“Whitehead” TV Tie Ins

I realized a decent fact concerning a link between the television shows, each a great one, “All In The Family” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

In “Hitch” Presents, Martin Balsam starred in “Final Arrangements,” meeting with a funeral director played by O.Z. Whitehead.

“O.Z.” stands for Oothout Zabriskie, but it is the Whitehead that is relevant here.

In a great “All In The Family” episode, “Archie” played by the great Carroll O’Connor, is pressured to give a good funeral for his cousin “Oscar,” though Archie never liked him.

The funeral director is named “Whitehead,” played by Jack Grimes.

O.Z. Whitehead, pictured above, as “Al Joad” in the film, “The Grapes Of Wrath” based on John Steinbeck’s immortal novel.