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Tom Bosley
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| Tom Bosley | |
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| Born | October 1, 1927 (age 79) Chicago, Illinois |
| Notable roles | Sheriff Amos Tupper on Murder, She Wrote |
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| Featured Actor 1959 Fiorello! |
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Thomas Edward Bosley (born October 1, 1927) is an American actor.
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Bosley was born in Chicago, Illinois; he is Jewish.[1] During World War II, Tom Bosley 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. He performed at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois in 1949 and 1950 alongside Paul Newman.
Bosley's breakthrough stage role was New York's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in the long-running Broadway musical Fiorello! (1959) for which he won a Tony Award. His first motion picture role was in 1963, as the would-be suitor of Natalie Wood in Love with the Proper Stranger.
He is best known as Howard Cunningham, Richie Cunningham's father, in the long running 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.
Bosley has several notable roles in animation, due to his resonant, fatherly yet expressive tone. He 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. He 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.
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.
In 2004, Bosley guest starred as a toy maker named Ben-Ami on the series finale of the Christian video series K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments.
Bosley shared a heartfelt story about his experience with the Holocaust in the documentary film Paper Clips. Other films include The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal.
- ^ Elkin, Michael. "Tom Bosley: A 'Golden Pond' of Memories", The Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, 2006-10-26. Retrieved on December 13, 2006.
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