The hit TV show Happy Days aired on ABC from 1974 to 1984. Here’s what we know about the cast today.
Henry Winkler Henry Winkler and the ‘Happy Days’ cast | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Henry Winkler played Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli. After Happy Days,, Winkler appeared in One Christmas (1994), Monty (1994), and The Waterboy (1998). He is currently starring in the HBO series Barry.
Don Most
Don Most played the character Ralph Malph. After Happy Days, he continued his acting career. Some of Most’s acting credits include appearances in The Munsters Today (1989), Charles in Charge (1989), The New Lassie (1991), and Bones (2010). His most recent role was in the 2022 film County Line: No Fear.
Ron Howard Ron Howard | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Ron Howard played the character Richie Cunningham. After Happy Days, Howard pursued a directing and production career. Some of his credits...
Henry Winkler Henry Winkler and the ‘Happy Days’ cast | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Henry Winkler played Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli. After Happy Days,, Winkler appeared in One Christmas (1994), Monty (1994), and The Waterboy (1998). He is currently starring in the HBO series Barry.
Don Most
Don Most played the character Ralph Malph. After Happy Days, he continued his acting career. Some of Most’s acting credits include appearances in The Munsters Today (1989), Charles in Charge (1989), The New Lassie (1991), and Bones (2010). His most recent role was in the 2022 film County Line: No Fear.
Ron Howard Ron Howard | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Ron Howard played the character Richie Cunningham. After Happy Days, Howard pursued a directing and production career. Some of his credits...
- 3/23/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Ron Masak, the familiar character actor who as Cabot Cove Sheriff Mort Metzger was the beneficiary of Jessica Fletcher’s crime-solving prowess on the last eight seasons of Murder, She Wrote, has died. He was 86.
Masak died Thursday of natural causes at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, his granddaughter Kaylie Defilippis told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Chicago native appeared six times on Police Story, five times on Bewitched and four times on Webster and also showed up on everything from The Flying Nun, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside and The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Magnum, P.I., The Rockford FIles, Columbo, Falcon Crest and Cold Case during his six-decade career.
In February 1960, the everyman actor portrayed a harmonica-playing soldier on “The Purple Testament,” the 19th episode of The Twilight Zone, and had a turn as a nutty Dracula-like count on...
Ron Masak, the familiar character actor who as Cabot Cove Sheriff Mort Metzger was the beneficiary of Jessica Fletcher’s crime-solving prowess on the last eight seasons of Murder, She Wrote, has died. He was 86.
Masak died Thursday of natural causes at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, his granddaughter Kaylie Defilippis told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Chicago native appeared six times on Police Story, five times on Bewitched and four times on Webster and also showed up on everything from The Flying Nun, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside and The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Magnum, P.I., The Rockford FIles, Columbo, Falcon Crest and Cold Case during his six-decade career.
In February 1960, the everyman actor portrayed a harmonica-playing soldier on “The Purple Testament,” the 19th episode of The Twilight Zone, and had a turn as a nutty Dracula-like count on...
- 10/21/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joel Steiger, who served as a writer, producer and consultant on some of the most successful television mystery series of the ’80s and ’90s including “Matlock,” “Jake and the Fatman” and “Diagnosis: Murder,” died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 79.
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a screenwriter, Steiger went on to write and produce hundreds of the most successful mystery and drama series of the ’80s and ’90s, including “Dynasty,” “Max Monroe,” the “Perry Mason” TV movies, and “Father Dowling Mysteries.”
He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1983 for writing an episode of “Remington Steele” titled “In the Steele Of The Night.”
Steiger was born in New York City on March 11, 1942. Even though he had lived in Los Angeles since his 30s, Steiger remained a quintessential New Yorker all of his life. As a young man, he worked as...
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a screenwriter, Steiger went on to write and produce hundreds of the most successful mystery and drama series of the ’80s and ’90s, including “Dynasty,” “Max Monroe,” the “Perry Mason” TV movies, and “Father Dowling Mysteries.”
He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1983 for writing an episode of “Remington Steele” titled “In the Steele Of The Night.”
Steiger was born in New York City on March 11, 1942. Even though he had lived in Los Angeles since his 30s, Steiger remained a quintessential New Yorker all of his life. As a young man, he worked as...
