Cast & creator
Carroll O'Connor
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: John Carroll O'Connor, Matt Harris
53
film credits
61
television credits
100
1944–2024 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (114)
Showing 114 of 114 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Bonanza
Tom Slayden
1959
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Fugitive
Sheriff Bray
1963
Mad About You
Gus Stemple
1992
Mission: Impossible
Josef Varsh
1966
Party of Five
Jake Gordon
1994
Dr. Kildare
Roy Drummond
1961Dr. Kildare
David Burnside
1961
Naked City
Owen Oliver
1958Naked City
Tony Corran
1958Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lawson
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Capt. Ted Eyck
1963
The Defenders
Joshua Ryder
1961The Defenders
Dr. Hugh Morgan
1961
The Untouchables
Barney Lubin
1959The Untouchables
Arnie Kurtz
1959
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Lavendor
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Dinah!
Self
1974
All in the Family
Archie Bunker
1971All in the Family
Theme Song Performance
1971
The Electric Company
1971
Gunsmoke
Hootie Kyle
1955Gunsmoke
Major Vanscoy
1955
In the Heat of the Night
Bill Gillespie
1988In the Heat of the Night
Director
1988In the Heat of the Night
Producer
1988
That Girl
1966
The Outer Limits
Deimos
1963
Adventures in Paradise
Henry Gresham
1959
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Old John
1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Walter B. Brach
1964
The Time Tunnel
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
1966
I Spy
Dr. Karolyi
1965
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker
1979Archie Bunker's Place
Director
1979
The Great Adventure
O'Rourke
1963The Great Adventure
Johann Sutter
1963
Stoney Burke
Harry Clark
1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Davis
1954
Bronk
Story
1975Bronk
Creator
1975Bronk
Creator
1975Profiles in Courage
Grover Cleveland
1964
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
The Americans
1961
Cleopatra
Casca
1963
Kelly's Heroes
Major General Colt
1970
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
The Jacksons
El mismo
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Skeffington
1951
Point Blank
Brewster
1967
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Return to Me
Marty O'Reilly
2000
In Harm's Way
Lt. Commander Burke
1965
Lonely are the Brave
Hinton
1962
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
The Devil's Brigade
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
1968
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
General Bolt
1966
Marlowe
Lt. Christy French
1969
Death of a Gunfighter
Lester Locke
1969
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Hawaii
Charles Bromley
1966
Warning Shot
Paul Jerez
1967
By Love Possessed
Bernie Breck
1961
Waterhole #3
Sheriff John Copperud
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
General Parker
1966
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Writer
1994In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Bill Gillespie
1995
36 Hours to Die
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1999
Law and Disorder
Willie
1974
Point Blank the Documentary
Self
2024
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Story
1994In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Executive Producer
1994
The Citadel
1960
For Love of Ivy
Frank Austin
1968Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
1973
En el calor de la noche
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1988
Doctors' Wives
Joe Gray
1971
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
1995
A Fever in the Blood
Matt Kenan
1961
Ride a Northbound Horse
Mr. Davis
1969
Parrish
Fireman (uncredited)
1961Parrish
Firechief (uncredited)
1961
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
1994
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
2009
Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen
1972
The Father Clements Story
1987
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Self
1972
Gideon
Leo Barnes
1998
Convicted
Lewis May
1986
Fear No Evil
Myles Donovan
1969
A Different Approach
1978
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
1985
Lad: A Dog
Hamilcar Q. Glure
1962
Brass
Frank Nolan
1985Brass
Writer
1985Brass
Executive Producer
1985
Belle Sommers
Mr. Griffith
1962
The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington
1977The Last Hurrah
Writer
1977The Last Hurrah
Executive Producer
1977