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''. He was played by

Al Molinaro Albert Francis Molinaro (born Umberto Francesco Molinaro; June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015) was an American actor. He played Al Delvecchio on ''Happy Days'' and Officer Murray Greshler on ''The Odd Couple''. He also appeared in many television ...

. Molinaro joined the cast in Season 4 after

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, who played Arnold, left after the end of the third season (in the last episode "Arnold Gets Married"). Subsequently Molinaro also played Al's twin brother priest Father Anthony Delvecchio. Al said that he also had a brother who worked at the sanitation department.

Fictional character biography

Al Delvecchio was the drive-in owner and cook of Arnold's Diner from season 4 to season 9. Al eventually married Chachi's mother, Louisa. He had a sighing catchphrase of "Yep-yep-yep...". For much of the series Al would talk about his former love Rosa Coletti and how she left him for a tie salesman. Eventually Al would meet Rosa again in the eighth season episode, "If You Knew Rosa". She was played by Nancy Marvy.

Other media

Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio made a cameo appearance in the 1995

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music video for their single "

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", where the band were portrayed as playing at Arnold's. Molinaro was the only cast member from the show to record new content for the music video as the rest were edited in through archival footage. The character also made an appearance on the ''

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'' episode "Celebutard Mountain", but was voiced by Adam Talbot. He also appeared on ''

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'' on a stained glass window in the church of "''The Holy Fonz''" on the episode "

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