Everything about Tom Bosley totally explained
Thomas Edward Bosley (born
October 1,
1927) is an
Emmy-nominated and
Tony Award winning
American actor, best known on-stage for his work in
Fiorello!, and for his starring and supporting roles on television shows like
Happy Days,
Murder, She Wrote and the
Father Dowling Mysteries.
Biography
Early life
Bosley was born in
Chicago, Illinois; he's
Jewish. During
World War II, Tom Bosley served in the
United States Navy. While attending
DePaul University in Chicago in
1947, he made his stage debut in
Our Town with the Canterbury Players at the
Fine Arts Theatre. Bosley performed at the
Woodstock Opera House in
Woodstock, Illinois in
1949 and
1950 alongside
Paul Newman.
Career
Bosley's breakthrough stage role was
New York's Mayor
Fiorello H. La Guardia in the long-running
Broadway musical Fiorello! (
1959) for which he won a
Tony Award. In 1994, Tom originated the role of Maurice in the Broadway version of
Disney's
Beauty & the Beast.
His first
motion picture role was in 1963, as the would-be suitor of
Natalie Wood in
Love with the Proper Stranger. Other films include
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal. Bosley shared a heartfelt story about his experience with
the Holocaust in the
documentary film Paper Clips.
Bosley is best known as
Howard Cunningham,
Richie Cunningham's father, in the long-running
television sitcom Happy Days. Bosley is also 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. In 2004, Bosley guest starred as a toy maker named Ben-Ami on the series finale of the
Christian video series
. Among myriad television appearances, one notable early performance was in the "Eyes" segment of the 1969 pilot episode of
Rod Serling's
Night Gallery, directed by
Steven Spielberg and starring
Joan Crawford. In 2008, Bosley will star in the television drama
Charlie & Me.
Bosley has several notable roles in animation, due to his resonant, fatherly yet expressive tone. Bosley is the voice of Harry Boyle in the animated series,
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. He provided the voice of the title character in the 1980s cartoon
The World of David the Gnome, and voiced the shop owner
Mr. Winkle in the children's
animated Christmas special The Tangerine Bear. He also narrated the movie documentary series
That's Hollywood. Additionally, he played the narrator
B.A.H. Humbug in the
Rankin/Bass animated
Christmas special The Stingiest Man In Town.
He has endorsed
Glad Trash Bags,
D-Con, the
IQ Computer and
Sonic Drive-Ins, and currently is the spokesman for SMC
Specialty Merchandise Corporation.
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