self | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | John P. Wintergreen | FLOP | |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives | Joe Gray | FLOP | |
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes | Major General Colt | HIT | |
| 1969 | Marlowe | Lt. Christy French | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Lester Locke | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Ride a Northbound Horse | Mr. Davis | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Fear No Evil | Myles Donovan | HIT | |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | Frank Austin | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Sheriff John Copperud | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Point Blank | Brewster | HIT | |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Paul Jerez | FLOP | |
| 1966 | Not With My Wife, You Don't! | General Parker | FLOP | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Charles Bromley | FLOP | |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | General Bolt | FLOP | |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Lt. Commander Burke | HIT | |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Casca | HIT | |
| 1962 | Lad: A Dog | Hamilcar Q. Glure | HIT | |
| 1962 | Belle Sommers | Mr. Griffith | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Lonely are the Brave | Hinton | HIT | |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Bernie Breck | FLOP | |
| 1961 | Parrish | Fireman (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1961 | Parrish | Firechief (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1961 | A Fever in the Blood | Matt Kenan | FLOP | |
| 1960 | The Citadel | - | FLOP |