Television director John Rich, who won an Emmy Award for the memorable All In The Family scene showing Sammy Davis Jr planting a kiss on Archie Bunker, has died in Los Angeles at 86.

Mr Rich also won an Emmy for The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Directors Guild of America spokesman Sahar Moridani told the Los Angeles Times that Rich died on Sunday morning at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness. His 50-year Hollywood career included I Married Joan, Our Miss Brooks, Gunsmoke and Bonanza.

He also directed episodes or pilots of The Twilight Zone, Gomer Pyle, USM.C., Gilligan’s Island, The Brady Bunch, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Barney Miller and Newhart.

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