Allan Melvin (1923 - 1908)Jowly-faced character actor Allan Melvin appeared on The Phil Silvers Show and All in the Family as Archie Bunker's friend Barney, but he is best known for his role on The Brady Bunch as Sam "the butcher" Franklin, Alice the housekeeper's boyfriend.
But don't judge this actor by the blue collar characters he played: Melvin, who was born in Missouri but moved to New York City as a child, attended Columbia University. Sam the butcher was a Columbia graduate? Yes, and he also served in the Navy after graduation before wedding his wife, Amalia, in 1943.
Melvin is survived by his wife of 64 years, a daughter and a grandson, and to pay my respects to him, here's a butcher joke. Something tells me Mr. Melvin may have heard a few butcher jokes in his lifetime.
A man walks into a butchers shop asks the butcher, "Are you a gambling man?"
The butcher says, "Yes."
The man says, "I bet you fifty dollars that you can't reach up and touch that meat hanging on the hooks up there."
The butcher looks up at the meat hanging on the hooks. He says, "I'm not betting on that."
"But I thought you were a gambling man," the man retorts.
"Yes I am," says the butcher, "but the steaks are too high."
A man walks into a butchers shop asks the butcher, "Are you a gambling man?"
The butcher says, "Yes."
The man says, "I bet you fifty dollars that you can't reach up and touch that meat hanging on the hooks up there."
The butcher looks up at the meat hanging on the hooks. He says, "I'm not betting on that."
"But I thought you were a gambling man," the man retorts.
"Yes I am," says the butcher, "but the steaks are too high."
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