<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Nancy Fields O'Connor (m . 1951) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Hugh O'Connor (1962--1995) </Td> </Tr> <P> John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924--June 21, 2001) was an American actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned four decades . A lifelong member of the Actors Studio, O'Connor first attracted attention as Major General Colt in the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes . The following year, he found fame as the bigoted working man Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971--1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979--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 Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You . </P> <P> In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time . </P>

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