Timothy Joseph O'Connor (3 July 1927 – 5 April 2018) was an American character actor known for his work in television, although he made only a few appearances after the early 1990s. Before moving to California, he lived on an island in the middle of Glen Wild Lake, located in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, thirty miles from Manhattan. O'Connor specialized in playing officials, military men, and police officers.[1]
Career[]
Some of O'Connor's best-known roles include: Dr. Elias Huer in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Jack Boland in General Hospital, and Elliot Carson in Peyton Place.[2] He also had a recurring role in Dynasty and made several appearances in Cannon and Barnaby Jones.
O'Connor's film credits include roles in The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Across 110th Street (1972), and Sssssss (1973).
He was a director for The Foothill Theater Company in Nevada City, California, before it closed. O'Connor starred in the 2011 film Dreams Awake (with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century co-star Erin Gray).[3]
Death[]
O'Connor died of colon cancer at his home in Nevada City, California, aged 90.[4]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Master Minds | Hoskins Boy | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Drug Addiction | Drug Addict | |
| 1960 | John Brown's Raid | Doctor | Television film |
| Family Classics: The Three Musketeers | Aramis | ||
| 1961 | Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed | Lawrence | |
| The Power and the Glory | The Gringo | ||
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | George Ord | |
| 1971 | Incident in San Francisco | Arthur Andrews | |
| The Failing of Raymond | Cliff Roeder | ||
| 1972 | Visions... | Dr. Bert Hayes | |
| Bless the Bomb | Senator Bob Recker | ||
| The Groundstar Conspiracy | Frank Gossage | ||
| Across 110th Street | Lt. Hartnett | ||
| 1973 | Sssssss | Kogen | |
| The Stranger | Dr. Revere | Television film | |
| Rx for the Defense | Zack Clinton | ||
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Bill Carter | |
| 1975 | They Only Come Out at Night | Detective Lee Masters | |
| 1976 | State Fair | Jim Bryant | |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Librarian | |
| The Man with the Power | Agent Walter Bloom | ||
| Murder in Peyton Place | Elliot Carson | ||
| 1978 | Wheels | Hub Hewitson | Television miniseries |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Dr. Elias Huer | |
| The Golden Gate Murders | Captain Dan Bradley | Television film | |
| 1982 | American Eagle | Mechanic | |
| 1985 | Peyton Place: The Next Generation | Elliot Carson | |
| 1990 | The Cross of Iberia | Block | |
| 1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Fenzwick | |
| 1992 | Grass Roots | Billy Lee | Television film |
| 2011 | Dreams Awake | Ambrose |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | I Spy | Don | Episode: "The Bridge" |
| 1959 | Brenner | Tyler | Episode: "Word of Honor" |
| 1959–1960 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Jabez Stone | 2 episodes |
| DuPont Show of the Month | Captain of the Guard / Morgan / Ames / Jenkins / James Wylie | 5 episodes | |
| 1959–1961 | Play of the Week | Phineas / Father Shaughnessy / Yslaev | 3 episodes |
| 1960 | True Story | Bill Martin | 1 episode |
| Diagnosis: Unknown | Unknown | Episode: "Gina, Gina" | |
| The United States Steel Hour | The Man | Episode: "The Man Who Knew Tomorrow" | |
| 1960–1963 | Look Up and Live | Raphael / Jacob | 2 episodes |
| 1960–1964 | Camera Three | Cardinal Hamilcar | 5 episodes |
| 1961 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Captain Jim Hawkins | Episode: "The Return of Long John Silver" |
| 'Way Out | Captain Stone | Episode: "Button, Button" | |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Joby | Episode: "Bootleg Whiskey in the Everglades" | |
| 1962 | Theater '62 | Lieutenant Cooley | Episode: "Spellbound" |
| The Catholic Hour | Unknown | Episode: "The First Hundred Years" | |
| 1962–1963 | Armstrong Circle Theater | Aggressor Sergeant / Frank Morris / Woodstock | 4 episodes |
| 1962–1964 | The Defenders | James Evans / Frank Evans / Captain Evans | 5 episodes |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Halstead | Episode: "What Really Happened" |
| The Twilight Zone | Colonel Sloane | Episode: "On Thursday We Leave for Home" | |
| The Great Adventure | General Breckinridge | Episode: "The Treasure Train of Jefferson Davis" | |
| Espionage | Corky Halpern | Episode: "The Whistling Shrimp" | |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Dorsher / Bert Handell | 2 episodes | |
| 1963–1964 | The Fugitive | Dr. Davis / Joe Hallop / Steve Lund | 3 episodes |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Paul Tanner / Voice in the Enemy's War Helmet / Major Clint Anderson | 2 episodes |
| 12 O'Clock High | Major Jack Temple | Episode: "Decision" | |
| 1964–1968 | Peyton Place | Elliot Carson | 416 episodes |
| 1964–1972 | Gunsmoke | Gideon / Arnie Sprague / Kip | 3 episodes |
| 1965 | Profiles in Courage | Sidney Rigdon | Episode: "General Alexander William Doniphan" |
| 1968 | Judd for the Defense | Nat Delevan | Episode: "Kingdom of the Blind" |
| NET Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "New Theater for Now" | |
| 1967–1971 | Insight | Mr. Dilger / Wyatt / Maynard Ballman / David Anderson | 4 episodes |
