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Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is
an actor, film director|director and producer who
is most famous for his role as The Fonz|Arthur
"Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy
Days (1974 - 1984).  Winkler gained national fame
for his auto mechanic-greaser role as "The Fonz"; 
starting out as a minor character at the show's
beginning but having top billing by the time the
show ended.  

The son of survivors of the Holocaust, Winkler was
born in New York, New York.  He received his
Bachelor's degree from Emerson College in 1967,
and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama
in 1970.  He received his Doctor of
Philosophy|Ph.D. in Hebrew language|Hebrew
Literature in 1978 from Emerson College.

Winkler started his career by appearing in a
number of television commercials before landing a
role in The Lords of Flatbush (1974) (which also
starred then unknown Sylvester Stallone).  He
quickly got the role of Fonzie in Happy Days that
same year.  During his decade on Happy Days,
Winkler also starred in a number of movies
including playing a troubled Vietnam Vet in Heroes
(movie) | Heroes (1977) and a morgue attendant in
Night Shift (film)|Night Shift (1982), which was
directed by Happy Days co-star Ron Howard
(American director)|Ron Howard.  

After Happy Days, Winkler slowed his acting career
down as he began concentrating on producing and
directing.  He has producer credits on several
movies and television shows including MacGyver and
Mr. Sunshine and directed several movies including
the Billy Crystal movie Memories of Me (1988) and
Cop and ½ (1993) with Burt Reynolds.  

As the 1990s continued, Winkler began a return to
acting including roles in Scream (movie)|Scream
(1996), The Waterboy (1998), Down To You (2000),
and Holes (book)|Holes (2003).

In September of 2003, Winkler's friend of nearly
25 years John Ritter suddenly passed away.  The
day that Ritter died, Winkler was slated to guest
star on Ritter's American Broadcasting Company|ABC
sitcom 8 Simple Rules|8 Simple Rules for Dating My
Teenage Daughter.  Winkler was devastated and
started to make the rounds on as many TV outlets
(such as Entertainment Tonight, Hollywood Squares,
and the Emmys) as possible to pay his respects to
his fallen friend. It was also rumored that he
would take over Ritter's voiceover role on the PBS
Kids show "Clifford the Big Red Dog", but that did
not happen (instead, a cartoon based on
"Clifford's Puppy Days" replaced it).

Henry Winkler currently has a recurring role as an
incompetent lawyer in the Fox Television comedy,
Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested
Development.

He is the cousin of Richard Belzer who is best
known for playing Detective John Munch on
Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit.

He still is recognized for playing The Fonz by
fans.

==External links==
*imdb name | id = 0001857 | name = Henry Winkler
*nndb name | id = 770/000022704 | name = Henry
Winkler
* E! Online. "The Facts: Henry Winkler."
http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,149,
00.html (accessed 3 May 2004).

	Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is
an actor, film director|director and producer who
is most famous for his role as The Fonz|Arthur
"Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy
Days (1974 - 1984).  Winkler gained national fame
for his auto mechanic-greaser role as "The Fonz"; 
starting out as a minor character at the show's
beginning but having top billing by the time the
show ended. He is slated to star on Out of
Practice from September 19. 

The son of survivors of the Holocaust, Winkler was
born in New York, New York.  He received his
Bachelor's degree from Emerson College in 1967,
and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama
in 1970.  He received his Doctor of
Philosophy|Ph.D. in Hebrew language|Hebrew
Literature in 1978 from Emerson College.

Winkler started his career by appearing in a
number of television commercials before landing a
role in The Lords of Flatbush (1974) (which also
starred then unknown Sylvester Stallone).  He
quickly got the role of Fonzie in Happy Days that
same year.  During his decade on Happy Days,
Winkler also starred in a number of movies
including playing a troubled Vietnam Vet in Heroes
(movie) | Heroes (1977) and a morgue attendant in
Night Shift (film)|Night Shift (1982), which was
directed by Happy Days co-star Ron Howard
(American director)|Ron Howard.  



After Happy Days, Winkler slowed his acting career
down as he began concentrating on producing and
directing.  He has producer credits on several
movies and television shows including MacGyver and
Mr. Sunshine and directed several movies including
the Billy Crystal movie Memories of Me (1988) and
Cop and ½ (1993) with Burt Reynolds.  

As the 1990s continued, Winkler began a return to
acting including roles in Scream (movie)|Scream
(1996), The Waterboy (1998), Down To You (2000),
and Holes (book)|Holes (2003).

In September of 2003, Winkler's friend of nearly
25 years John Ritter suddenly passed away.  The
day that Ritter died, Winkler was slated to guest
star on Ritter's American Broadcasting Company|ABC
sitcom 8 Simple Rules|8 Simple Rules for Dating My
Teenage Daughter.  Winkler was devastated and
started to make the rounds on as many TV outlets
(such as Entertainment Tonight, Hollywood Squares,
and the Emmys) as possible to pay his respects to
his fallen friend. It was also rumored that he
would take over Ritter's voiceover role on the PBS
Kids show "Clifford the Big Red Dog", but that did
not happen (instead, a cartoon based on
"Clifford's Puppy Days" replaced it).

Winkler currently has a recurring role as
incompetent lawyer
Characters_from_Arrested_Development#Barry_Zuckerk
orn|Barry Zuckerkorn in the Fox Television comedy,
Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested
Development; and will star alongside Stockard
Channing and Paula Marshall from September in
CBS's Out of Practice.

Winkler has guest starred on television series
such as South Park, The Practice, The Simpsons,
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third Watch,
Crossing Jordan and King of the Hill.

He is the cousin of Richard Belzer who is best
known for playing Detective John Munch on
Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit.

He still is recognized for playing The Fonz by
fans.

==External links==
*imdb name | id = 0001857 | name = Henry Winkler
*nndb name | id = 770/000022704 | name = Henry
Winkler
* E! Online. "The Facts: Henry Winkler."
http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,149,
00.html (accessed 3 May 2004).