Thomas
Edward Bosley was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 1, 1927. Best known for
his role as Howard Cunningham in the popular TV series "Happy Days",
Bosley was born in Chicago and served in the US Navy before attending DePaul
University. After becoming interested in an acting career, he studied at the
Radio Institute of Chicago, and began performing on various radio programs. He
made his debut on Broadway in the production "The Power and the
Glory" (1958-1959), then began a lengthy television career during that
same period. Bosley's breakthrough role was his Tony Award-winning performance
as Fiorello LaGuardia in the musical "Fiorello!" (1959-1961), which
was followed by scores of TV guest appearances on such programs as ‘Car 54,
Where Are You?’, ‘Route 66’, ‘The Defenders’, ‘The Streets of San Francisco’,
and many others. He found substantial film roles in the pictures "Love
with the Proper Stranger" (1963), "The World of Henry Orient"
(1964) and "Divorce American Style" (1967). After recurring parts in
the series ‘The Debbie Reynolds Show’ (1969-1970) and ‘The Sandy Duncan Show’
(1972), Bosley would inherit the role of Howard Cunningham for the series
"Happy Days", and with it he would become a household name, earning
an Emmy Award nomination in 1978. Following the conclusion of the shows' run in
1984, he had a memorable supporting part as Sheriff Amos Tupper in the series
"Murder, She Wrote" (1984-1988), and played the title role in
"Father Dowling Mysteries" (1987-1991). He died from heart failure on
October 19, 2010 in Palm Spring, California.
BOSLEY, Tom (Thomas Edward Bosley) [10/1/1927, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- 10/19/2010, Palm Springs, California, U.S.A. (heart failure)] - stage, radio,
TV, voice actor, married to dancer Jane Eliot [1933-1978] (1962-1978), father
of producer, actress Amy Baer (Amy Elizabeth Bosley) [1966- ], married to actress Patricia Carr
[1938- ] (1980-2010), co-founded
Bosley-Carr Productions with his wife Patricia Carr [1981]
Bang Bang Kid - 1967
(Merriweather P. Newberry)
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