"All in the Family" (1971) TV series 1971-1979

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

12 January 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Plot Keywords:

Working Class | Conservative | Son In Law | Meathead | Famous Opening Theme

Awards:

Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 32 wins & 72 nominations

Cast

Carroll O'Connor	...	Archie Bunker / ... (208 episodes, 1968-1979)
Jean Stapleton	...	Edith Bunker / ... (208 episodes, 1968-1979)
Rob Reiner	...	Michael 'Meathead' Stivic / ... (184 episodes, 1971-1978)
Sally Struthers	...	Gloria Bunker-Stivic / ... (184 episodes, 1971-1978)

Series Directed by
Paul Bogart		(97 episodes, 1975-1979)
John Rich		(81 episodes, 1971-1974)
Bob LaHendro		(34 episodes, 1972-1974)
Wes Kenney		(24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Norman Lear		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Norman Campbell		(2 episodes, 1972)
Hal Cooper		(2 episodes, 1972)

Series Writing credits
Norman Lear		(208 episodes, 1968-1979)
Johnny Speight		(206 episodes, 1971-1979)
Larry Rhine		(35 episodes, 1975-1979)
Mel Tolkin		(34 episodes, 1975-1979)
Don Nicholl		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael Ross		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Bernard West		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Milt Josefsberg		(20 episodes, 1975-1979)
Lou Derman		(17 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bob Schiller		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bob Weiskopf		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bill Davenport		(13 episodes, 1974-1976)
Ben Starr		(11 episodes, 1975-1978)
Phil Sharp		(8 episodes, 1978-1979)
Phil Mishkin		(7 episodes, 1971-1972)
Douglas Arango		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Doran		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Charles Stewart		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Lee Kalcheim		(5 episodes, 1971-1972)
Mort Lachman		(5 episodes, 1976-1979)
Austin Kalish		(4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Irma Kalish		(4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Rob Reiner		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Burt Styler		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Bryan Joseph		(4 episodes, 1971)
Gordon Mitchell		(4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Lloyd Turner		(4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Michael Loman		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Susan Harris		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Stanley Ralph Ross		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
John Rappaport		(3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Harve Brosten		(3 episodes, 1974-1977)
Barry Harman		(3 episodes, 1974-1977)
Erik Tarloff		(3 episodes, 1977)
Patt Shea		(3 episodes, 1979)
Harriett Weiss		(3 episodes, 1979)
Paul Wayne		(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Alan J. Levitt		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Jerry Mayer		(2 episodes, 1971)
Lennie Weinrib		(2 episodes, 1971)
Lila Garrett		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Sam Locke		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Warren S. Murray		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Olga Vallance		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Steve Zacharias		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Rod Parker		(2 episodes, 1972)
Michael Morris		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Bud Wiser		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Heywood Kling		(2 episodes, 1974)
Hal Kanter		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Bud Yorkin	....	executive producer (206 episodes, 1971-1979)
Norman Lear	....	executive producer / producer (100 episodes, 1971-1976)
Brigit Jensen	....	associate producer (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Milt Josefsberg	....	producer (73 episodes, 1976-1979)
Mort Lachman	....	executive producer (73 episodes, 1976-1979)
Gene Marcione	....	associate producer (61 episodes, 1972-1975)
John Rich	....	producer / associate producer (48 episodes, 1972-1974)
George Turpin	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Don Nicholl	....	executive producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Michael Ross	....	producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bernard West	....	producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lou Derman	....	producer (24 episodes, 1975-1976)
Bill Davenport	....	producer (19 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jane Hoyt Thompson	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1971)
George Sunga	....	associate producer (11 episodes, 1974-1975)
Heywood Kling	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1976)
Hal Kanter	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1975)

Series Original Music by
Roger Kellaway		(13 episodes, 1971)

Series Film Editing by
Marco Zappia		(95 episodes, 1971-1976)
Harold McKenzie		(34 episodes, 1976-1978)
Kris Trexler		(24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jim Steiner		(13 episodes, 1971)
Andy Zall		(13 episodes, 1975-1977)
Jerry Greene		(8 episodes, 1973)
Chuck Adams		(7 episodes, 1976-1978)
Bill Kendall		(5 episodes, 1974-1976)
Jay Cook		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jay Scherberth		(3 episodes, 1976)
Tucker Wiard		(2 episodes, 1976)

