Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-08-02 (77 years old)
Deathday
2001-06-21
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
John Carroll O'Connor
Matt Harris
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 Chi...
1969
as Lt. Christy French
2000
as Marty O'Reilly
1970
as Major General Colt
1963
as Casca
1960
1967
as Brewster
1966
as General Bolt
1966
as Charles Bromley
1962
as Hinton
1965
as Lt. Commander Burke
1972
1968
as Frank Austin
2004
as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
1967
as Sheriff John Copperud
1969
as Lester Locke
1966
as General Parker
1967
as Paul Jerez
1961
as Bernie Breck
1974
as Willie
1971
as Joe Gray
1985
as Santa Claus (voice)
2016
as Self
1998
as Leo Barnes
1969
as Myles Donovan
1999
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
1961
as Fireman (uncredited)
1994
as Bill Gillespie
1994
as Bill Gillespie
1994
as Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
1995
as Bill Gillespie
1961
as Matt Kenan
1977
as Frank Skeffington
1962
as Hamilcar Q. Glure
1961
as Firechief (uncredited)
1968
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
1962
as Mr. Griffith
1986
as Lewis May
1969
as Mr. Davis
1985
as Frank Nolan
1995
as Bill Gillespie
1972
as John P. Wintergreen
1977
as Writer
1994
1994
1994
as Executive Producer
1977
as Executive Producer
1985
as Executive Producer
1985
as Writer
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