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Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a heavily-Jewish community in New York City's borough of Queens. After graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic. In 1946, he enrolled at the University of Montana to study English; while there he became interested in theater. During one of the amateur productions, he met Nancy Fields; they married in 1951. He moved to Ireland where he continued his theatrical studies at the National University of Ireland. He was discovered during one of his college productions and was signed to appear at the Dublin Gate Theater. He worked in theater in Europe until 1954, when he returned to New York City. His attempts to land on Broadway failed, and he taught high school until 1958, when he finally landed an Off-Broadway production, "Ulysses in Nighttown". He followed that with a Broadway production that was directed by [[Burgess Meredith]], "God and Kate Murphy", in which he was both an understudy and an assistant stage manager. At the same time, he was getting attention on TV. He worked in a great many character roles throughout the 1960s. A pilot for "Those Were The Days", based on the English hit "Till Death Us Do Part", was first shot in 1968 but was rejected by the networks. In 1971 it was re-cast and re-shot at All in the Family (1971) and the rest is history.

(2000) TV commercial (PSA): Partnership for a Drug Free America

(1961) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a pilot for an action series called &quot;The Insider&quot;. The plot revolved around Hollywood press agent Dan Castle and his efforts to aid his clients with their problems.

(1959) Stage: Appeared in an off-Broadway production of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0644048/?ref_=nmwrk">Clifford Odets</a>&#39; &quot;The Big Knife&quot;.

(1983) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Jim&quot;) in &quot;Brothers&quot; on Broadway. Written by George Sibbald. Directed by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005279/?ref_=nmwrk">Carroll O&#39;Connor</a>. Music Box Theatre: 9 Nov 1983 (1 performance + 9 previews that began on 2 Nov 1983). Cast: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0160550/?ref_=nmwrk">Dennis Christopher</a> (as &quot;Tommy&quot;), <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0176586/?ref_=nmwrk">Frank Converse</a> (as &quot;Harry&quot;), Gary Klar (as &quot;Earl&quot;), Pat McNamara (as &quot;James&quot;). Produced by Noel Pearson. Produced in association with Orion Television Inc. and Carnan Productions, Inc. NOTE: Theatre owned and operated by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000927/?ref_=nmwrk">Irving Berlin</a> [who had no direct involvement in the production] and The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President).

Stage: Appeared in a production of &quot;Life with Father&quot;, University of Montana.

Stage: Assistant Stage Manager for &quot;God and Kate Murphy&quot; on Broadway.

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