Editing All in the Family (section)

===Recurring characters===
* [[James Cromwell]] as Jerome<ref>[[The Draft Dodger (All in the Family)|Revealed in ''"Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye"'' episode.]]</ref> "Stretch" Cunningham (1973–1976) "The Funniest Man in The World", Archie's friend and co-worker from the loading dock (Archie claims that he is known as the "Bob Hope" of the loading platform): What Archie did not know was that Stretch was Jewish, evident only after Stretch died and Archie went to the funeral. Archie's eulogy (or "urology" as he called it) for his friend is often referred to as a rare occasion when he was capable of showing the humanity he tried so earnestly to hide. In the episode titled "Archie in the Cellar", [[Billy Sands]] is referred to as Stretch Cunningham, the voice on the tape recorder telling jokes. Sands also appeared as other characters on the show during its run, in Kelsey's Bar as a patron. (season 5, 3 episodes)
* [[Liz Torres]] as Theresa Betancourt (1976–1977): A [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] nursing student who meets Archie when he is admitted to the hospital for surgery. She later rents Mike and Gloria's former room at the Bunker house. She called Archie "Papi". Torres joined ''All in the Family'' in the fall of 1976, but her character was not popular with viewers, and the role was phased out before the end of the season. (season 7, 7 episodes)
* [[Billy Halop]] as Mr. Munson (1971–76), the cab driver who lets Archie drive his cab to make extra money. (seasons 1–3 & 5–6, 10 episodes)
* [[Bob Hastings]] as Kelcy or Tommy Kelsey, who owns the bar Archie frequents and later buys: Kelcy was also played by [[Frank Maxwell]] in the episode "Archie Gets The Business". The name of the establishment is Kelcy's Bar (as seen in the bar window in various episodes). Due to a [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity error]], the end credits<ref>Source: The end credits of season three episodes, and onward, mention Tommy Kelsey as the character playing the bar owner.</ref> of episodes involving the bar owner spell the name "Kelcy" for the first two seasons and "Kelsey" thereafter, although the end credits show "Kelcy" in the "[[List of All in the Family episodes#Season 8: 1977–1978|Archie Gets the Business]]" episode.
* [[Jason Wingreen]] as Harry Snowden, a bartender at Kelcy's Bar who continues to work there after Archie purchases it as his business partner: Harry had tried to buy the bar from Kelcy, but Archie was able to come up with the money first, by taking a mortgage out on his house, which the Bunkers owned outright.
* [[Gloria LeRoy]] as Mildred "Boom-Boom" Turner, a buxom, middle-aged secretary at the plant where Archie works: Her first appearance was when Archie is lost on his way to a convention and Mike and Gloria suspect he and she could be having an affair. Archie gave her that moniker as she was walking by the loading dock. He said when she walked, "Boom-Boom". She is not fond of Archie because he and Stretch leer at her and because of their sexist behavior, but later becomes friendly with him, occasionally working as a barmaid at Archie's Place. Gloria LeRoy also appeared in a third-season episode as "Bobbi Jo" Loomis, the wife of Archie's old war buddy "Duke".
* [[Barnard Hughes]] as Father John Majeski, a local Catholic priest who was suspected by Archie one time of trying to convert Edith: He appeared in multiple episodes. The first time was when Edith accidentally hit Majeski's car near the local supermarket with a can of cling peaches in heavy syrup. (seasons 2, 3 & 4, 3 episodes)
* [[Eugene Roche]] appeared as practical jokester friend and fellow lodge member "Pinky Peterson", one of Archie Bunker's buddies, in three episodes, first in the episode "Beverly Rides Again", then the memorable Christmas Day episode called "The Draft Dodger" (episode 146, 1976), and finally the episode "Archie's Other Wife". (seasons 7 & 9, 3 episodes)
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as Lyle Sanders, personnel manager at Archie Bunker's workplace, Prendergast Tool and Die Company. He had appeared on the series as Lyle Bennett, the manager of a local television station, in the episode "Archie and the Editorial" in season three.
