Carroll O'Connor

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Carroll O'Connor
O'Connor as Archie Bunker in 1975
Born	John Carroll O'Connor (1924-08-02)August 2, 1924 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died	June 21, 2001(2001-06-21) (aged 76) Culver City, California, U.S.
Burial place	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	United States Merchant Marine Academy, University College Dublin (BA), University of Montana (MA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2000
Spouse	Nancy Fields ​ (m. 1951)​
Children	Hugh O'Connor

John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. He found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). He later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.^[1] He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.