ALL IN THE FAMILY, Sammy's Visit (Season 2), Sammy Davis Jr., Carroll O'Connor, 02-19-1972. 1971-79© Everett Collection 8 Things You Might Not Have Known About Sammy Davis Jr.

Patt Shea, the Norman Lear regular who co-wrote the 1979 series finale of All in the Family and co-created and worked on two spinoffs of the fabled sitcom, Archie Bunker’s Place and Gloria, has ...

They just got older. To understand why, consider Archie Bunker, the working-class “ lovable bigot ” from the 1970s hit sitcom “All in the Family,” and his TV family.