HENRY WINKLER
   
  SHOT TO FAME IN 1974.
  IS THE FONZ STILL ENJOYING "HAPPY DAYS"?


B E F O R E Henry Winkler - Before
AFTER HIS PARENTS ESCAPED FROM NAZI GERMANY, HENRY FRANKLIN WINKLER WAS BORN IN NEW YORK IN 1945.
AFTER STUDYING DRAMA, HE HAS SEVERAL SMALL FILM AND TV ROLES.
IN 1973, ON HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY, HE WAS CAST AS "THE FONZ" IN THE TV COMEDY SERIES "HAPPY DAYS".
A F T E R Henry Winkler - After
APPEARED IN MANY FILMS, INCLUDING THE 1982 FILM "NIGHT SHIFT", DIRECTED BY "HAPPY DAYS" CO-STAR RON HOWARD, BUT HENRY NEVER SAW THE SAME SUCCESS ON THE BIG SCREEN AS HE DID ON TV.
HAS DIRECTED SEVERAL FILMS INCLUDING "MEMORIES OF ME" STARRING BILLY CRYSTAL AND "COP AND A HALF", STARRING BURT REYNOLDS.
APPEARED IN THE 1996 FILM "SCREAM", PLAYING PRINCIPAL HIMBRY, ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE SERIAL KILLER.
PROVIDED THE VOICE FOR A MOTORCYCLIST IN THE SIMPSONS IN 1989.
IN 2000, HE APPEARED IN THE COMEDY "DOWN TO YOU" AND DIRECTED AN EPISODE OF "SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH".
IS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN AND STILL APPEARS REGULARY IN FILMS, OFTEN IN CAMEO ROLES PLAYING HIMSELF.
RECENTLY APPEARED IN A BROADWAY PLAY CALLED "THE DINNER PARTY".
APPEARED AS HIMSELF IN THE FILM "LITTLE NICKY" ALONGSIDE ADAM SADLER AND PLAYED "COACH KLEIN" IN "THE WATERBOY".
IN CHANNEL 4'S TV SHOW "THE 100 GREATEST TV CHARACTERS", THE FONZ WAS VOTED NUMBER 13..
D O    Y O U    R E M E M B E R  ?  
THE AUDIENCE BURSTING INTO APPLAUSE WHEN THE FONZ WALKED ON SET.
D I D    Y O U    K N O W ?  
HE IS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION AND IS DYSLEXIC HIMSELF.
TV PRODUCERS NEVER INTENDED FONZIE TO BE THE STAR OF "HAPPY DAYS".
FONZIE'S FULL NAME IS ARTHUR HERBERT FONZARELLI.
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