<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Gloria Bunker Stivic (1971 - 1982) (?) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Joey Stivic (son) </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Casimir "Mike" Stivic is a fictional character on the 1970s American television sitcom All in the Family . He was the live - in son - in - law of the series' lead character, Archie Bunker, who frequently called him "Meathead". Michael was the husband of Archie's daughter Gloria (played by Sally Struthers). Rob Reiner played the role of Michael Stivic throughout the series . </P> <P> The character of Michael Stivic is an Americanized version of the British original: Till Death Us Do Part's Mike Rawlins, the Trotskyist "Randy Scouse Git" who arouses the passionate ire of his arch - conservative father - in - law Alf Garnett . For the American version of this character, the Trotskyist angle was drastically softened: Michael Stivic is a social liberal and a leftist, but not an adherent of any form of communism and is presented as possibly a Democrat who is sympathetic to the Students for a Democratic Society movement (SDS), which is hinted by his occasional use of SDS ally and Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman's guerrilla theatre antics . </P>

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