Tom Bosley Dies at 83

Posted on October 19, 2010

Actor Tom Bosley has died after a brief battle with lung cancer on October 19 in Rancho Mirage. He was 83. Tom Bosley is best known for his role as Mr. Cunningham on the Happy Days tv series. His 62-year-long career included successes in theater, film and television. He received two Emmy nominations over twelve years or Happy Days.

Additional highlights include a Tony Award for his performance in the 1959 Broadway hit Fiorello!. He made his motion picture debut in Love With A Proper Stranger, starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen. Over the past sixty years Bosley enjoyed a distinguished career in television that included a co-starring role with Angela Lansbury in the hit series, Murder She Wrote, followed by his own series, The Father Dowling Mysteries. He returned to Broadway in 1994 starring as Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast.

Mr. Bosley is survived by his wife Patricia Bosley, his brother Richard Bosley, his daughter Amy Baer, stepdaughters Kimberly diBonaventura and Jamie Van Meter and seven grandchildren.