Series Casting by
Jane Murray		(135 episodes, 1971-1977)
Pat Kirkland		(9 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(204 episodes, 1971-1979)
Peter Clemens		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Set Decoration by
Earl Carlson		(118 episodes, 1971-1976)

Series Costume Design by
Rita Riggs		(166 episodes, 1971-1978)
Gunnel Eriksson		(24 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Makeup Department
Rita O'Dell	....	makeup artist (56 episodes, 1976-1978)
Ariel Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (47 episodes, 1977-1979)
Edie Panda	....	hair stylist (37 episodes, 1971-1972)
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	makeup artist (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Billie Jordan	....	hair stylist (23 episodes, 1976-1977)
Al Schultz	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1971)
Jim Nielsen	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1978-1979)
Michael Lorenz	....	makeup artist (11 episodes, 1975-1976)

Series Production Management
Norman Lear	....	production supervisor (95 episodes, 1974-1978)
Bob Davis	....	production supervisor (71 episodes, 1972-1975)
Jim Terry	....	unit manager / unit production manager (71 episodes, 1976-1979)
Allan Baumrucker	....	production supervisor (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Alan Horn	....	production supervisor (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Osborne	....	production supervisor (13 episodes, 1971)
Loretta Townsley	....	production supervisor (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Don Dresser	....	unit manager (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Martin Vagts	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Shimokawa	....	associate director / second assistant director (65 episodes, 1973-1977)
Bob LaHendro	....	associate director (44 episodes, 1971-1972)
Marlene Laird	....	associate director (41 episodes, 1976-1978)
Jon Sharp	....	associate director (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jerry Preshaw	....	associate director / assistant director (17 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jim Drake	....	associate director (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
Bob Lally	....	associate director (4 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Art Department
Warren L. Shaffer	....	property master (182 episodes, 1971-1979)

Series Sound Department
Norman Dewes	....	audio (87 episodes, 1971-1974)
Georja Skinner	....	audio (82 episodes, 1975-1979)
Hal Kolker	....	audio consultant (25 episodes, 1975-1976)
Art Warshaw	....	audio consultant (25 episodes, 1975-1976)
Marshall King	....	audio (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Don Helvey	....	audio (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ray Kemper	....	audio (3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Neal Weinstein	....	audio (2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Roberts	....	lighting director (51 episodes, 1977-1979)
Tom Schamp	....	lighting director (49 episodes, 1976-1978)
Dick Holbrook	....	lighting director (45 episodes, 1971-1973)
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (36 episodes, 1974-1976)
Art Roberts	....	lighting director (22 episodes, 1973-1975)
Ed S. Hill	....	lighting director (12 episodes, 1971)
Marc Palius	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
George Schamp	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1976-1977)
Tom Lindner	....	lighting director (7 episodes, 1976)
Vito J. Giambalvo	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Hank Renek	....	lighting director (4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Charles Guzzi	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1975-1976)

Series Casting Department
Jane Murray	....	casting executive (56 episodes, 1976-1979)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
George Whittaker	....	wardrobe (13 episodes, 1971)
Liza Stewart	....	costumes (8 episodes, 1978)

Series Editorial Department
Emil Zvarich	....	video tape editor (1 episode, 1969)

Series Music Department
Lee Adams	....	composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" / composer: opening theme (206 episodes, 1971-1979)
Charles Strouse	....	composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" / composer: opening theme (206 episodes, 1971-1979)
Roger Kellaway	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" / composer: closing theme (196 episodes, 1971-1979)
Carroll O'Connor	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" / composer: closing theme (195 episodes, 1971-1979)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (4 episodes, 1973)

