

However, "Monty" did not air for long and was pretty short-lived it was canceled after just six episodes. Also in 1994, he returned to television in the Fox comedy series "Monty".

In 1991, he starred in the highly controversial made-for-tv film "Absolute Strangers", and then in 1994 he co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the tv movie "One Christmas". While he starred on television as The Fonz, he also appeared in films like "Heroes" (1977), "The One and Only" (1978), and "An American Christmas Carol" (1979).Īfter taking a break from acting in the 1980s, beginning in the 1990s Winkler slowly started returning to acting. He remained with the show as The Fonz until it ended in 1984. "Happy Days" first started airing in January 1974, and helped Winkler achieve wider recognition and fame. Also in 1973, the producer Tom Miller helped Winkler land the role of Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, also known as "The Fonz" or "Fonzie", on the sitcom show "Happy Days".

During 1973 he appeared on shows like "The Mary Tyler Moor Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", and "Rhoda". However, the film was not released until 1974. The film also starred Perry King and Sylvester Stallone. In 1973, Winkler landed the role of Butchey Weinstein in the drama film "The Lords of Flatbush". Some of these include "Coriolanus" (May 1968), "Macbeth" (February 1971), "Gimpel the Fool" (October 1970), "Two by Brecht and Weill: The Little Mahagonny and the Seven Sins" (May-June 1971, January 1972), among others. During the period of 1968 to 1972, he also appeared in numerous Yale Repertory Theater productions. He then supported himself in New York City by working in television commercials, while performing theater for free at the Manhattan Theater Club. Career BeginningsĪccording to Winkler, his first paid television job was as a game show extra in New York, for which he was paid $10. He continued his education at Emerson College, graduating with a BA in 1967, and he went on to earn an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1970. He struggled through school due to dyslexia (which was undiagnosed at the time), and ultimately graduated from McBurney School on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1963, but only after completing summer school. in 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II. Winkler's parents were German Jews from Berlin. His cousin, Richard Belzer, is also an actor, and he has a sister named Beatrice. His mother, Ilse Anna Marie (née Hadra), was a homemaker, and his father, Harry Irving Winkler, was a lumber import-exporter. Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York City. 💰 Compare Henry Winkler's Net Worth Early Life