| 1967–1973 | The F.B.I. | Mark Holloway / Albert Dirks / Maynard Gage / Walter Hazlett / Dennis Holland / Roy Enfield | 6 episodes |
| 1969 | Bracken's World | Stuart Saxon | Episode: "Package Deal" |
| 1970 | The Name of the Game | Callahan | Episode: "Brass Ring" |
| Lancer | Samuel Calhoun | Episode: "Splinter Group" | |
| Daniel Boone | James Second | Episode: "Israel and Love" | |
| The Young Lawyers | Lew Fulton | Episode: "We May Be Better Strangers" | |
| Dan August | Max Winslow | Episode: "Invitation to Murder" | |
| San Francisco International Airport | George Freemont | Episode: "Supersonic Transport" | |
| 1970–1974 | Medical Center | Barney Dalkey / Max / Dr. Martin Lambert | 3 episodes |
| 1971 | Mannix | Albert Tucker | Episode: "Round Trip to Nowhere" |
| Longstreet | Dr. Kenneth Franklin | Episode: "The Girl with the Broom" | |
| 1971–1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Jonathan Kaye / Sheldon Orwell | 2 episodes |
| 1971–1976 | Cannon | James Matthews / Martin Ross / Dr. Peter Collister / Edgar Lassiter | 4 episodes |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Dr. Newcomb | Episode: "In Sudden Darkness" |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Attorney Whitledge | Episode: "The Color of Respect" | |
| Banyon | Harry | Episode: "The Old College Try" | |
| 1972–1977 | The Streets of San Francisco | Frank MacGuire / Lt. Roy Devitt, SFPD | 4 episodes |
| 1973 | Search | Paul Kleinschmind | Episode: "The Mattson Papers" |
| Chase | Edgar Bronston | Episode: "Foul-Up" | |
| 1973–1976 | Columbo | Edward Lytton / Michael Hatheway | 2 episodes |
| 1973–1979 | Barnaby Jones | Lt. Walt Abbott / Fritz Simon / Stu Fannon / Peter Harris | 5 episodes |
| 1974 | Banacek | Howard James | Episode: "Horse of a Slightly Different Color" |
| Doc Elliot | Charlie Robbins | Episode: "Things That Might Have Been" | |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Corrigan | Episode: Death Is a Bad Trip | |
| The Manhunter | Ben Marks | 2 episodes | |
| Nakia | Carlyle | Episode: "The Driver" | |
| Get Christie Love! | O'Neil | Episode: "Downbeat for a Dead Man" | |
| The Rockford Files | Charles Dexter | Episode: "The Dexter Crisis" | |
| 1974–1975 | Police Story | Captain Lou Richards / Captain Faulkner / Sgt. Matthew Carrothers | 3 episodes |
| 1975 | All in the Family | Roy Johnson | Episode: "Edith's Friend" |
| Ellery Queen | Ben Waterson | Episode: "Too Many Suspects" | |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Colonel Joe Gordon | Episode: "The Deadly Test" | |
| Phyllis | David | Episode: "The First Date" | |
| Matt Helm | Harris | Episode: "Murder on the Run" | |
| 1975–1981 | M*A*S*H | Captain Norman Traeger / Colonel Spiker | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | Maude | Dr. Herbert Lester | |
| Great Performances | Reverend Winemiller | Episode: "Eccentricities of a Nightingale" | |
| 1977 | Tales of the Unexpected | Zimmerman | Episode: "The Final Chapter" |
| The Feather and Father Gang | Styles | Episode: "The Judas Bag" | |
| Lou Grant | Malcolm Findlay | Episode: "Christmas" | |
| 1977–1979 | Wonder Woman | Colonel Robert Elliot / Andros | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | Police Woman | Harry Triplett / Jensen | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Kaz | Unknown | Episode: "Kazinski Versus Bennett" |
| 1979–1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Dr. Elias Huer | Main role; 24 episodes |
| 1980 | 3-2-1 Contact | 5 episodes | |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Dr. Edain | Episode: "Slim Chance" | |
| 1981 | Vega$ | Michael Pierce | Episode: "Nightmare Come True" |
| 1982 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Thackery | Episode: "Bad Day in Hazzard" |
| Dynasty | Thomas Crayford | 5 episodes | |
| 1983 | Matt Houston | Dr. Elias Baker | Episode: "Fear for Tomorrow" |
| Knight Rider | Phillip Hunt | Episode: "Brother's Keeper" | |
| The Mississippi | Tully | Episode: "Town Without Pity" | |
| 1984 | The A-Team | Karl Peerson | Episode: "Semi-Friendly Persuasion" |
| 1985 | MacGruder and Loud | Father Elkins | 2 episodes |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Bucky O'Neil | Episode: "Conventional Warfare" | |
| 1986 | T.J. Hooker | John McAllister | Episode: "Blood Sport" |
| Murder, She Wrote | Walter Revere | Episode: "Deadline for Murder" | |
| 1987 | Dallas | Unknown | Episode: "Some Good, Some Bad" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Judge Phillip Larkin | Episode: "The Stone Killer Mystery" |
| 1990–1991 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Don O'Brien | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Ambassador Briam | Episode: "The Perfect Mate" |
| 1994 | General Hospital | Jack Boland | 10 episodes |
| 1995 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Russell Stanley | Episode: "Standoff" |
| 1997 | The Burning Zone | William Helderman / Erhardt Boem | Episode: "Midnight of the Carrier" |
References[]
- ↑ Johnson, Erskine (December 3, 1966). "Tim O'Connor Of Peyton Place Is Big Surprise". North Adams Transcript. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Obituary of Timothy J. O'Connor". The Union (April 11, 2018).
- ↑ Barnes, Mike (April 12, 2018). "Tim O'Connor, Star on 'Peyton Place' and 'Buck Rogers', Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Slotnik, Daniel (April 13, 2018). "Tim O'Connor, Complex Resident of 'Peyton Place', Dies at 90". The New York Times.