- 3/24/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Character actor Tim O’Connor, best known for his role as Elliot Carson in 1960s prime time soap Peyton Place, has died. He passed in his sleep on April 5 in his longtime home of Nevada City, California at age 90.
O’Connor had a long career on stage and particularly television, where he had appearances in such iconic shows as All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, General Hospital, Dynasty, and Star Trek.
Born in Chicago, his career spanned Broadway, television and films. He worked with such actors as Sir Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Edward G. Robinson, Jessica Tandy, Maximilian Schell, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff, among others.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1965, O’Connor moved to Santa Monica, California, and gained national recognition as one of the stars of Peyton Place. He starred as Elliot Carson, father of Mia Farrow’s Allison, in more than...
O’Connor had a long career on stage and particularly television, where he had appearances in such iconic shows as All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, General Hospital, Dynasty, and Star Trek.
Born in Chicago, his career spanned Broadway, television and films. He worked with such actors as Sir Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Edward G. Robinson, Jessica Tandy, Maximilian Schell, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff, among others.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1965, O’Connor moved to Santa Monica, California, and gained national recognition as one of the stars of Peyton Place. He starred as Elliot Carson, father of Mia Farrow’s Allison, in more than...
- 4/13/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
We pay tribute to Brian Clemens, a screenwriter and producer whose work lit up 1970s cult TV and beyond...
Brian Clemens, who died earlier this week aged 83, was a highly respected screenwriter and producer both for TV and Film. He will chiefly be remembered for his work on The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals but his credits were numerous and encapsulated a real golden age of cult, escapist television from the 1950s onwards.
Clemens was born in Croydon in July 1931. He spent his National Service as a Weapons Training Instructor. After spending time as a copywriter, he established himself as a scriptwriter - sometimes using the pseudonym "Tony O'Grady" - O'Grady being his mother's maiden name. He received his first commission from the BBC at the age of 24 - a thriller called Valid For Single Journey Only. He went on to write for many of the big TV...
Brian Clemens, who died earlier this week aged 83, was a highly respected screenwriter and producer both for TV and Film. He will chiefly be remembered for his work on The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals but his credits were numerous and encapsulated a real golden age of cult, escapist television from the 1950s onwards.
Clemens was born in Croydon in July 1931. He spent his National Service as a Weapons Training Instructor. After spending time as a copywriter, he established himself as a scriptwriter - sometimes using the pseudonym "Tony O'Grady" - O'Grady being his mother's maiden name. He received his first commission from the BBC at the age of 24 - a thriller called Valid For Single Journey Only. He went on to write for many of the big TV...
- 1/14/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Screenwriter and producer Brian Clemens has passed away at age 83 in his native England. Clemens wrote scripts for some of the most revered British television programs of the 1960s and 1970s including "Danger Man" (aka "Secret Agent"), "The Avengers", "The Persuaders", "The Professionals", "The Baron" and "The New Avengers". Clemens also produced or executive produced several of the aforementioned shows. He also contributed single episode scripts for other popular shows including "Highlander", "The Protectors" and "Remington Steele". Clemens wrote numerous scripts for "Father Dowling Mysteries" and three "Perry Mason" TV movies in the early 1990s. A prolific writer, he also wrote screenplays for feature films beginning in the 1950s. His credits include "Station Six Sahara", "The Corrupt Ones" (aka "The Peking Medallion"), "See No Evil", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", Disney's "The Watcher in the Woods", "Highlander II: The Quickening" and the Hammer horror film "Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter...
- 1/12/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature has first details on multiple projects including Night of the Living Deb, The Broadcast, Dial 9 to Get Out, and House of Forbidden Secrets, a monster themed giveaway from The Hub’s Spooksville, artwork from The Walking Dead Tribute, trailers for Infliction and Damned Love, and much more:
Night of the Living Deb Casting News: “Night of the Living Deb is an indie movie in development from producer Kyle Rankin (Battle of Shaker Heights, Infestation). Attached actors include David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs,” This is the End, Ray), Michael Cassidy (Argo, “Men at Work,” “The Oc”), Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks,” “Reaper,” “Mad Men”).
It’s a female-driven action-horror rom-com set in the world of a zombie apocalypse on Christmas.
The crowdfunding campaign is gaining popularity for its unusual approach: rather than the...
