Henry Winkler

Actor, Film actor

1945 –

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Who is Henry Winkler?

Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE is an American actor, director, producer and author.

Winkler is best known for his role as Arthur Fonzarelli in the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz," or "Fonzie," a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic, started out as a minor character at the show's beginning, but had achieved top billing by the time the show ended. He currently stars as Sy Mittleman on Childrens Hospital.

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Born
Oct 30, 1945
Manhattan
Also known as
  • Henry Franklin Winkler
  • Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Yale University
  • Bachelor's degree, Emerson College
    ( - 1967)
  • McBurney School
  • Doctor of Humane Letters, Austin College
  • Doctorate, Emerson College
    Hebrew literature
    ( - 1978)
  • Master of Fine Arts, Yale School of Drama
    ( - 1970)
Lived in
  • New York City
  • Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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