* [[Lori Shannon]] played Beverly La Salle, a transvestite entertainer, who appeared in three episodes: "Archie the Hero", "Beverly Rides Again", and "Edith's Crisis of Faith". In that third episode, Mike and Beverly are attacked, and Beverly dies in a hospital from injuries suffered during the fight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rhX-ZyxxY&t=768 |title=All in the Family 08 13 Edith's Crisis of Faith 1 |website=YouTube |access-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207034252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rhX-ZyxxY&t=768 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Estelle Parsons]] as Blanche Hefner (1977–1979), Barney's second wife: Blanche and Archie are not fond of one another, though Edith likes her very much. The character is mentioned throughout much of the series after Barney's first wife, Mabel, had died, though she only appeared in a handful of episodes during the last few seasons. Estelle Parsons also appeared in the season-seven episode "Archie's Secret Passion" as Dolores Fencel. (seasons 7 & 9)
* [[Bill Quinn]] as Mr. Edgar van Ranseleer<!-- Alternate writing: Edgar Van Rensselaer --> (Mr. van R), a blind patron and regular at the bar: He was almost never referred to by his first name. In a running joke, Archie usually waves his hand in front of Mr. van R's face when he speaks to him. His role was later expanded on ''Archie Bunker's Place'', where he appeared in all four seasons.
* [[Burt Mustin]] as Justin Quigley, a feisty octogenarian/nonagenarian: Mr. Quigley first appeared in the episode: "Edith Finds an Old Man" (season four, episode three, September 23, 1973) where he runs away from an old age home. He temporarily moves in with the Bunkers but quickly leaves to share an apartment with his friend Josephine "Jo" Nelson, played by [[Ruth McDevitt]]. He appeared in several other episodes, including "Archie's Weighty Problem". Mr. Mustin previously appeared in a first-season episode as Harry Feeney, the night watchman at Archie's workplace. (seasons 1, 4–6, 5 episodes)
* [[Nedra Volz]] as Aunt Iola, Edith's aunt. She was mentioned several times in the eighth season and stayed with the Bunkers for two weeks. Edith wanted her to move in, but Archie would not allow it, though when he thought Iola did not have any place to go, he told her privately that she could always stay with them.
* [[Francine Beers]] and [[Jane Connell]] as Sybil Gooley, who worked at Ferguson's Market: Frequently mentioned, usually by Edith, Sybil predicted that Gloria and Mike were having a baby boy by performing a ring on a string "swing test" over Gloria's abdomen. Sybil also appeared in the episode "Edith's 50th Birthday" and spilled the beans on her surprise party because she had not been invited. Archie and she did not get along, and he referred to her as a "Big Mouth".
* [[Rae Allen]] and [[Elizabeth Wilson]] as Edith's cousin Amelia DeKuyper: Archie detests Amelia and her husband, Russell, who are wealthy. Once, she sent Edith a mink and Archie wanted to send it back, until he found out how much it was worth. In another episode, Amelia and her husband visit the Bunkers to bring them gifts from a recent trip to Hawaii, but in a private moment, Amelia shares with Edith that, despite appearances, she and Russell are considering a divorce. The character was played by two different actresses in three episodes of the show.
* [[Richard Dysart]] and [[George S. Irving]] as Russell DeKuyper, Amelia's husband. He is a plumbing contractor who continued the business started by Amelia's father and uncles. He constantly flaunts his monetary wealth in front of Archie and looks askance at the way Archie lives, forgetting that he walked into a profitable plumbing business. He appeared in two of the episodes that featured Amelia.
* [[Clyde Kusatsu]] as Reverend Chong appeared in three episodes. He refused to baptize little Joey in season six, and then remarried Archie and Edith, and Mike and Gloria in season eight, and gave counsel to Stephanie in season nine as it was learned that she was Jewish. (seasons 6, 8 & 9, 3 episodes)
* [[Ruth McDevitt]] as Josephine "Jo" Nelson: She played the girlfriend of Justin Quigley, the older man Edith found walking around the supermarket. She appeared in three episodes from seasons four through six. Gloria and Mike adopted them as their god grandparents. Of most of the characters, Archie took a liking to Justin and Jo. She died following the end of the sixth season. (Season 4 & 5, 3 episodes)
* [[William Benedict]] as Jimmy McNabb: The Bunkers' neighbor, he appeared in two episodes during the first and second seasons and was referred to many times during the first few seasons.
* [[Jack Grimes (actor)|Jack Grimes]] as Mr. Whitehead: A member of Archie's lodge, he was the local funeral director. The death of Archie's cousin Oscar in a season-two episode of ''All in the Family'' brings the very short, white-haired, and silver-tongued Whitehead with his catalog of caskets. (seasons 2 & 4, 2 episodes)