Highest rated as cast or director
All in the Family
1971 · 9 Seasons
Point Blank
1967
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · 8 Seasons
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Marlowe
1969
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 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.
Acted in 72
2000s
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
36 Hours to Die
Jack 'Balls' O'Malley
- 1998
Gideon
Leo Barnes
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
- 1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Bill Gillespie
- 1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Bill Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Bill Gillespie
- 1992
- 1991
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie
1980s
- 1988
En el calor de la noche
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie · 1 episode
- 1987
The Father Clements Story
Movie
- 1986
Convicted
Lewis May
- 1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
Brass
Frank Nolan
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
A Different Approach
Movie
- 1977
The Last Hurrah
Frank Skeffington
- 1976
The Jacksons
El mismo · 1 episode
- 1974
- 1972
Of Thee I Sing
John P. Wintergreen
- 1971
Doctors' Wives
Joe Gray
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Mr. Davis
Fear No Evil
Myles Donovan
- 1968
For Love of Ivy
Frank Austin
- 1967
Dundee and the Culhane
TV
Warning Shot
Paul Jerez
- 1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
General Parker
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Lad: A Dog
Hamilcar Q. Glure
Belle Sommers
Mr. Griffith
Lonely are the Brave
Hinton
- 1961
Parrish
Fireman (uncredited), Firechief (uncredited)
A Fever in the Blood
Matt Kenan
- 1960
The Citadel
Movie
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1955
- 1954
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Frank Skeffington · 1 episode
Wrote 5
1990s
- 1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Writer
1980s
- 1985
Brass
Writer
1970s
- 1977
The Last Hurrah
Writer
- 1975
Produced 4
1980s
- 1988
- 1985
Brass
Executive Producer
1970s
- 1977
The Last Hurrah
Executive Producer
Directed 2
1980s
- 1988
1970s
- 1979
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1975
Sound 1
1970s
- 1971
Created 1
1970s
- 1975
Appearances14
2020s
- 2024
Point Blank the Documentary
Self
2000s
- 2009
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
1970s
- 1975
- 1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · 1 episode
- 1972
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Self
1960s
- 1968
- 1962
- 1961
