President Richard Nixon Vents About The 'All in the Family' Episode Guest-Starring Anthony Geary & Philip Carey In Newly Found Audio Tape

Clockwise from Top Left: Philip Carey, Anthony Geary, Jean Stapleton, Richard Nixon and Carroll O'Connor.

New audio has been found of then-President Richard Nixon complaining about a TV show he stumbled upon that was glorifying homosexuality: ALL IN THE FAMILY. The show was centered around the father of the family, Archie Bunch, a lovable bigot. The episode Nixon watched was the fifth one ever, "Judging Books by Covers," which aired February 9, 1971. How does this relate to soap operas? The two key guest stars in the episode were GENERAL HOSPITAL's Anthony Geary, who played Mike's photographer friend, Roger (or "Roger The Fairy" as Archie called him), and ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Philip Carey as Archie's tough guy drinking buddy, Steve. The twist in the story was that Steve was the one that turned out to be gay, not Roger.

President Nixon saw this episode on TV (although he thought it was a movie) and was upset the CBS show was "glorifying homosexuality". Check out a transcript of the new audio below (h/t americablog.com of a conversation between Nixon, Domestic Affairs Advisor John Ehrlichman, and Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. Then watch the memorable episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY featuring Geary and Carey.

FLASHBACK: Philip Carey 1955

ACTOR TO RELIVE INCIDENT OF WAR
Philip Carey Again Will Be About Carrier 'Bombed' for 'Batty Stations'

By Thomas M. Pryor
New York Times
February 21, 1955

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 20 -- Philip Carey will relive a personal wartime experience when he stars in Battle Stations, to be produced by Bryan Foy for Columbia.

The story deals with the bombing of the aircraft carrier Franklin off Japan in 1945. Seven hundred men aboard were killed when the ship was hit by a 500-pound bomb. At the time, Mr. Carey was a sergeant in the Marine Corps assigned to the Franklin.

Curtis Kenyon wrote the screen play from a story by Barry Trivers. Filming will start April 30 in San Diego about the Hancock, which will double for the Franklin.

50 Greatest Soap Actors: #38 Philip Carey

NAME: Philip Carey
RANK: 38
SOAP ROLES: Asa Buchanan, ONE LIFE TO LIVE (1979-2008), Asa Buchanan, ALL MY CHILDREN (2004); Bob Corcoran, BRIGHT PROMISE (1972)

AWARDS:
1999 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Male Scene Stealer
1997 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Male Showstopper
1994 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Scene Stealer
1993 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Villain/Villainess

COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL:
Connie Passalacqua Hayman (Marlena De Lacroix): Always supremely watchable (and sometimes a hoot) as Asa on OLTL. Asa was a total daytime original, and Carey's acting had real endurance. Watch him in his old movies such as Calamity Jane and Mister Roberts.

Philip Carey Dead at 83

Longtime ONE LIFE TO LIVE star Phil Carey (Asa) has passed away at age 83. This comes on the heels of learning last week that his co-star, Clint Ritchie, had died.

He was born with the name Eugene Carey on July 15, 1925, in Hackensack, New Jersey. He grew up on Long Island and served with the Marine Corp. during World War II and the Korean War. He attended (briefly) New York's Mohawk University and studied drama at the University of Miami where he met his college sweetheart, Maureen Peppler. They married in 1949, and went on to have three children: Linda, Jeffrey and Lisa Ann.

The 6'4" actor impressed a talent scout with his brawny good looks while doing summer stock play, "Over 21," in New England and was offered a contract with Warner Bros. Billed as Philip Carey, he didn't have to waste any time in bit parts, making his film debut billed fifth in the John Wayne submarine war drama Operation Pacific (1951).