Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor
Birth name	John Carroll O'Connor
Born	August 2, 1924 in Manhattan, New York, USA
Died	June 21, 2001 in Culver City, California, USA from heart attack brought on by complications from diabetes
Sometimes credited as	Matt Harris
Notable Roles	Archie Bunker in All in the Family and Archie Bunker Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night
Notable Episodes
Awards	5 Emmy Awards, USA 1 Golden Globe Award, USA 1 Peabody Award, USA Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
All in the Family	Archie Bunker	1971–1979	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Archie Bunker's Place	Archie Bunker	1979–1983	1	2	3	4
In the Heat of the Night	Bill Gillespie	1988–1995	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Adventures in Paradise	Henry Gresham	2x07 - Hangman's Island	November 21, 1960
The Untouchables	Barney Lubin, lawyer	3x02 - Power Play	October 19, 1961
Naked City		3x33 - Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud	June 20, 1962
Dr. Kildare	Roy Drummond	2x02 - The Burning Sky	October 4, 1962
The Untouchables	Arnie Kurtz	4x06 - Bird in the Hand	October 30, 1962
Ben Casey		2x06 - Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road	November 5, 1962
Naked City		4x14 - Spectre of the Rose Street Gang	December 19, 1962
Stoney Burke	Harry Clark	1x20 - Webb of Fear	February 18, 1963
Bonanza	Tom Slayden	4x33 - The Boss	May 19, 1963
The DuPont Show of the Week	N.S. Kellogg	3x07 - The Silver Burro	November 3, 1963
The Outer Limits	Diemos	1x16 - Controlled Experiment	January 13, 1964
The Fugitive	Sheriff Bray	1x24 - Flight from the Final Demon	March 10, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Old John	1x15 - Long Live the King	December 21, 1964
Ben Casey	Dr. Clarke	4x25 - Three Li'l Lambs	March 29, 1965
Dr. Kildare	David Burnside	4x28 - The Time Buyers	April 8, 1965
The Time Tunnel	Gen./Col. Phillip Southall	1x05 - The Last Patrol	October 7, 1966
Gunsmoke	Hootie Kyle	12x07 - The Wrong Man	October 29, 1966
The Wild Wild West	Fabian Lavender	2x11 - The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse	November 25, 1966
Mission: Impossible	Josef Varsh	1x18 - The Trial	January 28, 1967
Gunsmoke	Major Glenn Vance Vanscoy	13x08 - Major Glory	October 30, 1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Guest Preformer	5x12 - Show 104	December 13, 1971
Party of Five	Jake	2x15 - Benefactors	January 31, 1996
Party of Five	Jake	2x16 - Comings and Goings	February 7, 1996
Party of Five	Jake	2x18 - Before and After	February 21, 1996
Party of Five	Jake	2x20 - Happily Ever After	March 20, 1996
Party of Five	Jake	2x22 - Spring Breaks (2)	March 27, 1996
Mad About You	Gus Stemple	5x06 - Jamie's Parents	November 12, 1996
Party of Five	Jake	3x13 - Christmas	December 18, 1996
Mad About You	Gus Stemple	5x23/24 - The Birth	May 20, 1997
Mad About You	Gus Stemple	7x19 - Paved with Good Intentions	May 13, 1999

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Father Clements Story	Cardinal Cody	December 13, 1987	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

• The Mike Douglas Show

Producer

Series Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
In the Heat of the Night	1989 –1995	Executive Producer

Writer

Episode Writer

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	2x11 - A Trip Upstate	February 7, 1989
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	3x04 - First Girl	November 14, 1989
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	3x10 - King's Ransom	January 2, 1990
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	3x21 - Citizen Trundel (1)	May 1, 1990
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	4x09 - A Problem Too Personal	November 20, 1990
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	4x20 - Just a Country Boy	March 19, 1991
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	4x21 - No Other Road	March 26, 1991
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	4x22 - A Turning	April 30, 1991
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	5x05 - Ruda's Awakening	November 5, 1991
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	5x12 - The Landlord	January 7, 1992
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x05 - Discovery (2)	November 18, 1992
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x06 - Random's Child	November 25, 1992
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x09 - When the Music Stopped	December 16, 1992
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x16 - The Leftover Man (1)	March 3, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x17 - The Leftover Man (2)	March 3, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x20 - Even Nice People (1)	April 28, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	6x22 - A Correct Settling	May 12, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x02 - Hatton's Turn (1)	September 18, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x03 - Hatton's Turn (2)	September 18, 1993
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x16 - Ches and the Grand Lady	January 26, 1994
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x21 - Poor Relations	March 30, 1994
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x23 - Give Me Your Life (1)	May 11, 1994
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	7x24 - Give Me Your Life (2)	May 11, 1994
In the Heat of the Night (credited as Matt Harris)	8x02 - Who Was Geli Bendl?	December 9, 1994

Director

Episode Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
In the Heat of the Night	4x20 - Just a Country Boy	March 19, 1991
In the Heat of the Night	6x20 - Even Nice People (1)	April 28, 1993
In the Heat of the Night	7x02 - Hatton's Turn (1)	September 18, 1993
In the Heat of the Night	7x03 - Hatton's Turn (2)	September 18, 1993

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 11 Nominations)

• Won: Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy (1972)

All in the Family

Primetime Emmy Awards

(5 Wins in 9 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1972, 1977, 1978, 1979)

All in the Family

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1989)

In the Heat of the Night