Henry Winkler, 80, who is remembered as the legendary Fonzie of the Happy Days, is today a tycoon in the entertainment industry. He has brought his skeleton out of the closet, and thereby even created a new thread in his career.
Henry Winkler was the coolest Fonzie. PDO
The world got to know by Henry Winkler Happy days cool as Fonzie. He was the guy in the leather jacket on TV, whose hair was gelled into a 1950s hairstyle and who was not lacking in self-confidence. The American sitcom followed the Cunningham family living in Milwaukee, but the show was stolen by Athur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, a car mechanic who dropped out of school and was meant to be a supporting character.
Many people remember, for example, the often repeated scene in the series, where Fonzie goes to the mirror with a comb to do his hair, but stops and states that he is already perfect. And what a perfect way to fix it.
In real life, the highly popular actor Henry Winkler lived a distressing double life for years and thought he was more stupid than others. Growing up in New York as the son of strict Jewish parents, Winkler did not do well at school. He was afraid of reading, he says Page Six.
– They believed in education and thought I was lazy. I was called stupid and not reaching my potential. All the time I think that I’m not stupid and I try as hard as I can. I really try, he described.
Winkler fought his way through school and managed to study drama at Yale. He moved to Los Angeles to start his career in the entertainment business.
It wasn’t until she was a television superstar in her thirties that she realized she suffered from dyslexia, when the same problem was found in her husband’s son. He hid his dyslexia by working as an actor. When the man went to auditions, he didn’t want to read the script on paper. Instead, Winkler memorized the lines and improvised the rest.
Presented by the ABC channel Happy days series was shown in the United States between 1974 and 1984. The hit series was produced for eleven seasons. In Finland, MTV3 originally aired the series, which has been rerun many times on the TV2 channel, among others.
The story continues after the pictures.
Fonzie’s character is remembered for his black leather jacket, white t-shirt and confident grin. PDO
– Hee-hey, said Fonzie in Onne’s days. Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham, just wondered by the side. PDO
Henry Winkler (left) and the cast of Happy Days: Donny Most, Erin Moran, Tom Bosley, Anson Williams, Marion Ross and Ron Howard. PDO
Derailed into gloom
Happy days the end of filming derailed Henry Winkler’s dark moods. He was at the height of his popularity.
– I’m sitting in my office. All I get is Fonzie-themed offers. I wonder if I will ever do anything as influential again? I became gloomy, says Winkler Peoplefor the magazine.
The actor was sure that his career was over. Nothing happened for nine long years.
Then Winkler changed direction. He created a new direction in the entertainment business as a producer, screenwriter and director. A gigantic success fell into his hands Wonder Man MacGyver. Incredibly popular by Richard Dean Anderson starring the series was shown in 1985-1992.
While Anderson ran around in the episodes defusing bombs with her hair in the back crazy, Winkler was the brains behind the success of the TV series.
– It was the first show I produced.
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Winkler made a mid-1990s return to the limelight in movies Scream, The Waterboy and Click and in TV series Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation and Barry. In recent years, he has collaborated a lot with, for example, a comedian by Adam Sandler with.
Henry Winkler has made a career spanning many decades in the American entertainment business. PDO
Henry Winkler rips off a leather jacket from “Fonzie” in the Onnen päivät musical. PDO
Open talk about the pain point
In the 1990s, Henry Winkler was no longer secretive about his dyslexia. However, he only started speaking publicly about the topic in the early 2000s. That’s when the children’s books came into play, which he made together with another author.
Through the children’s book character Hank Zipzer, he dealt with his childhood dyslexia. He also wanted to create a hopeful story about overcoming adversity. The legend of the entertainment industry has also had time to write three biographies, in which he has opened up about the stages of his life.
80-year-old Winkler is married by Stacey Weitzman with and the couple has three children.
He tells In Yale University Pressthat he has learned to see his own strengths more clearly as he gets older. Although the read text still causes him problems, he has become a problem solver for his circle of friends.
Henry Winkler says he can easily see unspoken things between people. Legend often helps his friends to look at problems from a wider perspective.
– People have no idea how powerful they are and what they can really achieve. Don’t give in to fear. You have to get over it and move on. There’s no reason why you can’t get where you want to go, says Winkler.
Henry Winkler hid his dyslexia for a long time to succeed in the entertainment industry. The 80-year-old star has been talking about it publicly for a long time. PDO