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Tom Bosley wes born on October 1, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois. During World
War II he served in the U.S. Navy. While attending De Paul University in Chicago,
Tom made his stage debut in Our Town in 1947 with the Canterbury Players
at the Fine Arts Theatre. His off-Broadway bow came in 1955 in a production
of Thieves' Carnival. Tom's breakthrough stage part was as New York's
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in the long-running Broadway musical Fiorello! (1959)
for which he won a Tony Award. Other Broadway assignments included Nowhere to Go But Up (1962),
Catch Me If You Can (1965) and The Education of H*Y*M*A*N*K*A*P*L*A*N (1968).
Bosley's first feature film was Love with a Proper Stranger (1964),
followed by parts in such movies as The World of Henry Orient (1964-in which
he played Angela Lansbury's husband), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968),
Gus (1976), O'Hara's Wife (1982), Million Dollar Mystery
(1987), Wicked Stepmother (1989-with Bette Davis) and the 1996-made
Big Foot: The Long Journey Home.
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Tom started in TV in 1952. His initial series work was on The Debbie
Reynolds Show (1968-1970), followed by such vehicles as The Sandy
Duncan Show (1972) and Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (1972-1974).
From 1974-1983, the rotund performer played Howard Cunnimgham, the
harassed hardware store owner coping with family, boarders and friends
in the classic sitcom Happy Days. It insured his position in
pop-culture TV history. Meanwhile, Tom played Benjamin Franklin both on The Bastard (1978)
miniseries and its follow-up, The Rebels.
After being with Murder, She Wrote from 1984 to 1988, playing the
congenial, none-too-bright Sheriff Amos Tupper, Bosley left to star as
Father Frank Dowling, the inquisitive Chicago priest, on the lighthearted
series Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-1001). His most recent TV
movies include Fire and Rain (1989) and The Love Boat: A Valentine
Voyage (1990). In addition, Bosley had a guest starring role on the revived
Burke's Law TV series.
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Tom's most recent stage assignment was in the hit Broadway stage version
of Beauty and the Beast (1994), playing Belle's dad, Maurice. He
repeated the role in the subsequent extended Los Angeles stage edition of
Beauty and the Beast which closed in mid-1996.
Bosley married Jane Eliot on March 8, 1962 and they have one child, Amy
(who now has three children). Two years after Jane's death from cancer in
1978, Tom wed actress Patricia Carr on December 21, 1980.
*Biography by James Robert Parish
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