Happy Days (season 3)
This is a list of episodes from the third season of ''Happy Days''. It was the first season of the show to be filmed in front of a live audience. Main cast * Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham * Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli * Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham * Anson Williams as Warren "Potsie" Weber * Don Most as Ralph Malph * Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham * Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham Guest stars * Pat Morita as Mitsumo "Arnold" Takahashi *Danny Butch as Raymond "Spike" Fonzarelli * Jack Baker as "Sticks" Downey * Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio * Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney * Jack Dodson as Dr. Mickey Malph * Ed Peck as Officer Kirk * Kristoff St. John Kristoff St. John (July 15, 1966 – February 3, 2019) was an American actor best known for playing Neil Winters on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' from 1991 until his death in 2019, which earned him two Daytime Emmy A ... as Booker Brown * Beatrice Colen as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Howard Cunningham (Happy Days Character)
Howard C. Cunningham is a fictional character played by Tom Bosley on the 1970s sitcom ''Happy Days''. Actor Harold Gould played the character in the pilot, which aired as an episode of the anthology series ''Love, American Style''. He is the husband of Marion Cunningham, and the father of Chuck, Richie, and Joanie Cunningham. Originally, Gould was supposed to reprise his role on Happy Days as Howard Cunningham but wanted to commit to something else so Bosley was offered the part. Howard is one of only two characters, the other being Fonzie, to appear in all 255 episodes of ''Happy Days'' and to remain with the rest of the cast for all 11 seasons; of the two, Howard is the only one to have also appeared in the pilot. Biography Howard Cunningham was born on September 28, 1910 (it is revealed in season 3's "Howard's 45th Fiasco" that his birthday is on Confucius's birthday; the year is 1955). In Howard's youth, Cunningham was a cook in the Army. In his later years, he became own ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Rothman
Mark Harvey Rothman (born November 1, 1947) is an American writer best known for having been involved with the creation and production of ''Laverne and Shirley.'' He was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including ''Happy Days'' and '' The Odd Couple.'' He was co-creator, co-executive producer, and a writer for the 1977 situation comedy '' Busting Loose'' and the 1978 situation comedy '' The Ted Knight Show''. He also composed the theme song for ''Busting Loose''. He was also writer, theme tune composer and executive producer for ''The Lovebirds''. He has written many screenplays and several plays, including ''The Wearing of the Greens'', and ''Who Wants Fame?''. His first play ''Excess Baggage'', was well received. He currently lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In the spring of 2008, he appeared in the title role of a new musical, '' The Brain From Planet X'' in Los Angeles, where he and the show received unanimous raves. He has two books "Show R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lowell Ganz
Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York City) is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel. Ganz grew up in Queens, New York, attending Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. He dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career writing for sitcoms, starting with ''The Odd Couple''. From there, he moved on to writing for the TV series ''Happy Days'' and created two of its spin-off series, ''Laverne and Shirley'' and ''Joanie Loves Chachi''. In 1982, Ganz and Mandel teamed up with ''Happy Days'' actors Ron Howard and Henry Winkler to make their first film, the low-budget comedy '' Night Shift'', which was also actor Michael Keaton's first film; Howard signed on because he wanted to start directing while Winkler wanted to move away from his image as the Fonz. Ganz's second film outing, ''Splash'', made stars of Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah and earned him an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerry Paris
William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925 – March 31, 1986) was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', and for directing the majority of the episodes of the sitcom ''Happy Days''. Early life Paris was born in San Francisco, California. His name, as frequently reported, was indeed Paris, and not Grossman, a stepfather's surname he never adopted. Paris' mother's maiden name was Esther Mohr. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he attended New York University and the Actors Studio in New York City. After graduating, Paris moved to Los Angeles, where he attended UCLA and studied acting at the Actors Lab in Hollywood. Career Paris had roles in films such as ''The Caine Mutiny'', ''The Wild One'', and '' Marty''. He also played Martin "Marty" Flaherty, one of Eliot Ness's men, in a recurring role in the first season of ABC-TV's ''The Untouch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hal Smith (actor)
Harold John "Hal" Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American actor. He is credited in over 300 film and television productions, and was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and for voicing Owl in the first four original ''Winnie the Pooh'' shorts (the first three of which were combined into the feature film '' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'') and later ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.'' He also did a cameo in The Apartment as a drunken Santa Claus. Early life Harold John Smith was born on August 24, 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan. He was the son of Jay D. Smith (1875-1969) and Emma Smith (nee Ploof) (1881-1977). He was the third of four children and he had three siblings: two older sisters, Kathleen (1912-2005) and Bernadeen (1914-2002) and one younger brother, Glenford “Glen” (1918-2003). After graduation from high school, Smith worked from 1936 to 1943 as a DJ and voice talent for WIBX ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beatrice Colen