Night of the Living Deb Casting News: “Night of the Living Deb is an indie movie in development from producer Kyle Rankin (Battle of Shaker Heights, Infestation). Attached actors include David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs,” This is the End, Ray), Michael Cassidy (Argo, “Men at Work,” “The Oc”), Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks,” “Reaper,” “Mad Men”).
It’s a female-driven action-horror rom-com set in the world of a zombie apocalypse on Christmas.
The crowdfunding campaign is gaining popularity for its unusual approach: rather than the...
- 3/30/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The news that NBC is planning a remake/reboot of "Murder, She Wrote" starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer unleashed waves of snark online Thursday (Oct. 24). It's the latest example of TV networks and studios turning to old properties in the hopes that a new audience will take to them.
Leaving aside the question of whether such reboots actually work -- recent history shows a lot more misses than hits -- the "Murder, She Wrote" news got us thinking: If we were profit-hungry TV executives, what other shows might be ripe for a 21st-century update? Some ideas, and the networks that would call them home:
"Diagnosis Murder" (ABC): As with the CBS original, a renowned physician moonlights as a police consultant and often ends up working with his detective son. Dick Van Dyke and his real-life son Barry starred the first time around; the reboot would reunite on-screen father and...
Leaving aside the question of whether such reboots actually work -- recent history shows a lot more misses than hits -- the "Murder, She Wrote" news got us thinking: If we were profit-hungry TV executives, what other shows might be ripe for a 21st-century update? Some ideas, and the networks that would call them home:
"Diagnosis Murder" (ABC): As with the CBS original, a renowned physician moonlights as a police consultant and often ends up working with his detective son. Dick Van Dyke and his real-life son Barry starred the first time around; the reboot would reunite on-screen father and...
- 10/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Another horror film has passed through the Kickstarter gauntlet and come out a winner. Blood Kiss, a vamp noir, was written by Michael Reaves, who is suffering from Parkinson's Disease. The horror community has rallied behind this project and is making it a reality.
From the Press Release
Writer/producer Neil Gaiman, actresses Amber Benson, comic artist Tom Mandrake, friend Whoopi Goldberg, and a number of entertainment industry veterans are rallying to make ailing filmmaker Michael Reaves’ final film, Blood Kiss, a reality.
Blood Kiss is set in Golden Age Hollywood, a classic film noir tale of a sexy jazz singer in distress and a private investigator who takes on a little more than he bargained for when he discovers this case involves vampire murders.
"There's nothing supernatural about vampires," says Reaves, "My vampires, that is. Everything in Blood Kiss is explained in terms of a symbiotic organism that alters...
From the Press Release
Writer/producer Neil Gaiman, actresses Amber Benson, comic artist Tom Mandrake, friend Whoopi Goldberg, and a number of entertainment industry veterans are rallying to make ailing filmmaker Michael Reaves’ final film, Blood Kiss, a reality.
Blood Kiss is set in Golden Age Hollywood, a classic film noir tale of a sexy jazz singer in distress and a private investigator who takes on a little more than he bargained for when he discovers this case involves vampire murders.
"There's nothing supernatural about vampires," says Reaves, "My vampires, that is. Everything in Blood Kiss is explained in terms of a symbiotic organism that alters...
- 6/18/2013
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
If there's one constant in American television, it's the public's insatiable appetite for mysteries and the oddballs tasked with solving them. In the past decade, that role has largely been filled by the likes of CSI and Law and Order, and depended upon sophisticated technology and identification of bodily fluids, but it used to be different. Americans used to prefer their detectives to be curmudgeonly septuagenarians who simply solved murders in their spare time, your Miss Marples and what have you. Father Dowling Mysteries was born of this trend, and even if it hasn't aged especially well (or just strangely), you could probably do worse as daytime television reruns go.
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- 3/25/2013
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
With American Horror Story: Asylum set to debut in the Us on October 17th (the UK debut is October 30th on FX) we thought we’d bring you a daily American Horror Story-related Top 5 from today till Wednesday – today’s Top 5 takes a look at the Top Five Fictional Nuns. Why? Read on.
After stealing the show in the first series, Jessica Lange is back taking centre stage as twisted nun Sister Jude. A woman of stern faith (and fan of corporal punishment) she is grappling with many un-nun like demons of her own. With a fondness for red lingerie and fantasies about Monsignor Timothy O’Hara (Joseph Fiennes) could this role land her with another Emmy? Our money says yes. Here is a list of some of our favourite fictional nuns…
5) Maria – The Sound Of Music
Ok so she wasn’t technically a nun. But we definitely remember...