Series Other crew
Norman Lear	....	developed for television by / developer / ... (188 episodes, 1971-1979)
Leslie Vaught	....	technical director (103 episodes, 1971-1975)
Brigit Jensen	....	assistant to producer / stage manager (96 episodes, 1971-1975)
Milt Josefsberg	....	script supervisor / story editor (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gail Liberti-Kennedy	....	assistant to producer (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Larry Rhine	....	story editor / executive story editor (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Mel Tolkin	....	story editor / executive story editor / ... (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Michael Ross	....	story editor / script supervisor (82 episodes, 1971-1975)
Bernard West	....	story editor / script supervisor / ... (82 episodes, 1971-1975)
Don Nicholl	....	script consultant / script supervisor / ... (77 episodes, 1971-1975)
John Westbrook	....	technical director (75 episodes, 1975-1979)
Mort Lachman	....	script supervisor (71 episodes, 1976-1979)
Michael Mount	....	production assistant / assistant to executive producer (68 episodes, 1976-1979)
Ted Ray	....	stage manager (67 episodes, 1976-1979)
Jim Rice	....	stage manager (53 episodes, 1971-1976)
Marc Bass	....	maintenance engineer (48 episodes, 1975-1976)
Lou Derman	....	script supervisor / story editor (47 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bob Schiller	....	script consultant (47 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bob Weiskopf	....	script consultant (47 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bill Davenport	....	story editor / script supervisor (42 episodes, 1974-1976)
Sharyn E. Burg	....	production assistant (28 episodes, 1976-1977)
Douglas Arango	....	story editor (27 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Doran	....	story editor (27 episodes, 1976-1977)
Harry Rogue	....	stage manager (26 episodes, 1971-1975)
Mary Hughes	....	production assistant (24 episodes, 1971-1972)
Gary Shimokawa	....	stage manager (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Bea Dallas	....	assistant to executive producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Phil Sharp	....	story consultant (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Anne Siegel	....	production assistant (14 episodes, 1977-1978)
Anne Hopkins	....	assistant to producer (13 episodes, 1971)
Selig Frank	....	stage manager (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jay Merrick	....	stage manager (11 episodes, 1971)
Dick Hall	....	technical director (10 episodes, 1971-1974)
Ben Starr	....	program consultant (9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Hal Kanter	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1975)
Richard Baxter	....	stage manager (6 episodes, 1977-1979)
Heywood Kling	....	script supervisor (5 episodes, 1976)
Buddy Borgen	....	stage manager (4 episodes, 1973)
Clive Bassett	....	technical director (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Alice G. Tapp	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 1976)
Arlando Smith	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1972)
John Liberti	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1974)
David Eisenbise	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1976)
Gail Abarbanel	....	consultant (2 episodes, 1977)
Ken Uslaner	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1978)

Production Companies

• Bud Yorkin Productions
• Norman Lear/Tandem Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1971-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Embassy Telecommunications
• Paramount Television
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD) (season 7)
• Shout! Factory (2011) (USA) (DVD) (season 8)
• Shout! Factory (2011) (USA) (DVD) (season 9)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Viacom
• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (1972-1980) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• CBS Television City  taping location
• Crest Digital  post-production
• Metromedia Square  taping location

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (212 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Metromedia Square - 5746 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bud Yorkin Productions

Trivia:

The role of Mike Stivic was offered to Harrison Ford who turned down the part because he felt Archie Bunker's bigotry was too offensive.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): From the inside, reading backwards, we see "Kelcy's Bar". In most, but not all episodes, the ending credits spell the name of the Brendan Dillon or Bob Hastings character as "Kelsey", not "Kelcy".

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Archie Bunker:Case CLOSED!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: Episode #25.65" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Remembering You

Too Bad It Couldn't Be Made Today

In today's politically correct environment, a show like this could not be made today. This show dealt with the prejudices that ALL of us have in us. I am African-American and I admit that at times I have said things about other races that I now regret. I get that from my late father who was a Black version of Archie, even down to the favorite easy chair. Anyone can be a bigot and I feel that this show pointed it out in its own unique way.

Also, this show really dealt with issues besides predjudice. In fact it was groundbreaking due to the fact it dealt with so many controversial issues such as Vietnam, menopause, impotence, gun control and rape. In fact, the episode that pretty much stands out in a lot of peoples minds is when Edith had to deal with the fact that she was nearly raped on her birthday and what she went through to face her worst fear.