August 2, 1924
O'Connor later starred in the 1980s NBC
television crime drama In
the Heat of the Night, where he played the role of Sheriff
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.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
August 2, 1924
John
Carroll O'Connor was born.
Actor,
producer,
and director
whose television career spanned four decades. Known at first for playing the
role of Major General Colt in the 1970 cult movie, Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as
the bigoted workingman 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 1980s NBC
television crime drama In
the Heat of the Night, where he played the role of Sheriff
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.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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Tony Figueroa
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