Beatrice Colen (January 10, 1948 – November 18, 1999) was an American television and film actress. Her most famous roles were Marsha Simms on ''Happy Days'' and Etta Candy on ''Wonder Woman''. Early life Colen was born to Anne and Bruce D Colen in New York City, New York. Both of her parents were of German Jewish descent. She was the granddaughter of playwright George S. Kaufman. Career Starting in the 1970s, Colen landed roles early in her career in both film and television. On ''Happy Days'', she starred as Milwaukee carhop Marsha Simms in seasons 1-3 and 5. She was the first actress to portray Etta Candy in the live action adaptation of the DC comic book series ''Wonder Woman''. After the pilot, she appeared only during the series' first season (1976–77), which were set during World War II. When the series was retooled and reset in modern times, the character was dropped. Colen acted in such television film as '' Schoolboy Father'' (1980), ''Brave New World'', and in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kristoff St
Kristoff is a version of Kristopher (Scandinavian, Greek): respelling of Christopher. People * Kristoff St. John (1966-2019), American actor. * Ivan Kristoff (born 1968), aviator, rescue worker, and rope access expert * Kristoff Raczyñski (born 1974), Mexican actor, film producer, screenwriter and TV host * Kristoff Deprez (born 1981), Belgian footballer * Alexander Kristoff (born 1987), Norwegian road bicycle racer * Romano Kristoff, Spanish born actor, writer and director * Kristoff Krane (born 1983), American alternative hip hop artist * Jay Kristoff, an Australian author Characters * Kristoff (Disney), a character from the 2013 Disney animated film, ''Frozen'' * Kristoff Vernard (or ''Kristoff von Doom''), a character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe Television * ''Kristoff Presenta'', a Mexican television show See also * Kristof * * Kris (name) Kris is both a unisex given name and a surname. Given name People with the name include: * Kris Allen (born 198 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ed Peck
Ed Peck (March 26, 1917 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor. He is best known as Officer Kirk in ''Happy Days'' (1975–1983). Early life Peck was born in New York City on March 26, 1917. Career Peck played a captain in the Broadway production of ''No Time for Sergeants'' (1955). He was active in television and in films from 1951 to 1983, specializing in playing either police officers or military officers. In 1951, Peck replaced Eric Fleming in the title role of ''Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers'' on the DuMont Television Network. In 1969 Peck appeared as the Hotel Manager on the TV Series '' The Virginian'' in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock." One of his highest profile parts was among his last, in the television series ''Happy Days'', in the recurring role as police officer Kirk from 1975 to 1983. When he left the series in 1983, he retired from acting. He also played a police officer similar to Officer Kirk in at least one episode of the telev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jack Dodson
John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson. Career In 1966, Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role, having previously seen him in Broadway's ''Hughie''. Dodson also portrayed insurance agent Ed Jenkins in the "Lost and Found" episode of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Dodson also appeared in episodes of ''My Friend Flicka'', ''Hazel (TV series), Hazel'', ''The Virginian (TV series), The Virginian'', ''Maude (TV series), Maude'', ''Barney Miller'' (four episodes), ''Welcome Back Kotter'', ''Archie Bunker's Place'', ''Newhart'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', ''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'', ''Mama's Family'', and ''St. Elsewhere'', on which he had a recurring role. Dodson appeared as an ai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cindy Williams
Cynthia Jane Williams (born August 22, 1947) is an American actress and producer, known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1975–1979), and '' Laverne & Shirley'' (1976–1982). Early life Williams was born in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, California, on August 22, 1947. The family moved to Dallas, Texas when she was a year old and returned to Los Angeles when she was ten years old. She has one sibling, a sister named Carol Ann. Williams wrote and acted during childhood at a church and later acted at Birmingham High School, graduating in 1965. She attended Los Angeles City College with a theater major. Career After college, Williams began her professional career by landing national commercials, which included Foster Grant sunglasses and TWA. Her first roles in television, among others, were on ''Room 222'', ''Nanny and the Professor'' and '' Love, American Style''. Williams accompanied an actor-friend from Los Angeles City Coll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Penny Marshall
Carole Penny MarshallBorn Carole Penny Marshall in 1943, as per ''My Mother Was Nuts, a Memoir'', p. 10; . Copyright 2012 (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom ''Laverne & Shirley'' (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal. Marshall made her directorial debut with ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' (1986) before directing ''Big'' (1988), which became the first film directed by a woman to gross more than $100 million at the U.S. box office. Her subsequent directing credits included ''Awakenings'' (1990), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), ''Renaissance Man'' (1994), ''The Preacher's Wife'' (1996) and ''Riding in Cars with Boys'' (2001). She also produced '' Cinderella Man'' (2005) and ''Bewitched'' (2005), a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |