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 "Till Death Us Do Part". In 1999, "TV Guide" ranked Archie Bunker number 5 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. In 2005, Archie Bunker was listed as number 1 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, defeating runners-up such as Ralph Kramden, Lucy Ricardo, Fonzie, and Homer Simpson. Archie's chair is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History. Archie has a gruff, overbearing demeanor, largely defined by his bigotry towards a diverse group of individuals—blacks, Hispanics, "Commies", gays, hippies, Jews, Asians, Catholics, "women's libbers", and Polish-Americans are frequent targets of his barbs. As