Allan Melvin commercials for fifteen years. In the early 1980s, Melvin appeared as a regular in "Archie Bunker’s Place", a successor to "All in the Family", in which he played the now more important role of Barney Hefner. When this series ended in 1983, Melvin’s work was exclusively devoted to cartoon voice-overs. Allan Melvin died of cancer on January 17, 2008, aged 84, and was buried at Westwood Memorial Cemetery in Southern California. Melvin is buried just yards from his TV best friend Carroll O'Connor, who played 'Archie Bunker' in TV's "All In The Family". Coincidentally, later the same year, famed 1950s
Pat Carroll (actress) Pat Carroll (actress) Patricia Ann Carroll (born May 5, 1927) is an American actress. She is known for voicing Ursula in "The Little Mermaid" as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's "The Danny Thomas Show", ABC's "Laverne & Shirley", NBC's "ER", other guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee. Carroll was born Patricia Ann Carroll in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher) Her