![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Producer, Actor Born: June 7, 1952 Death: March 28, 1995 Biography:Supporting actor "Hugh O'Connor" was best-known for playing the role of Corporal Lonnie Jamison opposite his father "Carroll O'Connor" on the television series "In the Heat of the Night"; he also appeared in a few feature films, but though O'Connor wanted to be an actor like his father, his difficulties with drug and alcohol addiction made it impossible for him to advance his career. Born in Rome, Italy, he was adopted by Carroll and Nancy O'Connor when he was six days old. Naming him Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, they raised him in Southern California where his father struggled to establish an acting career. The senior O'Connor succeeded when he was cast as Archie Bunker on "Norman Lear"'s controversial, innovative sitcom "All in the Family". The show was a hit and the family fortunes greatly improved, thereby providing "Hugh O'Connor" with a pleasant and privileged childhood. His problems with drugs... Full Biography
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