Remembering Carroll OConnor (born John Carroll OConnor; August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001)...actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades. imdb/name/nm0005279/bio Little known facts about Carroll: He auditioned for the role of The Skipper on the sitcom Gilligans Island. He wasnt the first choice of Norman Lear to play his now signature role of Archie Bunker, Mickey Rooney was. He was so liberal that Rob Reiner once described him as being more liberal than Reiner himself. He was actually good friends with Bea Arthur, who portrayed the character Maude, and Sherman Hemsley, who played the character George on The Jeffersons. He was not friendly with either of those characters, as Archie. OConnor was bi-lingual. He was fluent in Italian.
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