In less than a week's time, we've lost our TV mom and dad. Tom Bosley has died at the age of 83. A genuinely kind man of humble beginnings, Bosley joined the navy at the age of 17, later joking, "I'm the only guy I know who went in as a seaman and came out a seaman". After service, Bosley enrolled at DePaul University, where he eventually found acting. He got his start in Chicago doing radio dramas. After a move to NY, he scratched out a place on broadway while working odd jobs such as a Tavern on the Green doorman, and a Lindy's Deli hat checker. His big break came in 1959 in Fiorello!, where he won a Tony award. After broadway, Bosley moved to Hollywood, eventually ending up on Happy Days as Howard Cunningham, a role he oringinally turned down but eventually became famous for. Afterwards he joined Angela Landsbury on Murder, She Wrote, sold Glad bags, and kicked ass as a crime solving priest on Father Dowling. I can only assume Jesus needed help figuring out who keeps shortsheeting the beds in heaven, and called on Bosley. Read more HERE.
