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John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1925 - June 21, 2001) was an American actor, famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family ( 1971- 1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979- 1983). O'Connor later starred in the television series In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie from 1988 to 1994See also 1993 in television, other events of 1994, 1995 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events March 31 Madonna appears on The Late Show with David Letterman and makes headlines for her foul-mouthed, profanity-laced interview. Robin W.

O'Connor's own politics were left-wing, but he understood Archie Bunker, and played him not only with bombast and humor but with touches of vulnerability. The writing on the show was consistently left of center but O'Connor deftly used every chance he had to skewer the liberal pieties of the day. The result was an absorbing, entertaining television show, which was based on the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere show Til Death Us Do PartTil Death Us Do Part (also known as Till Death Us do Part 1 was a BBC television sitcom series written by Johnny Speight that ran from 1964 until 1974. The programme starred Warren Mitchell as the racist East End misogynist (and Rudyard Kipling lookalike) and its follow up, In Sickness and in HealthIn Sickness and in Health was a BBC television sitcom sequel to the highly successful Till Death Us Do Part, an everyday tale of a dysfunctional East London family. In this series, the character Alf Garnett's wife Else (played by Dandy Nichols) is confine with Archie Bunker based on Alf GarnettAlf Garnett was the (fictional) racially bigoted and misogynistic linchpin of the BBC television sitcom Til Death Us Do Part and was played masterfully throughout the series and its sequel series In Sickness and in Health by actor Warren Mitchell. Writer, but somewhat less abrasive.

O'Connor was born in The BronxThe Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost and only mainland borough of New York City, located south of Westchester County. It also incl, New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col and he lived during much of his youth in the New York City borough of Queens, the same borough where his character Archie Bunker would later live. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and began his acting career shortly afterwards. O'Connor's many film roles include Lonely Are The Brave (1962), Cleopatra (1963), In Harm's Way (1965), Hawaii (1966), The Devil's Brigade (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). Mister O'Connor also appeared on episodes of many popular television series such as Gunsmoke, I Spy, The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West. Although O'Connor was famous for murdering the English language as Archie Bunker, it should be pointed out he was highly educated and cultured. In fact, he was once an English teacher before turning to acting.

Personal tragedy struck O'Connor in 1995 when his only son Hugh committed suicide after a long battle with drug addiction.