After stealing the show in the first series, Jessica Lange is back taking centre stage as twisted nun Sister Jude. A woman of stern faith (and fan of corporal punishment) she is grappling with many un-nun like demons of her own. With a fondness for red lingerie and fantasies about Monsignor Timothy O’Hara (Joseph Fiennes) could this role land her with another Emmy? Our money says yes. Here is a list of some of our favourite fictional nuns…
5) Maria – The Sound Of Music
Ok so she wasn’t technically a nun. But we definitely remember...
- 10/16/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
You probably couldn’t get away with the super wholesome nature of The Father Dowling Mysteries. Measured against shows like CSI, Law & Order, or even Criminal Minds, Father Dowling feels naively optimistic about the world of crime and even the world as a whole. Then again, could you frame a series about a priest and nun mystery solving duo in any other context? Too many run-ins with thugs with guns or situations that are actually dangerous and you’d have both protagonists reexamining their sleuthing hobby and opting against going out from the church at night. The Father Dowling Mysteries belong in the safe confines of nostalgia where they can be watched as simple viewing pleasure for mystery enthusiasts, because if it went any further than that the cynicism of the modern age would tear it apart.
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- 7/24/2012
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
In all honesty, the only item I would point you toward this week with any level of seriousness is Margaret, but more on that in a second. Probably even more important is the 50% off sale going on over at Barnes and Noble where the majority of their in-stock Criterion Collection titles are all 50% off. I've taken advantage of this sale in the past and if you'd like to see if anything meets your approval just click here to browse their selection. If you're wondering how much money you can save, it's different depending on the title. For example, the recently released Samurai Trilogy is $34.99 at Barnes right now while it's $47.96 at Amazon. Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush is $19.99 at Barnes and $28.95 at Amazon. One of my all-time favorites, Breathless, is $19.99 at Barnes and $23.98 at Amazon and The Seven Samurai is $24.99 at Barnes and $34.95 at Amazon. So, yes, it's a deal.
- 7/10/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, June 18th 2012.
Pick Of The Week
Covert Affairs: Season 1 Box Set (DVD)
Meet Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a young CIA trainee who is thrust into the inner sanctum of the agency when she is unexpectedly promoted to field operative. While it appears that she has been plucked from obscurity for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Win A Copy Of Covert Affairs Season 1 – Just Email Us Your Ideal Spy Code Name (along with your name and address) To: competition@blogomatic3000.com
And the rest…...
Pick Of The Week
Covert Affairs: Season 1 Box Set (DVD)
Meet Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a young CIA trainee who is thrust into the inner sanctum of the agency when she is unexpectedly promoted to field operative. While it appears that she has been plucked from obscurity for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Win A Copy Of Covert Affairs Season 1 – Just Email Us Your Ideal Spy Code Name (along with your name and address) To: competition@blogomatic3000.com
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- 6/18/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Director of a string of successful TV series, including 44 episodes of M*A*S*H
There is an episode in the television series M*A*S*H in which a congressional aide comes to Korea to expose Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) as a communist sympathiser. Under pressure to reveal the names of those she knew as communists, she refuses. The episode, called Are You Now, Margaret?, broadcast in 1979, was directed by Charles Dubin, who has died aged 92.
This would not be especially significant but for the fact that Dubin had found himself in a similar position in 1958, when he was subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Dubin denied that he was a communist and refused 22 times to say whether he had ever been one, citing constitutional protections against self-incrimination. As a result, he was blacklisted for four years, during which time he was forced to take work directing commercials.
There is an episode in the television series M*A*S*H in which a congressional aide comes to Korea to expose Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) as a communist sympathiser. Under pressure to reveal the names of those she knew as communists, she refuses. The episode, called Are You Now, Margaret?, broadcast in 1979, was directed by Charles Dubin, who has died aged 92.
This would not be especially significant but for the fact that Dubin had found himself in a similar position in 1958, when he was subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Dubin denied that he was a communist and refused 22 times to say whether he had ever been one, citing constitutional protections against self-incrimination. As a result, he was blacklisted for four years, during which time he was forced to take work directing commercials.
