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Tom Bosley: Happy Days
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Oozing warmth, this chipmunk-cheeked actor is best recalled as the quintessential Eisenhower-era dad on "Happy Days". But Tom Bosley had established himself as a Broadway star before TV beckoned. At age 20, he began his career on stage in his native Chicago, playing the father role in "Golden Boy". By the mid-1950s, Bosley was in New York, where he made his off-Broadway debut in "Thieves' Carnival" (1955). But it was in 1959 that Bosley made his mark on Broadway, in the title role in "Fiorello!", the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical based on the life and times of Fiorello LaGuardia, one of New York's most beloved mayors....
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Tom Bosley won a Tony Award in 1958 for the lead role in the Broadway musical Fiorello!, but is more often remembered for his role as Howard Cunningham on TV's Happy Days (1974-1984). He ... starred for two seasons in Father Dowling Mysteries, and is an experienced voice actor, known mostly for his parts in the cartoons Wait Till Your Father Gets Home and David the Gnome.
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Tom started in TV in 1952. His initial series work was on The Debbie Reynolds Show (1968-1970), followed by such vehicles as The Sandy Duncan Show (1972) and Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (1972-1974). From 1974-1983, the rotund performer played Howard Cunnimgham, the harassed hardware store owner coping with family, boarders and friends in the classic sitcom Happy Days. It insured his position in pop-culture TV history. Meanwhile, Tom played Benjamin Franklin both on The Bastard (1978) miniseries and its follow-up, The Rebels.
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Bosley, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the musical, Fiorello!, replaces the exiting Hal Robinson. He is better known... as Howard Cunningham, Richie's dad, on the 1970s-80s sitcom "Happy Days." His recent stage credits include Capt. Andy in Show Boat, and Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast.
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Bosley and Learned are widely known for the TV roles of Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days" and Olivia Walton in "The Waltons," respectively, but have many years of stage work behind them. Bosley is a Tony Award winner for Fiorello! and Learned's recent Broadway credits include The Best Man and The Sisters Rosensweig.
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Bosley is best known as Howard Cunningham, Richie Cunningham's father, in the long running sitcom Happy Days. Bosley is ... known for portraying Sheriff Amos Tupper on Murder, She Wrote. He also portrayed the titular Father Frank Dowling on the TV mystery series, Father Dowling Mysteries.
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