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Aliases: John Carroll O'Connor , Matt Harris
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 25
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Bonanza
(1959) Tom SlaydenThe Defenders
(1961) Dr. Hugh MorganThe Outer Limits
(1963) DeimosThe Untouchables
(1959) Barney LubinThe Fugitive
(1963) Sheriff BrayIn the Heat of the Night
(1988) Bill GillespieTony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterDr. Kildare
(1961) David BurnsideActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2016 | Self | |
2009 | Self | |
2004 | Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage) | |
2000 | Marty O'Reilly | |
1999 | Jack 'Balls' O'Malley | |
1998 | Leo Barnes | |
1996 | N/A | |
1995 | Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie | |
1992 | N/A | |
1988 | Bill Gillespie | |
1987 | N/A | |
1986 | Lewis May | |
1985 | Santa Claus (voice) | |
Frank Nolan | ||
1979 | Archie Bunker | |
1978 | N/A | |
1977 | Frank Skeffington | |
1976 | Self | |
1975 | Self (uncredited) | |
1974 | Self | |
Willie | ||
1972 | Self | |
John P. Wintergreen | ||
1971 | N/A | |
Joe Gray | ||
Archie Bunker | ||
1970 | Major General Colt | |
1969 | Lt. Christy French | |
Lester Locke | ||
Mr. Davis | ||
Myles Donovan | ||
1968 | Frank Austin | |
Self - Guest | ||
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter | ||
1967 | Sheriff John Copperud | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Brewster | ||
Paul Jerez | ||
1966 | General Parker | |
Charles Bromley | ||
N/A | ||
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall | ||
N/A | ||
General Bolt | ||
1965 | N/A | |
Dr. Karolyi | ||
Lt. Commander Burke | ||
1964 | Grover Cleveland | |
Walter B. Brach | ||
1963 | N/A | |
O'Rourke | ||
Johann Sutter | ||
Sheriff Bray | ||
Deimos | ||
Casca | ||
1962 | N/A | |
Hamilcar Q. Glure | ||
Mr. Griffith | ||
Hinton | ||
Leonard Barsevick | ||
1961 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Roy Drummond | ||
David Burnside | ||
Joshua Ryder | ||
Dr. Hugh Morgan | ||
Bernie Breck | ||
N/A | ||
Fireman | ||
Matt Kenan | ||
N/A | ||
1960 | N/A | |
1959 | Barney Lubin | |
Henry Gresham | ||
Tom Slayden | ||
1958 | Owen Oliver | |
Tony Corran | ||
1956 | Self - Presenter | |
1955 | Hootie Kyle | |
Major Vanscoy | ||
1951 | Frank Skeffington | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1988 | Director | |
1979 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1988 | Producer | |
1985 | Executive Producer | |
1977 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1985 | Writer | |
1977 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1975 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |