Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/2/1924
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
John Carroll O'ConnorMatt Harris
Carroll O'Connor
Biography
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 south...
Known For
Point Blank
as Brewster
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as General Bolt
Warning Shot
as Paul Jerez
Marlowe
as Lt. Christy French
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)
Return to Me
as Marty O'Reilly
Waterhole #3
as Sheriff John Copperud
The Devil's Brigade
as Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter
Cleopatra
as Casca
For Love of Ivy
as Frank Austin
Hawaii
as Charles Bromley
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as General Parker
Law and Disorder
as Willie
In Harm's Way
as Lt. Commander Burke
Doctors' Wives
as Joe Gray
Gideon
as Leo Barnes
Fear No Evil
as Myles Donovan
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lester Locke
36 Hours to Die
as Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
Career Timeline
1995
1994
1971
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Ben Casey
Role unknown
Dr. Kildare
as Roy Drummond
Dr. Kildare
as David Burnside
The Defenders
as Joshua Ryder
The Defenders
as Dr. Hugh Morgan
By Love Possessed
as Bernie Breck
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Role unknown
Parrish
as Fireman (uncredited)
Parrish
as Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
as Matt Kenan
The Americans
Role unknown