Irving was familiar to television audiences of the 1970s as a result of his memorable guest-starring appearance on ''[[All in the Family]]'' as RussMr. DeKuyperGirgis, the loudmouthed husbandemotional owner of [[Ediththe launderette where Archie overloaded the prized top loading washing machine Bunker|Edithin Bunker's]]Mr. cousinGirgis’ Ameliafleet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/american-actor-george-s-irving-dies|title = American Actor George S. Irving Dies}}</ref> He was also a regular in the cast of the short-lived 1976 sitcom ''[[The Dumplings (TV series)|The Dumplings]]''. Irving also did some work in commercials for White Owl Cigars in the early 1970s. He appeared as a memorable Baron Mirko Zeta in the [[New York City Opera]] production of [[Franz Lehar]]'s [[The Merry Widow]], broadcast live in 1996 from the '''New York State Theater''' at [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]]; during the intermission he talked about the [[operetta]]'s history and historical inspiration.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