- 9/23/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Emmy-winning actress Sada Thompson has lost her fight against lung disease, aged 83.
The star died on Wednesday in Danbury, Connecticut.
Thompson launched her career on the stage in the 1950s, making her Broadway debut in 1959 musical Juno. She went on to portray multiple characters in the play Twigs, which landed her a Tony Award in 1972.
But she was perhaps best known for her role as TV matron Kate Lawrence on U.S. drama series Family, a role which earned her the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978. Her performance on the show also garnered her three Golden Globe nominations.
Her other TV credits include appearances on legal drama Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, Father Dowling Mysteries, hit sitcom Cheers and crime drama Law & Order.
Thompson's last screen role came in 2000 movie Pollack alongside Ed Harris.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Donald Stewart, and their daughter Liza Sgueglia, reports the New York Daily News.
The star died on Wednesday in Danbury, Connecticut.
Thompson launched her career on the stage in the 1950s, making her Broadway debut in 1959 musical Juno. She went on to portray multiple characters in the play Twigs, which landed her a Tony Award in 1972.
But she was perhaps best known for her role as TV matron Kate Lawrence on U.S. drama series Family, a role which earned her the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978. Her performance on the show also garnered her three Golden Globe nominations.
Her other TV credits include appearances on legal drama Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, Father Dowling Mysteries, hit sitcom Cheers and crime drama Law & Order.
Thompson's last screen role came in 2000 movie Pollack alongside Ed Harris.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Donald Stewart, and their daughter Liza Sgueglia, reports the New York Daily News.
- 5/9/2011
- WENN
As the title to this post points out, Tom Bosley will be forever associated with Howard Cunningham, the warm, genial father he played in Happy Days for 10 years, but his career was long, varied and included big screen and small screen work.
Undoubtedly it was on television that he was best known and most often seen. As well as a 10-year stint on Happy Days, Bosley appeared throughout a four year run of “Murder, She Wrote” in the 80′s as Sheriff Amos Tupper, as well as starring as the eponymous character in “Father Dowling Investigates”.
Bosley’s TV career began in the late 50′s and included such well-known programmes as Dr Kildare, Get Smart, Bewitched and Mission: Impossible. Despite such an enduring TV career, Bosley never really made his mark on the big screen and although he has some film credits to his name it is likely that only his final film,...
Undoubtedly it was on television that he was best known and most often seen. As well as a 10-year stint on Happy Days, Bosley appeared throughout a four year run of “Murder, She Wrote” in the 80′s as Sheriff Amos Tupper, as well as starring as the eponymous character in “Father Dowling Investigates”.
Bosley’s TV career began in the late 50′s and included such well-known programmes as Dr Kildare, Get Smart, Bewitched and Mission: Impossible. Despite such an enduring TV career, Bosley never really made his mark on the big screen and although he has some film credits to his name it is likely that only his final film,...
- 10/22/2010
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Tom Bosley, one of America’s most beloved actors, has passed away at age 83. Bosley was most famous for his portrayal as Howard Cunningham on Happy Days, but also did about a million other things, including the Father Dowling Mysteries and playing Sheriff Tupper on Murder, She Wrote.
The outpouring of love coming from Hollywood right now is tremendous, and it seems that everyone who ever worked with Bosley adored both him and his work. Bosley had been having a battle with lung cancer in a Palm Springs hospital when he died of heart failure yesterday morning. He was a beloved acting veteran and an all-around good guy, and he will be sorely missed.
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The outpouring of love coming from Hollywood right now is tremendous, and it seems that everyone who ever worked with Bosley adored both him and his work. Bosley had been having a battle with lung cancer in a Palm Springs hospital when he died of heart failure yesterday morning. He was a beloved acting veteran and an all-around good guy, and he will be sorely missed.
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- 10/20/2010
- by AlexisJ
- SnarkFood.com
Beloved American actor and "Happy Days" star Tom Bosley has passed away at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 83. Family members tell TMZ the star had been battling a staph infection, but further details regarding his death were unavailable as WENN went to press.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bosley made his stage debut in "Our Town" with Chicago's Canterbury Players. He later shared the stage with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Illinois, but his breakthrough stage role came in 1959 when he portrayed New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Fiorello!" The part won him a Tony Award.
