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Monkees’ Micky Dolenz Reveals He Lost Out on ‘Happy Days’ Fonzie Role to Henry Winkler: ‘I Almost Got It’
Monkees singer Micky Dolenz talks about losing the Fonzie role to Henry Winkler.
At least according to The Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz, who told People magazine that back in the day he auditioned for the role of the jukebox-smacking, shark-jumping bad boy with a heart of gold. At 11, he got the lead role of Corky in the adventure series Circus Boy, which ran on NBC for one season before jumping to ABC for another short run in 1957. “Oh my God, he’s just so good,” he said of Winkler, who parlayed his iconic role into a fifty-plus year career on TV ( Mork & Mindy, Arrested Development) and movies ( Night Shift, The French Dispatch).
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