Carroll O'Connor

Personal tragedy struck O'Connor in 1995 when his only son Hugh committed suicide after a long battle with drug addiction. Police and autopsy reports revealed the cause of death to be a heroin overdose. In fact, he was once an English teacher before turning to acting. Glenn Quinn passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2002. Although O'Connor was famous for murdering the English language as Archie Bunker, it should be pointed out he was highly educated and cultured. He also co-owned a nightclub called "Goldfingers" in Los Angeles, California. Mister O'Connor also appeared on episodes of many popular television series such as Gunsmoke, I Spy, The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West. In addition to acting, Quinn enjoyed music, playing the drums, and car racing.

O'Connor's many film roles include Lonely Are The Brave (1962), Cleopatra (1963), In Harm's Way (1965), Hawaii (1966), The Devil's Brigade (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). His last film work was that on the critically acclaimed 2002 R.S.V.P.. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and began his acting career shortly afterwards. Most of his roles had called for him to hide his Irish accent and fake an American one instead; however, the role on Angel was his first opportunity to use his original Irish accent in an American TV show or movie. O'Connor was born in The Bronx, New York and he lived during much of his youth in the New York City borough of Queens, the same borough where his character Archie Bunker would later live. Another role that brought Quinn much popularity and fame was that of Allen Francis Doyle, a half-demon on the 1999 TV series Angel. The result was an absorbing, entertaining television show, which was based on the BBC show Til Death Us Do Part and its follow up, In Sickness and in Health with Archie Bunker based on Alf Garnett, but somewhat less abrasive. While still working on that show, Quinn also took on the role as youngest son Cedric on the UK TV series Covington Cross.

The writing on the show was consistently left of center but O'Connor deftly used every chance he had to skewer the liberal pieties of the day. Later, one of Quinn's most noticeable roles was that of Mark Healy, Becky Connor's husband in the TV sitcom Roseanne, also starring Roseanne and John Goodman among others. O'Connor's own politics were left-wing, but he understood Archie Bunker, and played him not only with bombast and humor but with touches of vulnerability. In 1991, Quinn had his first role in a movie, Shout, next to John Travolta in which he shared an on-screen kiss with Gwyneth Paltrow. O'Connor later starred in the television series In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie from 1988 to 1994. In 1988 he moved to the United States of America with his mother and two sisters. John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1925 - June 21, 2001) was an American actor, famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979-1983). Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn was born on May 28, 1970 in Dublin, Ireland. He was raised in Cabinteely (Co Dublin) and attended Clonkeen College.

. As well as having a role as a major character in the television series Angel, he also had a recurring role as Mark in the comedy Roseanne and the short-lived UK series Covington Cross. Glenn Quinn died on December 3, 2002 at the age of 32 of an overdose of heroin. Glenn Quinn (May 28, 1970 - December 3, 2002) from Dublin, Ireland was a successful actor in television and film. The Curse of Monkey Island (1997).

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