john michael higgins played michael stivic on all in the family.
john michael higgins played michael stivic on all in the family.
who played michael stivic on all in the family?
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michael casimir "mike" stivic is a fictional character on the 1970s american television sitcom "all in the family". he was the live-in son-in-law of the series' lead character, archie bunker, who frequently called him "meathead". michael was the husband of archie's daughter gloria (played by sally struthers). rob reiner played the role of michael stivic throughout the series.









































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michael stivic
michael stivic does not appear in the 1982 spin-off series "gloria", which starred sally struthers. initially, reiner had been asked to participate in the series, resurrecting his michael stivic character, but he declined. it is explained (on the show) that michael had left his wife and young son joey (then played by christian jacobs) to live in a california commune with one of his students (which suggests he had found a new teaching job) -- whom gloria described as "the homecoming queen, a girl named muffy"—and was in the process of going through a bitter divorce. at the beginning of the series (september 1982), it has been 63 days since michael walked out on gloria; michael calls to invite gloria to the commune, but things deteriorate quickly when he claims gloria is incapable holding a job, or of supporting herself and joey. by the end of the series (spring 1983), the divorce is final.
michael stivic