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McKenzie on an episode of All in the Family | ||||
Personal Information | ||||
Born: | 2 February 1930 | |||
Birthplace: | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||
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Actor | |||
Character information | ||||
Appeared on: | Three's Company guest appearance | |||
Character played: | Chef Anton in episode "Chrissy's New Boss" in season 3 |
Richard McKenzie (born 1 June 1930) appeared as Chef Anton in the episode titled "Chrissy's New Boss" in season three of Three's Company. A versatile character actor, Richard is probably best 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.
Acting Career[]
Of the many roles he played over the course of his extensive career in film, television and the theatre, McKenzie also the role of Judge Robert McCrary in the film Gideon's Trumpet (1980), as well as roles the films Corvette Summer (1978), Callie & Son (1981), Dark Night of the Scarecrow, (1981) and In Love and War (1987). Richard also played the role of Father Guarini in the TV movie Child of Darkness Child of Light (1991), and the comedy/drama film Some Kind of Hero, where he appeared opposite film co-stars Richard Pryor and Margot Kidder in 1982. [1]
Television[]
Amongst his many television acting credits include appearances on such popular TV shows as the popular ABC-TV series Three's Company, Grace Under Fire, and Too Close for Comfort, as well as NBC-TV's Highway to Heaven, and The Facts of Life and CBS's The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and an appearance on Judging Amy in 2002, which was his last TV appearance. McKenzie also appeared in the 1979 NBC-TV miniseries, Ike: The War Years, as well as the critically acclaimed, Emmy-Award winning 1977 ABC-TV miniseries Roots as Sam Harvey, former owner of Tom Harvey (George Stanford Brown) an ancestor of Roots author Alex Haley, and his family in Tennessee, which, coincidentally is McKenzie's home state.