Happy Days (1974)


Happy Days
Release Date15 January 1974
GenreComedy, Family, Music
CountryUSA
Filming Locations565 North Cahuenga Avenue, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 14, 1974 to May 8, 1984 on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli

Potsie Weber

Richie Cunningham

Ralph Malph

Al Delvecchio

Chachi Arcola

Lori Beth

Roger Phillips

Jenny Piccalo

Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi

Debbie Chaffin
Audience Member in Blue Skirt

Beatrice Colen
Marsha Simms

Ashley Pfister

Hillary Horan
Girl Playing Drums

Harris Kal
Bobby

K.C. Cunningham

Heather Warren
Cheerleader in White Hair Tie 

Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Tommy

Leopold 'Flip' Phillips

Heather Pfister

Rocco Baruffi

Denis Mandel
Eugene Belvin

Chuck Cunningham

Ed Peck
Police Officer Kirk

Neil J. Schwartz
Bag Zombroski

Scott Mitchell Bernstein
Melvin Belvin

Wendy

Tita Bell
Trudy

Leather Tuscadero

Wendy 

Kathleen Marshall
Kathi 

Kit McDonough
Audience Member in Blue Scarf 

Sally Hightower
Blonde in Light Green Sweater

Lorrie Mahaffey
Jennifer Jerome

Louisa Arcola

Donald Hedges

Hillary 

Scott Marshall
Cowboy 

Jerry Paris
Doctor 

Warren Berlinger
Army Sgt. Betchler 

Laverne DeFazio

Shirley Feeney

Derrel Maury
Johnny Suede 

Cynthia Windham
Teen student 

Jean Fraser
Sandy Hauser 

Danny Butch
Raymond 'Spike' Fonzarelli

California Kid 

Bob W. Hoffman
Ernie 

Susan Lawrence
Vivian 

Shirley Kirkes
Blossom

Barry Greenberg
Moose

Christina Hart
Carole Actman 

Jack Perkins
Drunk 

Ceil Cabot
Mrs. Eckhardt 

Melinda Naud
Paula Petrolunga 

Andrew Paris
Andy 

Coleen Maloney
Buffy

Alice Nunn
Mama Delvecchio 

Gary Epp
Bubba 

Dr. Mickey Malph - Optometrist

Announcer 

Asst. Principal Marvin Conners

Doris Hess
Tina

Pinky Tuscadero

Michael Pataki
Count Mallachi

Kelly Sanders
Lola

Nancy Croft

Jeannie Leigh Allison
Donna

Ruth Cox
Thunder McCoy

H.R. Buchanan

Brad Wilkin
Phil

Jerry Young
Hank

Kathryn Fuller
Mrs. Shellenback 

Heidi Bohay
Terry 

Candace Silvers
Carla Bee

Grandma Nussbaum

Gary Friedkin
Clarence

Steven Baio
Joey

Robert Casper
Customer 

Cynthia Brannigan 

Richard Doran
Bert 

Udana Power
Deidre 

Bruce Kimmel
Mark Summers 

Kathy O'Dare
Lois 

Randolph Roberts
Chuck Cunningham

Dan Spector
Burton Fitch 

Lefty 

Ralph Wilcox
Jason Davis 

Patricia Lentz
Doctor's Receptionist 

Ray Girardin
Big Harold 

Robin Bach
Maitre D' 

Kelly Britt
Gladys 

Barbara Treutelaar
Andrea 

Annette McCarthy
Beverly

Lew Horn
Hinstead 

Richard Kuller
Charlie 

Ernie 

Peter Hobbs
Doctor 

Drum Player 

Patricia Wilson
Carhop 

Jack Baker
Bill 'Sticks' Downey

Jack Smith
Himself

Donald 'Junior' Hedges Jr. 

Amy Baer
Amy 

Jillian Kesner
Lorraine 

Jimmy Bradkip 

Robert Ball
Baliff 

Army Lt. Quinlan 

Suzanne Wishner
Colette 

Marcia Lewis
Matron 

Carmine Ragusa

Dave Agress
George 

Susan Cotton
Librarian 

Donna Fein
Bertie

Gertie

Bruiser

Jan Bunker
Member of the suedes

Jill Jaxx
Member of the suedes

Wayne Morton
Bartender 

Judy Pioli
Bertha 

Taaffe O'Connell
Carol 

Sticky

Cliff Emmich
Candy Man

Eugene

John Moskal Jr.
T-Man Peterson

Bobby Burns 

Hoke Howell
Army General 

Uncle Joe

Raymond Guth
Mr. Gampolo

Priscilla Allen
Mrs. Von Huene

Richard Beauchamp
Shades

Lisa Bowman
Alicia

D.D. Howard
Corrine

Bo Sabato
Umpire

Barbara McManus 

Martin Ferrero
Omar

Joe Mays
Mr. Henri 

Julie Paris
Ann 

Bo Sharon
Richie Cunningham Jr.

Meridith Baer
Judy

Pamela Dunlap
Doris Charles

Director

Jerry Paris

Frank Buxton

Herb Wallerstein

Mel Ferber

George Tyne

Fred Fox Jr.

