Richard McKenzie (actor) Richard McKenzie (actor) Richard McKenzie (born June 2, 1930) is an American character actor who is known for his guest role as Fred Bunker, younger brother of Archie Bunker on the hit CBS-TV sitcom series "All in the Family" in seasons 7 and 8, and season 4 of "Archie Bunker's Place". He also appeared in other popular shows such as "Quincy, M.E.", "Hawaii Five-O", "Matlock" and "In the Heat of the Night". McKenzie's career began in television in a 1961 episode of the sitcom "My Three Sons" as Quinn. It would be another 14 years until Richard would make another
Archie Bunker Archie, as it is learned when Fred visits Archie in the "Archie's Brother" episode, had not seen each other in the 29 years since Archie and Edith's wedding, although they apparently had communicated over the years via phone (two early episodes -- "Cousin Oscar" and "Lionel Steps Out"—depict phone conversations between Archie and Fred), their long estrangement fueled because of a petty argument, apparently out of a sibling rivalry of sorts going back to their childhood. Fred visits Archie for support, because he is about to go into the hospital for a major operation, and the two apparently seem to