page_title: Tom Bosley
section_title: Happy Days and other notable movie and television roles
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Bosley / Career / Happy Days and other notable movie and television roles
caption_attribution_description: Photo of the Cunningham family from the television program Happy Days. Standing are Marion Ross (Marion Cunningham) and Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham). Seated are Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham) and Erin Moran (Joanie Cunningham).
context_page_description: Thomas Edward "Tom" Bosley was an American actor. Bosley is known for his role as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days. He also starred in roles in Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries. He starred in the Broadway musical Fiorello! that earned him a Tony Award.
context_section_description: Bosley's best known role was the character Howard Cunningham, Richie and Joanie Cunningham's father, in the long running Happy Days. Bosley was also known for playing Sheriff Amos Tupper on Murder, She Wrote. He also played Father Frank Dowling in the TV mystery series, Father Dowling Mysteries. Along the television appearances, one notable early performance was in Eyes segment of the 1969 pilot episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, directed by Steven Spielberg and Joan Crawford.
  Bosley also starred in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie Charlie & Me. In 2010, he appeared in The Backup Plan starring Jennifer Lopez, which was his last movie before his death.
  In 1984, Bosley guest-hosted the "Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" with local newscaster Pat Harper.
caption: Bosley (top right) with the "Cunningham Family" in Happy Days, 1974
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