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Carroll O'Connor
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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 and shows, newest first
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2024
Point Blank the Documentary
Movie Self
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2009
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2000
Return to Me
Movie Marty O'Reilly
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1999
36 Hours to Die
Movie Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
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1998
Gideon
Movie Leo Barnes
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Movie Bill Gillespie
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1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie Bill Gillespie
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1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie Bill Gillespie
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1994
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie Bill Gillespie
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1994
Party of Five
TV show Jake Gordon
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1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
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1992
Mad About You
TV show Gus Stemple
- 1991
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1988
In the Heat of the Night
TV show Bill Gillespie
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1988
En el calor de la noche
TV show Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
- 1987
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1986
Convicted
Movie Lewis May
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1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Movie Santa Claus (voice)
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1985
Brass
Movie Frank Nolan
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1979
Archie Bunker's Place
TV show Archie Bunker
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1978
A Different Approach
Movie
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1977
The Last Hurrah
Movie Frank Skeffington
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1976
The Jacksons
TV show El mismo
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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1975
Bronk
TV show Story
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1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV show Self
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1974
Law and Disorder
Movie Willie
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1973
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Movie Self
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1972
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Movie Self
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1972
Of Thee I Sing
Movie John P. Wintergreen
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1971
The Electric Company
TV show
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1971
Doctors' Wives
Movie Joe Gray
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1971
All in the Family
TV show Archie Bunker
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1970
Kelly's Heroes
Movie Major General Colt
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1969
Marlowe
Movie Lt. Christy French
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1969
Death of a Gunfighter
Movie Lester Locke
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1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie Mr. Davis
