A Tony Award-winning turn on Broadway brought actor Tom Bosley to national attention, his enduring fame derived from a string of television series and appearances from the late 1950s through the 1990s. Adept at playing average Joes with an inquisitive or irascible streak, Bosley found the perfect apotheosis of that persona playing Howard Cunningham, the perpetually exasperated, but kind-hearted dad on “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-1984). The show’s staggering popularity ensured that Bosley would be the go-to for lovable father figures for decades to come. He later divided his acting roles between
