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Micky Dolenz Was Almost Cast as Fonzie on ‘Happy Days’: ‘It Wasn’t Gonna Happen!’
Micky Dolan says he missed out on the role of Fonzie after auditioning for the 'Happy Days' character.
Micky Dolenz reflected on how he was almost cast as Happy Days’ greaser sex symbol Arthur Herbert “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in a new interview. Both Dolenz and his fellow Monkee, Michael Nesmith, auditioned for Fonzie, according to Happier Days: Paramount Television’s Classic Sitcoms, 1974 – 1984. But it was Tom Miller, of Miller-Boyet Productions, who suggested Winkler based on rumors he’d heard about The Lords of Flatbush.
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