But Bosley is perhaps best remembered for his role as patriarch Howard Cunningham on the hit TV sitcom "Happy Days", which ran from 1974 to 1984. He also landed a string of notable film and TV credits, including "Murder", "She...
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bosley made his stage debut in "Our Town" with Chicago's Canterbury Players. He later shared the stage with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Illinois, but his breakthrough stage role came in 1959 when he portrayed New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Fiorello!" The part won him a Tony Award.
But Bosley is perhaps best remembered for his role as patriarch Howard Cunningham on the hit TV sitcom "Happy Days", which ran from 1974 to 1984. He also landed a string of notable film and TV credits, including "Murder", "She...
- 10/20/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Grey skies are not turning blue today in Hollywood as the news that one of the great TV dads has passed away. Tom Bosley, on-screen father to Happy Days' Richie and Joannie Cummingham and landlord to Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, died in Palm Springs at the age of 83.
Tom was most recognized for playing the compassionate hardware store owner Mr. C., but he was also loved for his roles of Father Frank Dowling on Father Dowling Mysteries and Sheriff Tupper on Murder, She Wrote.
Bosley worked until the very end with a supporting role in the most recent J.Lo movie The Back-Up Plan.
Scott Baio, who played Chachi on Happy Days tweeted after hearing the news,"Mr. Tom Bosley will be missed by many. He was a great actor, teacher, and man."
And if you want to do something fun in Tom's honor, you may consider going to...
Tom was most recognized for playing the compassionate hardware store owner Mr. C., but he was also loved for his roles of Father Frank Dowling on Father Dowling Mysteries and Sheriff Tupper on Murder, She Wrote.
Bosley worked until the very end with a supporting role in the most recent J.Lo movie The Back-Up Plan.
Scott Baio, who played Chachi on Happy Days tweeted after hearing the news,"Mr. Tom Bosley will be missed by many. He was a great actor, teacher, and man."
And if you want to do something fun in Tom's honor, you may consider going to...
- 10/19/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
One of the all-time great TV dads, Tom Bosley passed away today at the age of 83.
Bosley had been battling lung cancer, but it's said that the actor passed away due to heart failure at a hospital in Palm Springs.
The actor did many things over his career, but he is and always will be remembered as Howard Cunningham on the hit '70s TV show, Happy Days. The show ran for ten years from 1974 to 1984 and spanned 255 episodes, all of which featured Bosley. Only his TV wife Marion Ross and the Fonz, Henry Winkler, appeared in every episode.
Apart from Happy Days, Bosley also had notable runs on Murder She Wrote, where he played Sheriff Amos Tupper, and in 44 episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries, his own series where he played the title character. Later in his career mainly consisted of smaller roles. He had a voice cameo as Howard...
Bosley had been battling lung cancer, but it's said that the actor passed away due to heart failure at a hospital in Palm Springs.
The actor did many things over his career, but he is and always will be remembered as Howard Cunningham on the hit '70s TV show, Happy Days. The show ran for ten years from 1974 to 1984 and spanned 255 episodes, all of which featured Bosley. Only his TV wife Marion Ross and the Fonz, Henry Winkler, appeared in every episode.
Apart from Happy Days, Bosley also had notable runs on Murder She Wrote, where he played Sheriff Amos Tupper, and in 44 episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries, his own series where he played the title character. Later in his career mainly consisted of smaller roles. He had a voice cameo as Howard...
- 10/19/2010
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
Word that Tom Bosley passed away at the age of 83 hit Twitter-Wood this afternoon. TV's father from "Happy Days," Father Dowling of "Father Dowling Mysteries" and the voice of David the Gnome, Bosley showed up in the tweets of Neil Patrick Harris, James Gunn and Michael McKean today.
In other posting, the feed got hit with a rush of photos in the last 24 hours. Jessica Alba showed herself getting ready for some "Spy Kids 4" action, while Steve Agee was palling around with Brody Stevens and Aasif Mandvi got in the shower with his clothes on. You'll find them all retweeted after the jump along with evidence that Jim Carrey's face muscles are in the best shape of his life and an idea for a new "Star Wars" film fomr the producer of "Fanboys."
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for October 19, 2010.
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@JimCarrey Rubics cube...
