Carroll O'Connor. Actor: All in the Family. Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a heavily-Jewish community in New York City's borough of Queens. After graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic.

Carroll O'Connor. Actor: All in the Family. Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a heavily-Jewish community in New York City's borough of Queens. After graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic.

In the Heat of the Night: Created by James Lee Barrett. With Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor. The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.

Carroll O'Conner, who played Hootie Kyle, would go on to star as Archie Bunker in the iconic TV series "All in the Family", the continuing series "Archie Bunker's Place, and then as Sparta Police Chief Bill Gillespie in the TV series "In the Heat of the …

With David Janssen, Ed Nelson, Carroll O'Connor, Ellen Madison. A man helps Kimble escapes from a Sheriff and is wounded. As he nurses him, he discovers the man is tortured by a very guilty conscience in connection with a murder rap he was acquitted of months before.

All in the Family: Created by Norman Lear. With Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers. A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Carrol O'Connor makes two appearances in the show, a small role as a CBS Censor, then later his biggest appearance the "All in the Family" parody opera to finish the show. Terri Gar and Steve Martin make small appearances too, along with a quick cameo by Glenn Ford.

Brass: Directed by Corey Allen. With Carroll O'Connor, Lois Nettleton, Larry Atlas, Samuel E. Wright. The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.

The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse: Directed by Irving J. Moore. With Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Carroll O'Connor, Karen Sharpe. West and Gordon are assigned to guard a highly unpopular Latin American dictator.

Gillespie is now Carroll O'Connor and has made a place for Tibbs on the Sparta, PD as a newly made detective. Rollins IS the Detective Division of the Sparta, PD. Because this show clicked so well these characters were fully developed over the seven year run of the series.