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Henry Winkler

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Also known as The Fonz

American actor

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Henry Winkler is an author and performer whose professional career began in 1972. He has three children and maintains a social media following of 1,075,880. Winkler has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

His written works include *British Labour Seeks a Foreign Policy, 1900-1940*, *Case of the Strange Splash*, *Alien Superstar*, *Lights, Camera, Danger!*, and *Bookmarks Are People Too!*. Open Library records 101 works associated with him, while Crossref lists five. His music activity is categorized under the "Other" artist type, with 147 listeners and 411 plays recorded on Last.fm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
101

Top works

  • British Labour Seeks a Foreign Policy, 1900-1940
  • Case of the Strange Splash
  • Alien Superstar
  • Lights, Camera, Danger!
  • Bookmarks Are People Too!

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
147
Total plays
411

Henry Franklin Winkler, D.H.L. (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author. Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz," 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Henry+Winkler">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Henry Franklin Winkler , ( 1945-10-30 ) October 30, 1945 (age 80) , New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Emerson College ( BA ), Yale School of Drama ( MFA )
Occupations
Actor producer director author
Years active
1970–present
Works
List of performances
Spouse
Stacey Weitzman ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 5, 1978</span>"}]]}'>1978 ) ​
Children
3, including Max
Relatives
Richard Belzer (cousin), Jessica Barden (daughter-in-law)
Awards
Full list

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Franklin
Family name
Winkler
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Educated at
Yale University
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Henry Winkler (43968252532).jpg
Number of children
3
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birth name
Henry Franklin Winkler
Commons category
Henry Winkler
date of birth
1945-10-30
Commons gallery
Henry Winkler
start of work period
1972-00-00
social media followers
1075880
writing language
English language
medical condition
dyslexia
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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for roles on stage and screen. His many accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Critics Choice Awards.

Winkler studied theater at both Emerson College and the Yale School of Drama and spent a year and a half with the Yale Repertory Theater. After getting cast in a small role in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, he became a star playing the role of "Fonzie" on the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). He then helped develop the original MacGyver television series and directed Memories of Me (1988) and Cop and a Half (1993).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry Winkler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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