Archie Bunker Archie Bunker Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom "All in the Family" and its spin-off "Archie Bunker's Place", played by Carroll O'Connor. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a World War II veteran, blue-collar worker, and family man. Described as a "lovable bigot", he was first seen by the American public when "All in the Family" premiered on January 12, 1971, where he was depicted as the head of the Bunker family. In 1979, the show was retooled and renamed "Archie Bunker's Place"; it finally went off the air in 1983.
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