The 'All In The Family' Connection
Harvey Lembeck played Kelsey in AITF.
Alan Melvin played Barney Heffner in AITF.
Billy Sands played Munson in AITF.
All 3 of these actors appeared in many episodes of TPSS.
Harvey Lembeck played Kelsey in AITF.
Alan Melvin played Barney Heffner in AITF.
Billy Sands played Munson in AITF.
All 3 of these actors appeared in many episodes of TPSS.
No, Lembeck had guest appearances in 2 episodes, but he definitely did not play Kelsey.
shareBilly Halop played Munson but Billy Sands was on a few episodes.
shareKelsey was played by Bob Hastings, who co-starred on another classic military sitcom, McHale's Navy.
In the final appearance of Kelsey on All in the Family he was played by Frank Maxwell. This was the episode where Archie bought the bar from Kelsey. This was the only time Kelsey wasn't played by Bob Hastings.
A few years later both Hastings and Maxwell appeared together as regulars on "General Hospital" in the late 70s and 80s. Hastings played police chief Burt Ramsey and Maxwell played lawyer Dan Rooney.
Lembeck did appear in All in the Family twice, but played a different character in both episodes.
Bob Hastings and Frank Maxwell did both appear on "Sgt. Bilko", though. Maxwell had a one time appearance and Hastings appeared in 8 episodes playing several different characters.
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And Bob Hastings co-starred with Billy Sands on McHale's Navy.
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