In other posting, the feed got hit with a rush of photos in the last 24 hours. Jessica Alba showed herself getting ready for some "Spy Kids 4" action, while Steve Agee was palling around with Brody Stevens and Aasif Mandvi got in the shower with his clothes on. You'll find them all retweeted after the jump along with evidence that Jim Carrey's face muscles are in the best shape of his life and an idea for a new "Star Wars" film fomr the producer of "Fanboys."
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for October 19, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@JimCarrey Rubics cube...
- 10/19/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
Beloved American actor and Happy Days star Tom Bosley has passed away at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 83.
Family members tell TMZ.com the star had been battling a staph infection, but further details regarding his death were unavailable as WENN went to press.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bosley made his stage debut in Our Town with Chicago's Canterbury Players.
He later shared the stage with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Illinois, but his breakthrough stage role came in 1959 when he portrayed New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello! The part won him a Tony Award.
But Bosley is perhaps best remembered for his role as patriarch Howard Cunningham on the hit TV sitcom Happy Days, which ran from 1974 to 1984.
He also landed a string of notable film and TV credits, including Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, and more recently cameos in That '70s Show and One Tree Hill.
Bosley last appeared in 2010 comedy The Back-up Plan, starring Jennifer Lopez.
Family members tell TMZ.com the star had been battling a staph infection, but further details regarding his death were unavailable as WENN went to press.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bosley made his stage debut in Our Town with Chicago's Canterbury Players.
He later shared the stage with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Illinois, but his breakthrough stage role came in 1959 when he portrayed New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello! The part won him a Tony Award.
But Bosley is perhaps best remembered for his role as patriarch Howard Cunningham on the hit TV sitcom Happy Days, which ran from 1974 to 1984.
He also landed a string of notable film and TV credits, including Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, and more recently cameos in That '70s Show and One Tree Hill.
Bosley last appeared in 2010 comedy The Back-up Plan, starring Jennifer Lopez.
- 10/19/2010
- WENN
During the ’70s, he was America’s Dad. If you referenced “Mr. C,” everybody knew who you were talking about: Howard Cunningham, hardware store owner and father of TV’s favorite family on “Happy Days.” Today, we lost Mr. C, as actor Tom Bosley passed away at the age of 83 following a battle with lung cancer.
Bosley started his career on stage in the 1950s, starring in productions of Alice in Wonderland and Fiorello, which garnered him a Tony Award. But his career really took off when, in 1974, he signed on for “Happy Days.” The series lasted 11 years, and is still seen worldwide in syndication. Bosley’s character was a memorable one; in 2004, TV Guide ranked Howard Cunningham Number 9 on its list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time.”
After “Happy Days” ended its run, Bosley continued his TV career as the star (and title character) of “Father Dowling Mysteries.
Bosley started his career on stage in the 1950s, starring in productions of Alice in Wonderland and Fiorello, which garnered him a Tony Award. But his career really took off when, in 1974, he signed on for “Happy Days.” The series lasted 11 years, and is still seen worldwide in syndication. Bosley’s character was a memorable one; in 2004, TV Guide ranked Howard Cunningham Number 9 on its list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time.”
After “Happy Days” ended its run, Bosley continued his TV career as the star (and title character) of “Father Dowling Mysteries.
- 10/19/2010
- by foxallaccess
- Fox All Access
Tom Bosley, who played one of the all-time great sitcom dads on "Happy Days," has died.
Bosley, 83, died Tuesday (Oct. 19) at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., TMZ reports. He had been suffering from a staph infection, family members tell the site.
Although his acting career spanned more than half a century, Bosley will always be identified with his role as the good-natured, cardigan-wearing Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days," which ran for 11 seasons on ABC starting in 1974 and many more in syndication. He earned an Emmy nomination for the role in 1978 in addition to setting the standard for TV fatherhood for kids who grew up watching "Happy Days" reruns.
After "Happy Days" ended in 1984, he moved on to play Sheriff Amos Tupper on the first few seasons of "Murder, She Wrote" and starred in "Father Dowling Mysteries" for ABC from 1987-91. He was also a Tony Award winner for the musical "Fiorello!
Bosley, 83, died Tuesday (Oct. 19) at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., TMZ reports. He had been suffering from a staph infection, family members tell the site.
Although his acting career spanned more than half a century, Bosley will always be identified with his role as the good-natured, cardigan-wearing Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days," which ran for 11 seasons on ABC starting in 1974 and many more in syndication. He earned an Emmy nomination for the role in 1978 in addition to setting the standard for TV fatherhood for kids who grew up watching "Happy Days" reruns.
