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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/CBS 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.

• Born: John Carroll O’Connor August 2, 1924 Manhattan, New York, United States
• Died: June 21, 2001 (aged 76) Culver City, California, United States
• Occupation: Actor, comedian, producer, director
• Years active: 1960–2000
• Spouse: Nancy Fields O’Connor

Read more about Carroll O'Connor at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

Carroll, 1st female press agent for circus, dies at 93
Variety, 2011-01-27 22:00:00
Legit News: Publicist for 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' 'Rocky Horror' -- Longtime Hollywood publicist Shirley Carroll O'Connor, who spent 25 years as the first female press agent for the Clyde Beatty, Cole Bros. and Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey circuses, died Dec. 16 in Laguna Hills, Calif. She was 93.

Hollywood Publicist Shirley Carroll O'Connor Dies at 93
Hollywood Reporter, 2011-01-26 02:24:51
Mike Barnes Her 25-year career included serving as the first female press agent under the big top of the Clyde Beatty, Cole Bros. and Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey circuses.read more