Tom Bosley

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Birthday:

1 October 1927, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name:

Thomas Edward Bosley

Height:

168 cm

Tom Bosley was born on October 1, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Thomas Edward Bosley. He was an actor, known for Happy Days (1974), Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972) and Father Dowling Mysteries (1989). He was married to Patricia Carr and Jean Eliot. He died on October 19, 2010 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives.

Happy Days (1974) was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were w...Show more »

Happy Days (1974) was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were watching their parents grow up and the parents were watching themselves grow up. That was the key to the success of our show. Show less «

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr. C, who used to be Mr. B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for.

You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. ...Show more »

You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. And we experienced the same things that we experienced in our own family. Show less «

I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father-son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love ...Show more »

I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father-son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project. Show less «

Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.

So we had life, death, illness, everything - every emotional involvement we had, we experienced. And I think that made what we had to do on ...Show more »

So we had life, death, illness, everything - every emotional involvement we had, we experienced. And I think that made what we had to do on stage, stronger. We got very much involved in what we were doing. Show less «