After "Happy Days" ended in 1984, he moved on to play Sheriff Amos Tupper on the first few seasons of "Murder, She Wrote" and starred in "Father Dowling Mysteries" for ABC from 1987-91. He was also a Tony Award winner for the musical "Fiorello!
- 10/19/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Tom Bosley, the veteran actor of stage and screen, has died after a brief battle with lung cancer on October 19 in Rancho Mirage. He was 83. Bosley, best known for playing the patriarch Mr. C on Happy Days, won a Tony Award for the 1959 Broadway hit Fiorello! He made his motion picture debut in Love with a Proper Stranger, which starred Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen. He costarred with Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote and followed with his own series vehicle, The Father Dowling Mysteries. He returned to Broadway in 1994, starring as Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast. Bosley is survived by his wife Patricia, his brother Richard Bosley, daughter Amy Baer, who is president of production at CBS Films, his stepdaughters Kimberly di Bonaventura and Jamie Van Meter, and seven grandchildren.
- 10/19/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Unhappy day. Tom Bosley, best known as Richie Cunningham's affable dad on the hit '70s TV show "Happy Days," died Tuesday in Palm Springs of a staph infection, TMZ reports. He turned 83 on Oct 1st.
Bosley began his career on the stage, winning a Tony for his role as Mayor La Guardia in the Pulitzer-Prize-winning 1959 musical "Fiorello!"
Movie and TV roles followed, including a turn in the 1964 cult comedy "The World of Henry Orient,...
Bosley began his career on the stage, winning a Tony for his role as Mayor La Guardia in the Pulitzer-Prize-winning 1959 musical "Fiorello!"
Movie and TV roles followed, including a turn in the 1964 cult comedy "The World of Henry Orient,...
- 10/19/2010
- Extra
Tom Bosley, perhaps best known as Howard Cunningham from "Happy Days," has died. According to TMZ.com, the veteran actor has been battling a staph infection. Tom Bosley was 83. In addition to his Emmy nominated role as beloved patriarch on "Happy Days" and the title role on "Father Dowling Mysteries," Bosley's resume reads like a list of TV's most respected and most popular shows, with appearances on "Car 54, Where Are You?," "Dr. Kildare," "Get Smart," "The Mod Squad," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Bonanza," "Mission: Impossible," "Bewitched," "Maude," "Love, American Style," "The Love Boat," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Murder,...
- 10/19/2010
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Tom Bosley, best known as Howard Cunningham on 'Happy Days,' has died at the age of 83. According to TMZ, Bosley died in his home in Palm Springs after battling a staph infection.
Bosley got his start in television on a telecast of an 'Alice in Wonderland' production in 1955. The actor was a Broadway veteran, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 'Fiorello!' He also appeared in films, starring opposite Natalie Wood in 'Love With the Proper Stranger.'
After his famous role on 'Happy Days,' Bosley starred as the titular character on 'Father Dowling Mysteries' and as Sheriff Amos Tupper on 'Murder, She Wrote.'
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Bosley got his start in television on a telecast of an 'Alice in Wonderland' production in 1955. The actor was a Broadway veteran, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 'Fiorello!' He also appeared in films, starring opposite Natalie Wood in 'Love With the Proper Stranger.'
After his famous role on 'Happy Days,' Bosley starred as the titular character on 'Father Dowling Mysteries' and as Sheriff Amos Tupper on 'Murder, She Wrote.'
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- 10/19/2010
- by Kelly Woo
- Aol TV.
There are not a lot of TV shows about well meaning people who do well intentioned things. I guess the theory is no one would watch them. Even Father Dowling Mysteries needed the mystery angle each week. This idea holds especially true in reality television. For instance, VH1 seems based solely on the theory that people only enjoy watching terrible people who are motivated out of terrible concerns- like a love of money (or Ray-j). That brings us to The Buried Life, a 2006 documentary series originally on the web that got rebooted and made its network debut on MTV on Monday, January 18 at 10Pm Et. The Buried Life challenges completely the nihilism promoted in VH1 styled reality. The concept is one part bucket list and the other My Name Is Earl. Four young men travel the country in a bus with a list of “100 things to do before they die.
- 1/22/2010
- by Michael Neal
- Tubefilter.com
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