![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Executive Producer, Actor Born: October 30, 1945 in New York City, NY Biography:A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, American actor "Henry Winkler" first appeared on Broadway and in films (Crazy Joe, "The Lords of Flatbush" [both 1974]) before making the guest-star rounds on TV sitcoms. He worked several times for MTM productions, appearing in such roles as "Valerie Harper"'s date on Rhoda and a charming thief undergoing psychoanalysis on The Bob Newhart Show. In 1973, Winkler was selected among hundreds of candidates (including ex-Monkee "Micky Dolenz") to play the small recurring role of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, a leather-jacketed auto mechanic, on the new TV sitcom "Happy Days". Though the series' stars were ostensibly "Ron Howard", "Anson Williams", and "Donny Most", the bulk of the fan mail sent to "Happy Days" during its first season was addressed to "the Fonz." By the time the second season rolled around, Winkler was afforded second billing and a larger slice of... Full Biography
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