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Carroll O'Connor

1924 - 2001

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John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 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 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 (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carroll O'Connor is the 570th most popular actor (up from 6,230th in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,143rd in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Carroll O'Connor ranks 570 out of 13,578. Before him are Claude Jade, Jennifer Connelly, James Gandolfini, Jacques Perrin, Vyjayanthimala Bali, and Pamela Anderson. After him are Charles Laughton, Sylva Koscina, Lee Strasberg, Cillian Murphy, Linda Hunt, and Emmy Göring.

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Among people born in 1924, Carroll O'Connor ranks 48. Before him are Luigi Nono, Henry Mancini, Dmitry Yazov, Jin Yong, Francisco Macías Nguema, and Robert Solow. After him are Christopher Tolkien, Kim Song-ae, Rauf Denktaş, Charlie Munger, Georg Ratzinger, and Ante Marković. Among people deceased in 2001, Carroll O'Connor ranks 34. Before him are William Hanna, Marie José of Belgium, Donald J. Cram, Timothy McVeigh, Masao Ono, and Robert Ludlum. After him are Douglas Adams, Mohamed Atta, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Balthus, Emilie Schindler, and Jacques Mayol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carroll O'Connor ranks 1,211 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Crichton (1942), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Lionel Richie (1949), Shawn Michaels (1965), Ted Kennedy (1932), and Robert Solow (1924). After him are Marco Rubio (1971), Robert Venturi (1925), Linda Hunt (1945), Gerald Edelman (1929), Mark Milley (1958), and Paul Lauterbur (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carroll O'Connor ranks 297. Before him are Jayne Mansfield (1933), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Dennis Quaid (1954), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Jennifer Connelly (1970), and James Gandolfini (1961). After him are Linda Hunt (1945), Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), Phoebe Cates (1963), J. K. Simmons (1955), and Matthew McConaughey (1969).

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