William Bickley

Bob Brunner

Michael Warren

Joe Glauberg

Mark Rothman

Anthony DiMarco

Walter Kempley

Arthur Silver

Barry Rubinowitz

Bob Howard

Beverly Bloomberg

Paula A. Roth

Marty Nadler

Richard Gurman

Dick Bensfield

Perry Grant

James Ritz

James Patrick Dunne

Ria Nepus

Hollace White

Richard Correll

Steve Zacharias

Lowell Ganz

Michael Leeson

Mike Weinberger

Fred Maio

Michael Loman

Nancy Steen

Neil Thompson

Bill Idelson

Jack Winter

Art Baer

Frank Buxton

Ben Joelson

Phil Mishkin

Roger Garrett

Nancy Churnin

Larry Strawther

Bobby Boswell

Jerry Rannow

Greg Strangis

Sid Arthur

Artie Laing

David W. Duclon

Dixie Brown Grossman

Stephanie Garman

Bosco McGowan

Cindy Begel

Lesa Kite

Steve Granat

Barry O'Brien

Mel Sherer

Babaloo Mandel

John B. Collins

Pamela Ryan

Robert Pekurny

Producer

executive producer

Edward K. Milkis
executive producer

Thomas L. Miller
executive producer

Jerry Paris
producer / supervising producer

Lowell Ganz
supervising producer / producer

Ronny Hallin
producer / associate producer

James Patrick Dunne
associate producer

William Bickley
producer

Walter Kempley
producer / supervising producer

Bob Brunner
producer

Michael Warren
associate producer

Ed Scharlach
co-producer

Anthony W. Marshall
producer

Gary Menteer
producer / associate producer

Nick Abdo
associate producer / producer

Claude Binyon Jr.
associate producer

Mark Rothman
producer

Original Music

Dan Foliart

Howard Pearl

Pete King

Frank Comstock

Cinematographer

Robert G. Hager

Richard A. Kelley

William Norton

Lester Shorr

Editor

Ed Cotter

Larry Breslow

Jerry Dronsky

Robert James Kern

George R. Rohrs

Rod Stephens

Tom Benko

Bill Brame

Casting Director

Pat Harris

Bobby Hoffman

Harris Kleinman

Art Director

Monty Elliott

Serge Krizman

Set Decorator

Anthony D. Nealis

Ira Bates

Harry Gordon

Makeup Department

Bruce Hutchinson
makeup artist

Shirley Kirby
hair stylist

Michael F. Blake
makeup artist

Production Manager

Jack Lannan
unit production manager

William Cairncross
post-production supervisor

Paul Rapp
unit production manager

Rowe Wallerstein
unit manager

John Thomas Lenox
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Harriette Regan
first assistant director

Rowe Wallerstein
assistant director

Bob Scrivner
assistant director

Paul Rapp
second unit director

Norm Gray
assistant director

R.J. Stone
assistant director

H. Pellegrino
assistant director

Art Department

Eugene S. Kelley
construction coordinator

Louis Zamora
labor foreman

Thomas Gark
property master

Joe Wood
construction coordinator

Sound Department

Jim King
sound effects editor

James H. King
sound editor / sound effects editor

Gene Wahrman
sound editor

Special Effects

special effects assistant

Stunts

Charlie Picerni
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Richard Debolt
camera & mechanical design

assistant camera

Dave Friedman
still photographer

Michael Hofstein
first assistant camera

Henry Minski
assistant camera

Gerald B. Wolfe
still photographer

Casting Department

Millie Gusse
casting supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Vi Alford
costumer: women

Mickey Sherrard
costumer: men

Editorial Department

Hal White
post-production coordinator

Ron Meredith
assistant film editor

Music Department

Bob Bain
musician: guitar

Martin Weiss
music editor

composer: theme music / composer: additional music

Norman Gimbel
composer: theme music

Jerry McClain
composer: theme song "Happy Days"

Truett Pratt
composer: theme song "Happy Days"

Transportation Department

James Nordberg
transportation

Chris Haynes
driver

Other Crew

Bob Brunner
story consultant / executive story consultant 

Bob Howard
story editor

Patti Bereyso
assistant to executive producer / assistant to producers

Joe Glauberg
script consultant / story consultant 

Nick Abdo
assistant to producer / production consultant

Bruce Lansbury
vice president: creative affairs / vice president: Creative Affairs

Marty Nadler
script consultant / executive story editor

William Bickley
story consultant / executive script consultant

Michael Warren
story consultant / executive script consultant

Ray DeVally Jr.
technical coordinator

Fred Fox Jr.
story consultant / story editor

Michael Leeson
story consultant

Lowell Ganz
executive script consultant

Mark Rothman
executive script consultant

Ronny Hallin
assistant to executive producer

Arthur Silver
story editor

Robert L. Boyett
creative consultant

Rosie Dean
production assistant

Robert Hoffman
dialogue director

Dominic Jack Pizzo Sr.
production assistant

Production Company

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Henderson Productions
-

Miller-Milkis Productions

Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions

Paramount Television
-

Distributor

AVRO Television

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT)

Five US

Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Television

Veronica Omroep Organisatie

Miscellaneous

Glen Glenn Sound
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