Career Honors
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, 1972, All in the Family
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 1971, 1976, 1977, and 1978, All in the Family
- George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, 1980, for Archie Alone episode, Archie Bunker's Place
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, 1989, In the Heat of the Night
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination 1990, In the Heat of the Night''
- Television Hall of Fame, elected 1990 for contributions to the television industry
- NAACP Image Award, 1992, In the Heat of the Night Best Dramatic Series
- NAACP Image Award, 1993, In the Heat of the Night Best Dramatic Series
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