Cast & Characters • Caroll O' Conner as Archie Bunker
• Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker (1971-1980)
• Sally Struthers as Gloris Bunker Stivic (1971-1978)
• Rob Reiner as Mike Stivic (1971-1978)
• Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson (1973-1975)
• Betty Garret as Irene Lorenzo (1973-1975)
• Vincent Gardenia as Frank Lorenzo (1973-1974)
• Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson (1971-1975)
• Mike Evans as Lionel Jefferson (1971-1975)
• Mel Stewart as Henry Jefferson (1971-1973)
Series Run
First Telecast: January 12, 1971
Last Telecast: January 25, 1992
Broadcast History
Theme Song Info Song Info
"Those Were the Days," by Strouse and Adams, sung at the opening of each show by Archie and Edith until 1979. Replaced by an instrumental version in 1980.
Lyrics Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.
And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.
Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.
• Caroll O' Conner as Archie Bunker
