Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925-Febary 6, 2009) appeared as Steve, an old buddy of Archie's who out of the closet as gay the Season 1 episo of All the Fay tled "Judgg Books by Covers". Carey was born Hackensack, New Jersey. A former U.S. Mare...
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- ‘ALL THE FAY’: INSI THE EARLY EPISO THAT CHALLENGED ARCHIE BUNKER’S VIEW OF GAY PEOPLE
- GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW ‘ALL THE FAY’ GAVE US OUR FIRST GAY S CHARACTER
‘ALL THE FAY’: INSI THE EARLY EPISO THAT CHALLENGED ARCHIE BUNKER’S VIEW OF GAY PEOPLE
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Strappg, handsome ex-football player who, much to Archie's shock and dismay, reveals that he is gay. Philip Carey gut appears on "All the Fay" as Steve, a longtime iend of Archie who reveals he's gay the episo "Judgg Books by Covers" Season 1. Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925-Febary 6, 2009)[1][2] appeared as Steve, an old buddy of Archie's who out of the closet as gay the Season 1 episo of All the Fay tled "Judgg Books by Covers".
GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW ‘ALL THE FAY’ GAVE US OUR FIRST GAY S CHARACTER
In s earlit days, one of the ntroversial topics 'All the Fay' tackled was Archie Bunker's view of gay reprentatn. * archie bunker's gay friend steve *
In 1971, Carey gut-starred on the landmark fifth stallment of All the Fay, playg Steve, an ex-profsnal football player iend of Archie Bunker's who tells Archie he's gay. One example is episo five, “Judgg Books by Covers, ” which prented an unexpected take on the subject of homosexualy — at a time that nobody was alg wh . The All the Fay wiki offers up this plot scriptn: “Archie thks he knows a homosexual when he se one and when Mike v his flamboyant photographer iend Roger (Anthony Geary) to the Bunker hoehold, Archie tomatilly assum that Mike’s iend is a “flamer.
” Retreatg to the safety of Kelcy’s Bar, Archie choos to spend time wh his “he-man” pals, notably his old arm-wrtlg crony Steve (Philip Carey), who, when hearg about Roger, reveals himself to be gay — which Archie never spected. Televisn historian and thor Jim Colucci, who is currently -wrg wh Norman Lear a 50th-anniversary book voted to All the Fay, ments, “This was a brand new show g blazg out of the gate, bee if they were gog to tackle touchy issu 1971, gay reprentatn was certaly among the touchit. Jim mentns that when he wrote his book Goln Girls Forever, he mented that the first regular gay character on televisn was the short-lived s The Corner Bar, which aired 1972.