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Tom Bosley

Thomas Edward Bosley is an American actor. Bosley was born in Chicago, Illinois and during World War II he served in the U.S. 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.

His breakthrough stage part was as New York's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in the long-running Broadway musical Fiorello! (1959) for which he won a Tony Award.

He is best known as Ritchie Cunningham's father, Howard in the long running sitcom Happy Days but he also portrayed the titular Father Frank Dowling on the TV mystery series, Father Dowling Mysteries.


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Tom Bosley Facts

Birth NameThomas Edward Bosley
OccupationActor
BirthdayOctober 1, 1927 (81)
SignLibra
BirthplaceChicago, Illinois, USA
Height5' 9" (1m75)

Selected Filmography

Yours, Mine and Ours
Paper Clips
Hidden Places
Murder, She Wrote
Christmas at Water's Edge
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
The Tangerine Bear
Gus
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