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{{short description|American actor (1924–2001)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Carroll O'Connor
| image              = Carrol O'Connor as Archie Bunker.JPG
| caption            = O'Connor as [[Archie Bunker]] in 1975
| birth_name         = John Carroll O'Connor
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1924|8|2}}
| birth_place        = [[Manhattan, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2001|6|21|1924|8|2}}
| death_place        = [[Culver City, California]], U.S.
| burial_place       = [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]<br />Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| burial_coordinates = 
| spouse             = {{Marriage|Nancy Fields|1951}}
| children           = [[Hugh O'Connor]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1950–2001|
| website            = 
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| alma_mater         = [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]], [[University College Dublin]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]),<br />[[University of Montana]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}

'''John Carroll O'Connor''' (August{{nbsp}}2, 1924{{nbsp}}– June{{nbsp}}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 [[Columbia Broadcasting System|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 (TV series)|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.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1996 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |issue=December 14–20 |url= <!--|access-date=October 19, 2011-->}}</ref> He won five Emmys and one [[Golden Globe Award]].