Carroll O'Connor Autographs
John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. O'Connor 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). O'Connor 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. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.
Carroll O'Connor, the eldest of three sons, was born on August 2, 1924, in Manhattan, New York City, to Edward Joseph O'Connor, a lawyer, and his wife, Elise Patricia O'Connor (née O'Connor), a teacher. Both of his brothers became doctors: Hugh, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1961, and Robert, a psychiatrist in New York City. O'Connor spent much of his youth in Elmhurst and Forest Hills, Queens, which is where his character Archie Bunker would later live.
O'Connor graduated from Newtown High School in Elmhurst. In 1941, he enrolled at Wake Forest University in North Carolina but dropped out when the United States entered World War II. During the war, he was rejected by the United States Navy and enrolled in the United States Merchant Marine Academy for a short time. After leaving that institution, he became a merchant seaman and served in the United States Merchant Marine during the war.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Carroll O'Connor (Carroll O'Connor In The Heat of the Night Autographed Envelope From Paystub B12) was sold in June 2025 for $1,500.00 while the cheapest item (Carroll O'Connor Autographed Menu The Broadway 1976) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2022 with an average selling price of $70.00 for an autographed item of Carroll O'Connor. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $1,500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2010. In average, an autographed item from Carroll O'Connor is worth $40.00.
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