Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor was an American actor known for his role as James Flynn in the 1984 film Brass and his portrayal of Lonnie Jamison on In the Heat of the Night until his death in 1995. Hugh was born in Rome, Italy. When he was six days old, he was adopted by Carroll and his wife, Nancy (née Fields). Carroll was in Rome filming Cleopatra. He was named after Carroll's younger brother, who had died in a motorcycle crash in 1961. When he was 16, Hugh was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.