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      • In that decade, Fonzie never lost his cool. Plus when Fonzie started his new position as an auto mechanic instructor at Jefferson High School near the end of the series, audiences could imagine the character still being hip even as the years passed. Winkler too has kept his cool even after more than 30 years since Happy Days went off the air.
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  1. Nov 1, 2023 · However, Winker — who landed three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for "Happy Days" — is revealing that behind the scenes his life was in turmoil because he was struggling with dyslexia. In ...

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  3. Nov 13, 2022 · Winkler spoke with CNN’s Chris Wallace about his long career in Hollywood and revealed that as a Jewish kid from Manhattan, he was surprised he was cast at age 27 as The Fonz, the...

  4. Jun 4, 2024 · Sit on it: Henry Winkler, aka The Fonz. When Henry Winkler’s parents fled from Nazi Germany, they had to pretend they were taking a business trip, so they weren’t able to take things an...

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    • Henry Winkler Won His First Emmy at The Age of 72.

    In the fifth season of Happy Days, the Fonz grabbed a pair of water skis and jumped over a shark. The phrase “jumping the shark” would become pop culture shorthand for the desperate gimmicks employed by TV writers to keep viewers hooked into a show that’s running out of storylines. But Winkler’s water skiing adventure was partially inspired by his ...

    Winkler struggled throughout high school due to undiagnosed dyslexia. “I didn't read a book until I was 31 years old when I was diagnosed with dyslexia,” he told in 2014. He has co-written several chapter books for kids featuring Hank Zipper, a character who has dyslexia. In 2015, a Hank Zipper book is printed in Dyslexie, a special font designed t...

    On one of his first days on the set of Happy Days, producers told Winkler that he just had to ride the Fonz’s motorcycle a few feet. Because of his dyslexia, he couldn’t figure out the vehicle’s controls, he told an interviewer with the Archive of American Television. “I gunned it and rammed into the sound truck, nearly killed the director of photo...

    In addition to his roles on Barry, Arrested Development, Royal Pains, Parks and Recreation, and more, Winkler has popped up in a few unexpected places in recent years. He appeared for a brief second in the music video for MGMT’s “Your Life Is a Lie” in 2013. He later showed up at a Los Angeles music festival to play the cowbellwith the band, too.

    The seventh time was a charm for Henry Winkler. In 2018, at the age of 72—though just shy of his 73rd birthday—Winkler won an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as acting teacher Gene Cousineau on Barry. It was the seventh time Winkler had been nominated for an Emmy. His first nomination came in 1976 for Outstanding Lead A...

  5. Jun 27, 2023 · Henry Winkler is best known for his portrayal of the cool Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on the hit TV show Happy Days. The Fonz has left an indelible mark on popular culture. With his signature leather jacket and the ability to turn a jukebox on just by hitting it, he was the epitome of cool.

  6. Nov 16, 2007 · Published on November 16, 2007 05:00AM EST. Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images. There was a time, between 1974 and 1984, when Happy Days ‘ Arthur ”The Fonz” Fonzarelli, as embodied by Henry...

  7. Jan 9, 2024 · Legendary actor and comedian Henry Winkler has opened up about how playing The Fonz on the hit sitcom Happy Days was a double-edged sword – and shared his simple secret to being cool.