AUGUST 2 QUESTION: Carroll O’Connor who died in 2001 would have turned 100 years old today, August 2, 2024.
He is only one of two male actors in television history to have won the Emmy for his leading role in both a comedy series and a drama series.
Who is the other one? ANSWER: Robert Young won Emmys in 1957 for Continuing Performance by an Actor and in 1958 for Continuing Performance in a Leading Role by an Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series for his role as Jim Anderson in the sitcom Father Knows Best.
In 1970, he won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Marcus Welby M.D. Carroll O’Connor won four Emmys for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for All In The Family in 1972,1977, 1978, and 1979.
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