Carroll O'Connor Interview - Part 1 of 8

Carroll OConnor talks about being a struggling actor in New York: Carroll OConnor from the Gate Theater meant nothing. They did an OCasey play. I was probably the one actor in New York who really could sound like a Dublin man. I thought to myself innocently— Ill just do my thing and I got to get into this OCasey play. Nobody knew what I was doing. Nobody cared. And nobody even wanted to see me. Carroll OConnor made his mark on television as Archie Bunker on the landmark sitcom All in the Family and as Chief Bill Gillespie on the police drama In the Heat of the Night. In his Archive interview, OConnor speaks about his background and childhood pursuits and outlines his early years studying acting, notably at University College in Dublin. He describes acting at the renowned Gate Theatre in Dublin, the best experience he ever had as an actor. He briefly describes his television debut, in the early 1950s, on the BBC and his American TV debut on Kraft Television Theater. He recounts how he came to be cast in the stage play Ulysses in Nighttown, and notes how his performance led to his a lot of television work, plus gave his impressions of co-star Zero Mostel and director Burgess Meredith. He speaks about his numerous appearances on television in the 1960s, including: Sacco-Vanzetti and Armstrong Circle Theater, and how he came to make his feature film debut in A Fever in the Blood . OConnor relates how he began to contribute to the writing of the parts he played on television ...

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