LOS ANGELES — Actor Tom Bosley, whose career spanned five decades and included his role as the father of a typical American family on popular 1970s TV comedy "Happy Days," has died at 83, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Celebrity news website TMZ cited family members as saying Bosley died at his home in Palm Springs, California and recently he had been battling a staph infection.
A spokesman for Bosley was not immediately available for confirmation.
Bosley’s everyday manner and looks helped him forge a career in Hollywood as a character actor and guest star in a number of popular 1960s television shows such as "Route 66," "Dr. Kildare," "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Bonanza."
"Happy Days" ran from 1974 to 1984 and was a smash hit series that made Henry Winkler (Fonzie) a major Hollywood star and sparked the adult success of Ron Howard, who played Richie and would later go on to a career as a film director.
When the show ended, Bosley returned to character work on TV with roles in numerous popular series such as "The Love Boat" and "Murder, She Wrote." He continued working well into the 2000s with parts in series such as "That ’70s Show."
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...and for those of us too lazy to read.here is a video...................
-----Cheers !! HF&RV........
as much as I did like the movie American Graffitti,.I always thought this spin-off was one of the corniest I'd seen.....however I suppose 4 or 5 decades can allow some sort of amusement from this series ( I did always think the Fonz needed a punch in the face just to keep it real though,............hahahahha )
Happy Days theme song & video showing all the actors..............................
HF&RV Cheers !! Happy Days
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