# Joe O'Connor (actor)

Joe O'Connor is an American actor best known for playing Marshall Darling, father of the title character in the television series Clarissa Explains It All.

## Career

O'Connor's first television role was in the TV series Emergency! in 1979, playing a sailor in the episode "The Convention". He gained fame when he joined the cast of the television series Clarissa Explains It All (1991–1994), in which he played Marshall Darling, father of the title character.
After this, he only appeared in several episodes of other television series, and to several TV and feature films. In 1996, he appeared in the episode ""A Girl and Her Cat" of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which reunited him with Melissa Joan Hart, who played the main character in both Sabrina and Clarissa. He later appeared on other TV series including Friends (in 1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2003), Melrose Place (three episodes in 1998), Without a Trace (2008), Private (four episodes in 2009), Mad Men (in six episodes, between 2007 and 2013) and The Young and the Restless (in four episodes, in 2011).
Films in which he has appeared include A Bedtime Story (1997), The Chaos Factor (2000) and Exposed (2003). Television films in which he has appeared include Taking Back Our Town and When Billie Beat Bobby.

## Filmography

Film roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | A Bedtime Story | Husband | Short film |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Marty | |
| 2000 | The Chaos Factor | Wicks | |
| 2003 | Exposed | Congressman Lewis | |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Daily Sentinel Reporter | |
| 2012 | Leader of the Pack | Frank | Short film |
Television roles :
| Year | Title | Role | episodes |
| 1979 | Emergency! | Sailor | Episode: "The Convention"; uncredited |
| 1991–1994 | Clarissa Explains It All | Marshall Darling | Main role |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Joe | Episode: "A Girl and Her Cat" |
| 1997 | Friends | Stevens | Episode: "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion" |
| 1997 | Grace Under Fire | Viewer at the press conferences | Episode: "Finders Keepers" |
| 1998 | The Practice | Minister | Episodes: "State of Mind", "Swearing In" |
| 1998 | Melrose Place | Michael's Attorney | Episodes: "The Usual Santas", "When Cheerleaders Attack", "Lethal Wedding 4" |
| 1998 | Encore! Encore! | Leland Jr. | Episode: "The Diary" |
| 1999 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Producer | Episode: "Change of Heart" |
| 1999 | Katie Joplin | Mr. Geist | Episode: "Charcoaled Gray" |
| 2000 | Bull | Denny | Episode: "Final Hour" |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Mr. Potter | Episode: "Chapter Four" |
| 2000–2001 | The West Wing | Rep. Calhoun, Congressman #3 | Episode: "Bartlet for America", "The White House Pro-Am" |
| 2001 | Diagnosis Murder | Bendix | Episode: "Being of Sound Mind" |
| 2001 | Maybe It's Me | Bob | Episode: "The Exchange-Student Episode" |
| 2001 | Taking Back Our Town | Businessman | Television movie |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby | Producer | Television movie |
| 2002 | Meet the Marks | Joe Marks (Dad) | Main role |
| 2002 | Apple Valley Knights | Mr. Drysdale | Main role |
| 2002 | Becker | Mr. Engel | Episode: "Atlas Shirked: |
| 2003 | ER | Mr. Scott | Episode: "A Saint in the City" |
| 2003 | L.A. Dragnet | Tobias | Episode: "All That Glitters" |
| 2003 | Malcolm in the Middle | Jones | Episode: "Academic Octathalon" |
| 2003 | Charmed | Employer News Editor | Episode: "Love's a Witch"; uncredited Episode: "All Hell Breaks Loose" |
| 2005 | The War at Home | Bruce | Episode: "Like a Virgin" |
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | Andrew McIntyre | Episode: "Sub Enchanted Evening" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Chuck Dawson | Episode: "Detention" |
| 2006 | Close to Home | Gil Joffee | Episode: "A Father's Story" |
| 2007 | Crossing Jordan | Alan Manning | Episode: "Shattered" |
| 2007 | Halfway Home | Carly's Dad / Mr. Barzac | Episodes: "Halfway Parent's Day", "Halfway Hot" |
| 2007 | Smith | Kimes | Episode: "Seven" |
| 2007 | The Nine | John Peterson | Episode: "You're Being Watched" |
| 2008 | Without a Trace | Nate Simmons | Episode: "Driven" |
| 2008 | Reno 911! | Preacher | Episodes: "Junior Runs for Office", "Undercover at Burger Cousin" |
| 2009 | Brothers & Sisters | Harvey Childs | Episode: "Missing" |
| 2009 | Private | Detective Hill | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Maneater | Minister | Television miniseries |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Mike | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2010 | Weeds | Paul | Episode: "A Yippity Sippity" |
| 2007–2013 | Mad Men | Tom Vogel | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Castle | Cal Townsend | Episode: "3XK" |
| 2011 | The Young and the Restless | Gus | Recurring role |
| 2012 | Bones | Larry Barron | Episode: "The But in the Joke" |
| 2012 | NCIS | Pat Gillespie | Episode: "You Better Watch Out" |
| 2013 | How I Met Your Mother | Cassie's Dad | Episode: "Knight Vision" |
| 2016 | All the Way | Senator Byrd | Television movie |
| 2018-2020 | Blue Bloods | Officer Malone/Malone | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q | Jack | Episode: "Let's Do It Again" |