John Carroll ... after O’Connor’s late brother. When he was 17 years old, he worked on the set of Archie Bunker’s Place as a courier and later appeared on the show In the Heat of the Night ...

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Carroll O'Connor got a final standing ovation ... as the chief of police in the popular "In the Heat of the Night." The actor's son, Hugh, was a regular on that ...