Richard McKenzie

Richard McKenzie was an American character actor who worked mostly in television, with film and stage roles as well. Born in Chattanooga in 1930, he first turned up on screen in a 1961 episode of My Three Sons and returned to guest work in the mid 1970s. His best known part was Fred Bunker, Archie Bunker's younger brother, played across three episodes of All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place between 1978 and 1982. He guested on Matlock, Hawaii Five-O, Quincy, M.E., The Jeffersons and Roots, and later on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and NYPD Blue. His movie work started with the role of Behan in Doc (1971) and took in Ghost in the Machine (1993), Corvette Summer (1978) and Man on a Swing (1974). He appeared in more than twenty television movies and in Broadway productions such as That Championship Season and Uncle Vanya. He died in 2023.