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Carroll O'Connor
1 FOLLOWER • 33 CREDITS • AUG 2, 1924 - JUN 21, 2001 • 76
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) best 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Gunsmoke
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Kildare
The Wonderful World of Disney
E! True Hollywood Story
Bonanza
Tony Awards
Mission: Impossible
Golden Globe Awards
The Defenders
The Fugitive
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Wild Wild West
Profiles in Courage
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Tony Orlando and Dawn
The Americans
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Saturday Night Live
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Jacksons
Mad About You
Cleopatra
In Harm's Way
Kelly's Heroes
I Spy
Waterhole #3
Archie Bunker's Place
All in the Family
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
In the Heat of the Night
Production Credits
Archie Bunker's Place
In the Heat of the Night
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