Ed O’Neill was pursuing a career as a stage actor when he was offered the role of the Bundy family patriarch, a bitter Chicago shoe salesman who spends his time loafing on the couch and reminiscing ...

Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy, David Faustino as Bud Bundy (front), Ed O'Nell as Al Bundy, and Katy Sagal as Margaret 'Peggy' Bundy on 'Married...With Children' Larry Watson/Fox; Ilya S.

Television audiences loved the sitcom “Married… with Children” for 11 seasons but when the time came for the show to end, at least two of the cast members were kept in the dark about it. Ed O’Neill, ...

In 1989, Sam Kinison was a guest star on the fourth season of “Married … with Children.” Years before, he had been offered the role of Al Bundy on the sitcom, and it soon became apparent that the show ...

Ed O’Neill has revealed how he “messed up” in his feud with his “Married . . . With Children” co-star Amanda Bearse. O’Neill, 77, starred as Al Bundy in the edgy Fox sitcom from 1987 to 1997. The cast ...