Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional New Yorker of the 1970s top rated situation comedy "All in the Family". Also its related TV show "Archie Bunker's Place". He was played by actor Carroll O'Connor. Bunker, the family patriarch, was a World War II veteran and blue-collar worker. He was a family man and a conservative. He was first seen when "All in the Family" premiered on January 12, 1971.