Carroll O Connor's Son On The Show

[isiahthomas]

What was his son's name on the show? What was his real name? I heard he died in real life too. What did he die of?

[Stuck In The '70's]

His name was Hugh O'connor and he played Lonnie Jamison. He commited suicide by shooting himself. He was high on drugs at the time.

[isiahthomas]

Lonnie was the one with the long hair right who wore shades most of the time? I didn't know he was Carroll O Connor's son. He doesn't look like Carroll.

[Stuck In The '70's]

I think he was adopted.

[DanaDane]

Yeah he was adopted and his acting sucked so bad he made me laugh, rip hugh :)

[Penny Lane]

Yeah he was adopted and his acting sucked so bad he made me laugh, rip hugh :)


Carroll put him on the show hoping that he could keep him away from drug dealers. But sadly it didn't help. I have on tape an interview that Carroll did after Hugh's suicide. It was heart wrenching.:( He sued the drug dealer and won(I think).

[Psychster]

If memory serves me, Carroll and his wife (Nancy?) adopted him while in Italy. Carroll was doing a film. Cleopatra? With Elizabeth Taylor?

Yeah, can you tell how fuzzy my memory is?

Someone once suggested that Howard and Hugh both tended to look a little sweaty and rough in the first few seasons because they were hopped up a bit while filming. I think more so with Hugh. Even though I was young, I could tell something was just "wrong" with him. Maybe that's why I could never stand Lonnie. I thought he was sleazy, but now that I look back, I think Hugh's issues were just bleeding through. As someone said, his acting was horrible.

They should have just given him a recurring role as a loveable, trying to go right druggie and he would have been set. Oh, I'm bad.

[Penny Lane]

If memory serves me, Carroll and his wife (Nancy?) adopted him while in Italy. Carroll was doing a film. Cleopatra? With Elizabeth Taylor?

Yeah, can you tell how fuzzy my memory is?

Someone once suggested that Howard and Hugh both tended to look a little sweaty and rough in the first few seasons because they were hopped up a bit while filming. I think more so with Hugh. Even though I was young, I could tell something was just "wrong" with him. Maybe that's why I could never stand Lonnie. I thought he was sleazy, but now that I look back, I think Hugh's issues were just bleeding through. As someone said, his acting was horrible.

They should have just given him a recurring role as a loveable, trying to go right druggie and he would have been set. Oh, I'm bad.

Yes, He was adopted in Italy during the filming of Cleopatra.