resting_place death_date death_place religion birth_place years_active name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
san fernando mission cemetery in los angeles , california 29 april 1994 camarillo , california , u.s. roman catholic new york city , new york , u.s. 1924-1989 bill quinn 6 may 1912 mary -rrb- 3 children catherine roden -lrb- 1940-1994 -rrb- -lrb- his death bill quinn
 william tyrell quinn film , television actor natural causes
bill quinn

bill quinn -lrb- may 6 , 1912 -- april 29 , 1994 -rrb- was an american actor .
quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles over seven decades , starting in the 1920s in silent films and ending in 1989 in '' '' .
he is best remembered as archie 's blind friend , mr. van ranseleer , in `` all in the family '' , and later as a regular in the spin-off `` archie bunker 's place '' .
his other television roles include `` the odd couple '' , in which he played the recurring role of the roommates ' physician , dr. melnitz ; `` the rifleman '' as sweeney , the bartender ; `` mchale 's navy '' ; and mary 's father in `` the mary tyler moore show '' .
in 1971 , he was featured in the universal pictures movie `` how to frame a figg '' starring don knotts .
quinn was also the father-in-law of bob newhart .
he is the father of newhart 's wife , virginia quinn newhart .
quinn died at the age of 81 in camarillo , california of natural causes .
